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Canon print head drops ink but does not print
Hi, I have a Canon BJC-4300 and it won't print.
The print head is moving on paper and the cartridge is new but there is no ink on paper. Following an advice from this newsgroup I pressed the print head downwards on a tissue and there is black dot on the tissue. That means the print head is not clogged/dried, right? Then following the advice I cleaned the electrical circuits between the cartridge and cradle, with alcohol. Does not help. So what could be wrong? The printer is moving head, ink is flowing from head, circuits are clean, why no ink on paper???? Thank you, Mark |
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Canon print head drops ink but does not print
If you really want to keep using this ancient printer, get a new print head.
At least they are still relatively 'cheap', though a new USB printer would be a much better idea. -- Cari (MS-MVP) Printing & Imaging wrote in message ups.com... Hi, I have a Canon BJC-4300 and it won't print. The print head is moving on paper and the cartridge is new but there is no ink on paper. Following an advice from this newsgroup I pressed the print head downwards on a tissue and there is black dot on the tissue. That means the print head is not clogged/dried, right? Then following the advice I cleaned the electrical circuits between the cartridge and cradle, with alcohol. Does not help. So what could be wrong? The printer is moving head, ink is flowing from head, circuits are clean, why no ink on paper???? Thank you, Mark |
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Canon print head drops ink but does not print
get a new print head
yea I know - I was trying to see if I could fix what I have now new USB printer would be a much better idea No, because throwing something away that could still be made to work, with reasonable effort, is _always_ a bad idea. For many reasons. Think globally, the "big picture". |
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Canon print head drops ink but does not print
Hi, I have a Canon BJC-4300 and it won't print.
.. So what could be wrong? The printer is moving head, ink is flowing from head, circuits are clean, why no ink on paper???? Don't discount Cari's advice. The last canon printers that took the bci-24 tanks were the ip1500 and ip2000 which while technicaly not made anymore can still be found for the $50 to $80 price range. A replacement black and color head BC-21e with ink will run you $50ish There are better models that offer more ink per tanks and lower cost per page, but assuming you have a supply of bci-24 inktanks you can buy a printer that will use it. But if you want to troubleshoot your printer you "could" buy a bc-20 black cartridge. They run about $35 and contain 60ml of black ink IIRC and their own printhead. If you only print black this isn't a bad deal. The Canon printheads, like lightbulbs, are prone to burn out after a while. It's the nature of the technology. |
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Canon print head drops ink but does not print
wrote in message oups.com... get a new print head yea I know - I was trying to see if I could fix what I have now new USB printer would be a much better idea No, because throwing something away that could still be made to work, with reasonable effort, is _always_ a bad idea. For many reasons. Think globally, the "big picture". Tell that to Canon, Epson, HP etc. marketing divisions. |
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Canon print head drops ink but does not print
Thank you, but of course it would cost me less to just buy a new better
printer, the exact point I was making was, I don't want to throw the old one for global reasons, not for my own pocketbook. |
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Canon print head drops ink but does not print
Yes, your point is an excellent one. The marketeers don't understand
such things. The fundamental reason why the Earth is declining, global warming, destruction of environment, really, most of the troubles we have, can be traced to one thing in the root: overconsumption, buying things one does not really need. |
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Canon print head drops ink but does not print
Thank you, but of course it would cost me less to just buy a new better
printer, the exact point I was making was, I don't want to throw the old one for global reasons, not for my own pocketbook Hey, I'm all for that, just generally speaking one doesn't buy the model that takes the 10ml tanks of mostly plastic and foam. Well unless they refill them. Lasers are often a better choice as far as a lack of waste, but still the old HP businessjet 1100 series would be on top of my list as far as printers to buy as far low cost on the used/surplus circuit. Huge cartridges and used OEM ones desired among refillers. There are newer models... my info is rather dated. I would agree with your other responce fully that the consumer inkjets are designed to be disposable. Some are worse than others. But if your printer is beyond repair... keep in mind that there is always the business class of inkjets that are often designed to be serviced, or at the very least designed to work above and beyond 18,000 pages. |
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Canon print head drops ink but does not print
HOW OLD A FART ARE YOU
zakezuke wrote: Thank you, but of course it would cost me less to just buy a new better printer, the exact point I was making was, I don't want to throw the old one for global reasons, not for my own pocketbook Hey, I'm all for that, just generally speaking one doesn't buy the model that takes the 10ml tanks of mostly plastic and foam. Well unless they refill them. Lasers are often a better choice as far as a lack of waste, but still the old HP businessjet 1100 series would be on top of my list as far as printers to buy as far low cost on the used/surplus circuit. Huge cartridges and used OEM ones desired among refillers. There are newer models... my info is rather dated. I would agree with your other responce fully that the consumer inkjets are designed to be disposable. Some are worse than others. But if your printer is beyond repair... keep in mind that there is always the business class of inkjets that are often designed to be serviced, or at the very least designed to work above and beyond 18,000 pages. |
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