I have had my ip4300 for at least 6 months. Everything worked fine until I got some empty PGI-5 cartridges and refilled them. The used empty PGI-5 cartridges may have been put aside for a long time before I got them. I found that these dried PGI-5 cartridges won't work when refilled. Nozzle check showed some missing segments whick means clogging. Cleaning cycles actually made the clogging worse. There would be more missing segments in the nozzle check. This was not good but I could blame myself for trying to reuse used empty PGI-5 cartridges. I probably should have refilled the empty PGI-5 with a purging done first. The problem is when I replaced such PGI-5 cart with a previously working one (it still worked 5 minutes ago before I plugged in the refilled one) it too showed a clogging from nozzle check. No cleaning cycles could clear the clog. Replaced the PGI-5 cart yet with another working one still no go. The large text print head became badly clogged. It looked like it was going to stop printing soon because the text became segmented and got lighter when I continue to print.
Frankly I was surprised that by using a refilled used empty PGI-5 would result in a clog like that. If you have an ip4300 and your PGI-5 has lasted a long time. Before you finally replace it if you go traveling for a few weeks you may return to discover that your ip4300 becomes clogged in the text
print head. At that point even if you buy a new PGI-5 it would not fix it. Although this is not exactly what happened to my ip4300 but based on what has happened to me this could happen to anyone's ip4300. Isn't this a flw in the design of Canon printer?
I reacted quickly and soaked the print head with Windex which was very effective to unclog it. I discovered that if I do a purging of the empty PGI-5 then it would rfill and work flawlessly. What a big difference it made. But I wonder if anyone has run into this problem as I did?
Frankly I was surprised that by using a refilled used empty PGI-5 would result in a clog like that. If you have an ip4300 and your PGI-5 has lasted a long time. Before you finally replace it if you go traveling for a few weeks you may return to discover that your ip4300 becomes clogged in the text
print head. At that point even if you buy a new PGI-5 it would not fix it. Although this is not exactly what happened to my ip4300 but based on what has happened to me this could happen to anyone's ip4300. Isn't this a flw in the design of Canon printer?
I reacted quickly and soaked the print head with Windex which was very effective to unclog it. I discovered that if I do a purging of the empty PGI-5 then it would rfill and work flawlessly. What a big difference it made. But I wonder if anyone has run into this problem as I did?