This Canon printer uses 6 of the BCI-6 carts. I was having a great experience with this printer for just over a year until I tried to do a very large print job of black text (duplex printing on 8.5" x 11" sheets) for our church newsletter (it takes 125 sets). I made the attempt to do this at home because the copy shop that has been doing it for us for several years could not get it in their schedule in time for when we usually distribute it. We went to them in the first place because we are trying to extend the life of the church copier and trying to do it on that old machine turned into a nightmare.
I went through more than one black cart and then started getting sheets fading to nothing. Cleaning & deep cleaning would get it restarted but the problem would come back. I gave up on doing that job at home. I thought I had it cleared for my normal amount of printing but it has reoccurred. Just to make sure I just did a deep clean and then two nozzle checks right before posting this. As had happened before during this problem, the black started off fine and then developed a non-printing area in the center of the check pattern. The second nozzle check resulted in the non-printing section being both longer and wider. I spent some time over the last several days and most of today going through previous posts here to try to find the best thing to try next but have not seen a clear cut best starting place. I do think, even if this one is cleared, it is a warning to have new print head on hand and will probably go ahead and order one.
Any consensus of the steps to take and in what order to get this back in shape?
Thanks
Jane
PS Forgot to say I have been refilling with ink from MIS.
I went through more than one black cart and then started getting sheets fading to nothing. Cleaning & deep cleaning would get it restarted but the problem would come back. I gave up on doing that job at home. I thought I had it cleared for my normal amount of printing but it has reoccurred. Just to make sure I just did a deep clean and then two nozzle checks right before posting this. As had happened before during this problem, the black started off fine and then developed a non-printing area in the center of the check pattern. The second nozzle check resulted in the non-printing section being both longer and wider. I spent some time over the last several days and most of today going through previous posts here to try to find the best thing to try next but have not seen a clear cut best starting place. I do think, even if this one is cleared, it is a warning to have new print head on hand and will probably go ahead and order one.
Any consensus of the steps to take and in what order to get this back in shape?
Thanks
Jane
PS Forgot to say I have been refilling with ink from MIS.