microrb
Printing Apprentice
- Joined
- Jul 20, 2017
- Messages
- 4
- Reaction score
- 1
- Points
- 10
- Printer Model
- Canon MG5550
Hi all!
Having a few issues today with the PGBK on my MG5550. It's used relatively frequently and is left on, and has only had photos printed lately. It's approximately 2 1/2 - 3 years old.
I attempted to print a shipping label and noticed the text was doubled - attached is the nozzle check. This check is AFTER a couple of deep cleans, normal cleans, and cleaning the print head in IPA / flushing with water from the tap. It is unchanged from the original nozzle check. The manual print head alignment page has no solid black blocks, they all have the same sawtoothish like appearance.
The cartridges are refillables (and auto-reset, except for the yellow which refuses to reset itself), and have never let them run dry. I previously had an issue with print quality which a head clean fixed.
The sponge and port on the PGBK cartridge is working well and if you remove the bung from the cartridge ink will drip slowly from it.
I have just power-flushed the print head with water hose, and it is now sitting on some towel with IPA to dry off fully.
Any other suggestions? The printer otherwise works well, and is (even if I have to pay £30ish for a new print head) very economical on the ink front being able to be refilled. I've only paid £40 oem cartridges +£25 (refillable carts and 500ml ink) for ink in the last 3 years.
Cheers guys!
Having a few issues today with the PGBK on my MG5550. It's used relatively frequently and is left on, and has only had photos printed lately. It's approximately 2 1/2 - 3 years old.
I attempted to print a shipping label and noticed the text was doubled - attached is the nozzle check. This check is AFTER a couple of deep cleans, normal cleans, and cleaning the print head in IPA / flushing with water from the tap. It is unchanged from the original nozzle check. The manual print head alignment page has no solid black blocks, they all have the same sawtoothish like appearance.
The cartridges are refillables (and auto-reset, except for the yellow which refuses to reset itself), and have never let them run dry. I previously had an issue with print quality which a head clean fixed.
The sponge and port on the PGBK cartridge is working well and if you remove the bung from the cartridge ink will drip slowly from it.
I have just power-flushed the print head with water hose, and it is now sitting on some towel with IPA to dry off fully.
Any other suggestions? The printer otherwise works well, and is (even if I have to pay £30ish for a new print head) very economical on the ink front being able to be refilled. I've only paid £40 oem cartridges +£25 (refillable carts and 500ml ink) for ink in the last 3 years.
Cheers guys!