printhead

So I was given an ancient i9900 with the "5-blinks" bad printhead error. I mean, why not? I'd love to have a chipless medium format dye printer in rotation. So I bought a "tested" QY6-0055 printhead from an Amazon seller, and of course it's clogged up worse than the public restrooms at a...

Hello forum people, I hope everyone is well. I'm having problems with some clogged Epson printheads, especially the fa04000, I wanted to hear from you, With you experience, what's the best way to unclog these printheads?

Hey friends... A few months ago I posted here re: my Canon Pixma iX6820, which had started printing black ink all wonky / misaligned. ( here's that post: https://www.printerknowledge.com/threads/alignment-issue-or-bad-printhead-canon-pixma-ix6820.15520/ ) The consensus seemed to be a bad...

I have a Canon TS9020 that I bought lightly-used on eBay about a year and a half ago, and have been experiencing a persistent banding problem. I noticed banding in photos shortly after I started using it, but didn't pay attention, thinking it was something I could later fix with an...

Hi everyone, I've been a lurker here for over 10 years and have really benefitted from your expansive knowledge. So thank you! I just picked up a used Pro9500 Mark II for $70. Physically in very good order. Not showing much signs of wear, and the previous owner says it was just used for...

Dear all, Hope you are well. I recently bought a secondhand Pixma iP4500 X over ebay. User said it worked perfectly. I just installed it and connected it to my mac and I got error 1401 - print head error. I read this thread and learned that this means my print head is dead. I also learned...

I am a systems engineer and hobby photographer coming from Spain living in Germany. I have been using very happily a Canon PRO-1 printer for several years (previously EPSON printers as well) until, suddenly, the photo quality of the PRO-1 prints deteriorated visibly. This was after a period of...

Hello everyone, very glad to enter this community. I own a Cyber-Coffee here in Peru(South America) and I'm looking to buy a plotter to complement my business, only have an Epson doing A4s right now. After some reading I declined for Canon because well... they are faster, display better colors...