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Hi guys,
I've gotten hold of a couple of iP4000 units that were customer returns and given this time I knew they weren't going to work 100% I'm not sore.. just curious as to how to get these fixed up.
Unit #1 is a classic case of nozzle clog so I'm going to do the whole 'sit head on a paper towel of cleaning fluid' routine to sort that one.. Should be easy. (Famous last words
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What had me stumped though was unit #2. This one is printing colours VERY strangely... I was just typing out a request for help when it dawned on me that there might be something wrong with the cartridges being in the wrong position, etc.. but it was printing out light magenta fine... what was weird was that magenta came out a strange brown... So what could it be?...
... I'll tell you... It seems that Magenta and Photo Magenta are not the same thing... Some poor schmo' has obviously bought the wrong type of cartridge when they needed a replacement.. Not realised the difference and found about a month later after some 10 prints or so, that it's printing stuff as brown and green instead of reds...
I'm just about killing myself laughing here...
I've gotten hold of a couple of iP4000 units that were customer returns and given this time I knew they weren't going to work 100% I'm not sore.. just curious as to how to get these fixed up.
Unit #1 is a classic case of nozzle clog so I'm going to do the whole 'sit head on a paper towel of cleaning fluid' routine to sort that one.. Should be easy. (Famous last words
)What had me stumped though was unit #2. This one is printing colours VERY strangely... I was just typing out a request for help when it dawned on me that there might be something wrong with the cartridges being in the wrong position, etc.. but it was printing out light magenta fine... what was weird was that magenta came out a strange brown... So what could it be?...
... I'll tell you... It seems that Magenta and Photo Magenta are not the same thing... Some poor schmo' has obviously bought the wrong type of cartridge when they needed a replacement.. Not realised the difference and found about a month later after some 10 prints or so, that it's printing stuff as brown and green instead of reds...
I'm just about killing myself laughing here...
