My Canon i550 printer refuses to print in colour

Don't you just hate it when something goes wrong over which you seem to
have no control?

My Canon i550 has generally not acted up much, but today it simply
refuses to print in colour. All the ink cartridges are loaded and in
position; I've cleaned the heads; I've switched it off, I've unplugged
it and plugged it back in. I tried printing from another computer and
get the same results, so it's definitely the printer.

I'm trying to print from an iMac O/S 9.5

Anybody out there got any suggestions?

Jelby

wrote:
Don't you just hate it when something goes wrong over which you seem to
have no control?

My Canon i550 has generally not acted up much, but today it simply
refuses to print in colour. All the ink cartridges are loaded and in
position; I've cleaned the heads; I've switched it off, I've unplugged
it and plugged it back in. I tried printing from another computer and
get the same results, so it's definitely the printer.

I'm trying to print from an iMac O/S 9.5

Anybody out there got any suggestions?

Jelby

I don't know Jelby. Maybe Google for reset codes for that printer. The
printhead may have died.
I solve the printer headache by having three printers online. When
something quits, it's only an amusement to me, never a work stopage.

On 22 Aug 2006 15:11:45 -0700, wrote:
Don't you just hate it when something goes wrong over which you seem to
have no control?

Yep, especially when it's computer-involved, where I like to pretend I
know what's going on, sometimes.

My Canon i550 has generally not acted up much, but today it simply
refuses to print in colour. All the ink cartridges are loaded and in
position; I've cleaned the heads; I've switched it off, I've unplugged
it and plugged it back in. I tried printing from another computer and
get the same results, so it's definitely the printer.

I'm trying to print from an iMac O/S 9.5

Anybody out there got any suggestions?

I have an i550 too, and it hasn't done that. Did the head-cleaning
print in color? Are you sure you don't have the driver(s) (!?) set to
monochrome? Does this fail with all programs, or just one program?

Are there printer settings that can override the drivers? I have a
vague recollection that there may be such, whether this includes
monochrome printing I have no idea.


Jelby


J.

On 22 Aug 2006 15:11:45 -0700, wrote:

Don't you just hate it when something goes wrong over which you seem to
have no control?

My Canon i550 has generally not acted up much, but today it simply
refuses to print in colour. All the ink cartridges are loaded and in
position; I've cleaned the heads; I've switched it off, I've unplugged
it and plugged it back in. I tried printing from another computer and
get the same results, so it's definitely the printer.

I'm trying to print from an iMac O/S 9.5

Anybody out there got any suggestions?

My Canon i560 did exactly the same thing a few days ago. I tried
resetting it using the prescribed sequence of button pushing, but it
made no difference. I have come to the conclusion that the print head
may have died. You might compare a print head to a light bulb: it's
inevitably going to die sooner or later. I had done a lot of printing
with that one print head (many thousands of sheets). I didn't try
replacing the head, so I still don't know for sure if that was the
problem. In view of the cost of a new print head, and the fact that a
new print head was not necessarily going to cure the problem, I
decided to buy a new printer instead, which of course includes a new
print head, new ink cartridges, and a year's guarantee - which I will
void by using refill ink, but that's beside the point. ;-)

Al D