Dom
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- Canon mp610
Hi Printerknowledge folks
Amazing forum you have here.
I have a question about my Canon MP610 which I have owned from new.
I know that there are amazing printers available for around $300usd ( PRO-10 and PRO-100 come to mind) but when I reflect on my MP610's practically new condition and formerly great print quality I cant bear to just trash it without making some attempt at revival - this being made worse by the fact that it was my ignorance that damaged it in the first place. Thanks to the information on this forum I now know better.
I cooked the original printhead by continuing greyscale printing onto plain paper while one of the colour tanks had run out yielding the "052 printhead not recognized" error. Like a lot of ignorant consumers who owned this high quality printer I had no understanding of the thermal printhead technology that Canon uses and kind of resented the high ink operating cost.
Ive subsequently bought 2 printheads from (not Chinese) Ebay sellers - one in foil described as "new" and the other described as used but tested as working.
The problem with both of these printheads is that there is nothing being printed from the printer (not even a nozzle test). The printer otherwise operates as normal without error messages. When I examine the printhead after trying to print a nozzle test there appears to be ink on the nozzles indicating perhaps that both logic board and printhead are working OK (?) I have no idea of the condition of the purge system though. The printer has sat idle for many months.
Could someone tell me if the problem might relate to the printheads, the purging / priming system or the logic board? Does the printhead need to be primed first to operate? Ive read here that air in the nozzles might prevent the flow of ink.
The damage occurred using Canon tanks but for trying to resolve this problem Ive switched to refillable tanks and an ink supplier who states the following on their website:
"The supplied refill ink is not made by Canon, but is formulated to match the properties of original Canon ink. Premium grade, US made dye and pigment inks, for high quality, reliable and economical printing. NOT universal or Chinese ink. "
Thanks.
Dom
Amazing forum you have here.
I have a question about my Canon MP610 which I have owned from new.
I know that there are amazing printers available for around $300usd ( PRO-10 and PRO-100 come to mind) but when I reflect on my MP610's practically new condition and formerly great print quality I cant bear to just trash it without making some attempt at revival - this being made worse by the fact that it was my ignorance that damaged it in the first place. Thanks to the information on this forum I now know better.
I cooked the original printhead by continuing greyscale printing onto plain paper while one of the colour tanks had run out yielding the "052 printhead not recognized" error. Like a lot of ignorant consumers who owned this high quality printer I had no understanding of the thermal printhead technology that Canon uses and kind of resented the high ink operating cost.
Ive subsequently bought 2 printheads from (not Chinese) Ebay sellers - one in foil described as "new" and the other described as used but tested as working.
The problem with both of these printheads is that there is nothing being printed from the printer (not even a nozzle test). The printer otherwise operates as normal without error messages. When I examine the printhead after trying to print a nozzle test there appears to be ink on the nozzles indicating perhaps that both logic board and printhead are working OK (?) I have no idea of the condition of the purge system though. The printer has sat idle for many months.
Could someone tell me if the problem might relate to the printheads, the purging / priming system or the logic board? Does the printhead need to be primed first to operate? Ive read here that air in the nozzles might prevent the flow of ink.
The damage occurred using Canon tanks but for trying to resolve this problem Ive switched to refillable tanks and an ink supplier who states the following on their website:
"The supplied refill ink is not made by Canon, but is formulated to match the properties of original Canon ink. Premium grade, US made dye and pigment inks, for high quality, reliable and economical printing. NOT universal or Chinese ink. "
Thanks.
Dom