Canon IP5000 - very frustrating printing issues

delderek · 10-08-2009, 04:15 AM

Hi there

I've had the printer for about 3 years with very little overall printing traffic - short bursts for Uni work - and I have just replaced the inks despite them being empty for a few months.

Initial printing was messy however, after a few 'deep cleaaning', 'nozzle checks' and 'plate cleanings' my test pages were coming up perfect and my printing was fine.

However, It would seem that when I leave it for only a day or so my black ink starts playing funny beggars.

Today I have printed 4 pages of powerpoint notes slides (9 slides on each page) and whilst 95% of the printing is fine, as I look at each page there are lines of black print which are obliterated, smudged and only half printed. On each of the four pages it has been repeated in much the same areas.

It's not major distortions but very frustrating nevertheless. I have never replaced or cleaned my print heads and I use Tesco Canon Compatible ink cartridges.

Any ideas how my printing angst can be overcome?

Thanks

inkinawink · 10-08-2009, 03:46 PM

There are 3 possible reasons for your problems....

1/ Tesco cartridges may have low quality inks in them , and are clogging the head.

2/ The print head has partially dried and clogged from lack of use.

3/ The Tesco ink cartridges are causing ink starvation to the head, in other words the cartridges are not allowing the ink to flow properly to the print head.

Try taking out the cartridges, taking out the print head, and soaking the print head in Windex (blue kind) for an hour or so, in a saucer. Just enough Windex to set the print head in, don't over fill, try not to let the pc board on the head get wet. Also just to be safe put a folded piece of paper towel in the saucer first, then add the Windex, then set the head on this. Make sure you wipe it clean and dry before testing in the printer again.

10-08-2009, 04:15 AM	#1 (permalink)
delderek Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1 OS: xp sp2	Canon IP5000 - very frustrating printing issues Hi there I've had the printer for about 3 years with very little overall printing traffic - short bursts for Uni work - and I have just replaced the inks despite them being empty for a few months. Initial printing was messy however, after a few 'deep cleaaning', 'nozzle checks' and 'plate cleanings' my test pages were coming up perfect and my printing was fine. However, It would seem that when I leave it for only a day or so my black ink starts playing funny beggars. Today I have printed 4 pages of powerpoint notes slides (9 slides on each page) and whilst 95% of the printing is fine, as I look at each page there are lines of black print which are obliterated, smudged and only half printed. On each of the four pages it has been repeated in much the same areas. It's not major distortions but very frustrating nevertheless. I have never replaced or cleaned my print heads and I use Tesco Canon Compatible ink cartridges. Any ideas how my printing angst can be overcome? Thanks

10-08-2009, 03:46 PM	#2 (permalink)
inkinawink Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: B.C. Canada Posts: 87 OS: vista sp1	Re: Canon IP5000 - very frustrating printing issues There are 3 possible reasons for your problems.... 1/ Tesco cartridges may have low quality inks in them , and are clogging the head. 2/ The print head has partially dried and clogged from lack of use. 3/ The Tesco ink cartridges are causing ink starvation to the head, in other words the cartridges are not allowing the ink to flow properly to the print head. Try taking out the cartridges, taking out the print head, and soaking the print head in Windex (blue kind) for an hour or so, in a saucer. Just enough Windex to set the print head in, don't over fill, try not to let the pc board on the head get wet. Also just to be safe put a folded piece of paper towel in the saucer first, then add the Windex, then set the head on this. Make sure you wipe it clean and dry before testing in the printer again.