Hello All,
I'm a new member but been reading around through the forum a little now. For the most part ive been able to read most of the post on here and diagnose the problems Ive been having with my canon ip4500.
I print alot- nothing like 100 pages a day but on any given day I could print any where from 30 to 50 pages and some days nothing at all. My major problem has been clogging of the head. I was able to clear it a couple times by deep cleaning the head but this time not at all.
Just today I tried hitting the intake with compressed air to see if i could clear the nozzles...well it didnt work. Yellow does NOT print at all and cyan seems to be printing a lighter shade making everyting I print look pink or red. Cleaning the head did not work either.
So my questions for the gurus...
1. Obviously- how do I fix this? Should i try to soak the head in distilled water and run some water through the head?
2. is the yellow cartridge that came with the cis dead? I'ts never gone empty since ink is always being fed.
3. I hate the idea of not being able to print since i dont have a back up.....but will refilling my carts vs cis the best route for me? Will refilling OEM carts still block the printing head?
4. Can i salvage this printer? If i decide to run oem carts again will I run into any problems?
FYI I tried to drop some yellow ink into the yellow intake and it does not get absorbed into the head. Normally when I drop some magenta into the intake, it drips out of the nozzles.
TIA! I hope someone can shine a little light on my problems
I'm a new member but been reading around through the forum a little now. For the most part ive been able to read most of the post on here and diagnose the problems Ive been having with my canon ip4500.
I print alot- nothing like 100 pages a day but on any given day I could print any where from 30 to 50 pages and some days nothing at all. My major problem has been clogging of the head. I was able to clear it a couple times by deep cleaning the head but this time not at all.
Just today I tried hitting the intake with compressed air to see if i could clear the nozzles...well it didnt work. Yellow does NOT print at all and cyan seems to be printing a lighter shade making everyting I print look pink or red. Cleaning the head did not work either.
So my questions for the gurus...
1. Obviously- how do I fix this? Should i try to soak the head in distilled water and run some water through the head?
2. is the yellow cartridge that came with the cis dead? I'ts never gone empty since ink is always being fed.
3. I hate the idea of not being able to print since i dont have a back up.....but will refilling my carts vs cis the best route for me? Will refilling OEM carts still block the printing head?
4. Can i salvage this printer? If i decide to run oem carts again will I run into any problems?
FYI I tried to drop some yellow ink into the yellow intake and it does not get absorbed into the head. Normally when I drop some magenta into the intake, it drips out of the nozzles.
TIA! I hope someone can shine a little light on my problems