A not so well known secret about CANON printers
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- CORRECTION!!!!!! WE NOW KNOW IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU PRINT OR NOT. THE PRO100 ILL DO A TIMED CLEANING CYCLE AT THE 120 HOUR MARK.K FROM THE LAST CLEANING CYCLE. WHETHER YOU PRINT OR NOT!!!
CANON Pro Printers do not hardly ever clog.
Well, if you MANUALLY did all of the cleaning cycles these printer will run before you print on an EPSON, they would not clog as often either.
Waste ink goes directly into the waste pads and you can not replace them yourself.
So print images on your CANON PRO printers at least before that magic 120 hour limit and you will actually be using your ink for creating prints rather than solving your waste ink pads.
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Thanks yet again, Jose, for the candid and honest information and letting us all learn from your experiences. I look forward to learning more from you in the future.
Thank you!
Thank you. My printer has never printed in 2 years of owning it. Your directions were followed and miracle of miracle. It worked!!
WOW! Two Years? Could you please share with brand and model and what did you do to get it going again. Thanks!
"You are more right than wrong," as my late mother would say, when trapped for an answer, I watch your tutorials and listen to your advise, as I am considering a Pro printer when I can, but for the moment have an Epson XP-960 for which I sat there very frustrated in urgency to print and caught with a cleaning cycle, caught with likely over soaked pads, and more than two resets. So, what you say makes good sense and that when I can renew my printer for the 700 or 1000, I am now warned has been the source of my problems too. Thank you, I am learning and hope others realise you are correct and make saving on unnecessary ink loss that should realistically, be used instead on the next print.
Printer was a brand new Canon 3621 and for 2 years it did not work. I emailed Canon and they sent me new carts. Your video's instructions were straightforward; I followed them and voila!! it worked. Thank you again.
Sounds great!
Your videos that I have seen are very informative and useful. This one made me realize that a printer at home for say 13 x 19 prints just would not get used enough to justify the costs of ink. You mentioned Qimage, which I have supported for over 10 years (for when I need to do a print) and I know ice profiles for the printer at COSTCO near me can be downloaded. Could you do a video step by step workflow for exactly what needs doing to get the best results? That would really help me.
Are you talking about you printing at home or prepping for COSTCO to print for you? If so they would be using the paper profile and not you. You would process as prep you images as you normally would. No special secrets that I know of.
Hi Jose, I'm loving and learning from your series of video blogs which include information I've never read before. In this video you mention that Canon printers should not be turned off because they have an internal clock to keep inks agitated and nozzles clear. You listed the printers involved from the Pro 9500 onwards. I have the Pro 9000 would you know if this printer has the same internal clock system? Thanks in advance. Andy.
The inks are not kept agitated. Basically its a timer that will trigger a cleaning cycle if you do not use the printer for 60 or more hours and yes, it also affect true PRO-9000.
Hi Jose thanks for your advice and help.
Thanks so much for the useful videos! I just bought the Pixma Pro 100 and they have been a big help. Question, in the short term, is simply printing a nozzle check sheet every 50 hrs enough to keep the cleaning cycles at bay?
Yes. Any print job. You want to break the idle period before 60 hours. So anything you print will break that will Interrupt the period of that idleness will do the job.
You sir, are the man. Thank you for your time and knowledge. Much appreciated
Thank you Freddie!
My experience is this: I don't use my Pixma Pro 9000 for days on end. It is set to "automatic" mode. It supposedly goes off when not in use for a number of minutes. Not really "off" but it is "sleeping". It is sleeping until you command it to print something and it will print usually without doing a cleaning cycle. It will, however, initiate a cleaning cycle when it is just siting there for a few days without my intervention because it was just "sleeping" not "off".
Didn't you just contradict yourself?
":It is sleeping until you command it to print something and it will print usually without doing a cleaning cycle"
"It will, however, initiate a cleaning cycle when it is just siting there for a few days without my intervention because it was just "sleeping" not "off"
OR do you mean if you print something withing a certain number of hours while it is in SLEEP mode it will not do a cleaning cycle unless it sets SLEEPING for days?
I currently have all my CANON so they never sleep or auto off.
That plus using them often will pretty much stop most auto maintenance.
The PRO-9000 is ancient by comparison to the model I am talking about here.
I have two 9000MKII sitting on my floor right now. One new and one with no printhead.
I think you are the one "expert" that really knows what he (/they) are talking about. I have been using Canon printers for over thirty years and presently have an MG6620 I have always LOVE the Canon printers. I recently decided to replace the print head (QY6-0082). I ordered one and when I got it, it gave me the error "wrong print head". It was clearly marked "QY6-0082" but only when I put the original print head (a QY6-0082) back did everything work..
Is it that there are varieties of QY6-0082s, or can the Service Tool allow resetting the printer to allow the replacement head to work? OR is there a combination of button-pushes that will do it? [and where can I find a reliable source of the Service Tool???) Sincerely, Dr T Rowe
You are correct. I have a 15 year old Cannon printer and when new, I could go weeks without the inkjets drying up. Now it is like 24 hours and I have to do a clean cycle. Mine does not go into auto clean mode. I think it is the design of the cartage. Face it, they don't make much if anything on the printers. It's the ink cartage's that are the cash cow.
30 years ago I worked for a company that made Fax machines. They had special paper that they basically burned the image on. No ink at all. It should be easy to do black and white and grey tones easily. Color would be tricky.
WARNING!
If you have short attention span problems do not watch this video.
A lot of information here for a specific group of printer users using CANON PRO-100-10-1 printers!
thank you really really much
Huh? LOL
I do not have that particular printer but I do appreciate you sharing your knowledge. In my opinion Canon should mention these default settings and incorporate the possibility to switch it off or even implement the possible to create your own printing schedule like you explained. To me this seems a really gray area, where the manufacturer profits from printers not being used regularly and then emptying cartridges by these programmed cleaning cycles..
They will NEVER do that. They want you to I've everything alone so you waste a lot of ink. Sad but true.
Thanks for the awesome video. Just purchased my first Canon printer, an MX922. Looking forward to long life. Just curious, did you ever find a way to trigger a nozzle check from a PC?
You can trigger a PURGE print but you need a script which I do not know anything about. But Qimage Ultimate, the print layout tool will allow you to PRI ta scheduled color Purge print on schedule.
Jose Rodriguez Awesome. I'll look into that. Thanks. 🙂
Jose, could you answer this for me? I want a large scale printer (13x19) to print on 140lb watercolour paper, pretty much only in brown ink (the line art must be waterproof) and the printer would be sitting not used much of the time. I could buy a used epson r2880 (found one used for 250, but how old is it?l and might sell today) or a new Canon Pro 100 ($400 by payment plan)....could you advise what printer I should buy and things I should take into account? The essentials: waterproof ink, large scale that takes heavy art paper and will sit not used, but I could only use brown line art ink. Under $600 has to be, can't afford more
I don't know of any Brown ink for any of the common printers. You would have to custom mix ink compatible to EPSON photo printers and load cartridges with it! So for instance with the R2880 you would need 8 refillable Carts loaded with this custom ink. Theoretically should work.
Great videos just purchased a pro 1000 you videos are priceless
Very good! Treat that lady with respect and love as she is a high maintenance gal!
Hi there nice review, so what do you make of Epson Eco Tank printers. Would you recommend that for some one serious about photography And want to print photos. Many thanks.
If you want to pint photos then you need to get a Photo printer and not an Eco not l. They use cheap low longevity dye inks. These Pinter as for quick document printing on plain paper such as you would need in an office situation and you need some quick flyers. Don't believe the claims from Epson.
Hello, are there any printers you’d recommend that are prosumer and don’t need to be ran weekly? Thank you!
The inks were low on my Pro 200 and I started to replace them as they ran out, I saved ink and got extra prints out of it but it restarts each time so I now put them all in at the same time to avoid it, I also print a 6x4 every week or two and the head has not blocked so far. Photgraphy and printing is an expensive hobby but thats just the way it is if you want the best results. The best way to print cheap is to use a printer like the Canon MG5750 with non OEM inks i get decent results for not much money and if the printer dies it's only £50.00 for a new one, Iv'e had mine for maybe four or five years and it still works well and it's never blocked up in that time, leaving them dormant for months on end is the worse thing you can do to a printer.
Jose, is there any reason my Canon pro 10 can not print a 13 x 38 inch pano print? When I set it up the paper size and print, but it places the image going the wrong direction. I changed the orientation, but it still prints only a horizontal strip of the pano image. What can I do?
Jose, love your videos and just purchased a Pixma Pro-100 printer. Can you share the details on the "un-clog tool" and scheduling software that you discussed in this video? Much thanks!
I have videos on just that in my QIMAGE Playlist!
Thank you Jose!
You are welcome!
Is they a flashlight looking. Spring in with the scanner arm if so where does it go I replaced glass in my canon 6820 puxma and seen a spring rolling around in there since the glass was broke I wasn't sure if it was to be in there also the arm won't return to scan goes all the way left but will not return to take copy
I am sorry Debbie but a printer mechanic I definitely am not. I can teach you how to print great photos 24 / 7 though! If the printer is worth it you might want to take it for servicing. Obviously something mechanical has broken in the scanner. I hope the printers is still able to at least print.
Hello, I have a canon MX922. I have tried everything from cleaning the printhead, resetting the printer, adding new ink, even putting paper in the upper paper holder. What is the deal with these? I see this was a problem way back in 2017. What will solve the issue? Its grabbing the paper, acts like its printing, sounds like its printing and the page comes out white.....
Hi Jose and congratulations for the excellent work.
I print black and white 99% of the time (with the option print in b&w selected from the printer's software) and I wonder if I use all my inks, or just the monochrome ones, Basically I need to know if I still have to run nozzle checks within the 60 hours window, even if I print b&w prints in intervals shorter than 60 hours.
Thank you in advance for your answer and best wishes for a healthy and happy 2017!
I can't say for sure whether printing in B&W mode uses only black and grey inks or a composite of all colors. I think not. B&W seems to basically just do an on the fly file conversion to B&W at the driver level. To try to answer your question concerning printing within the 60 minimal.period. Anythng you print will count. However there are reports of other types of noises occurring before a job begins to print even under the 60 hour period. Its hard to determine what the printers are actually doing.
Hi Jose , I've seen a few of your vids, more specifically around the canon pro 100 and they are very informative. I decided to purchase one today as I'm trying to turn my hobby into something more. While that happens I'm rediscovering printing having been out of the game for 12 yr-ish. I plan to use the printer but I wouldn't be surprised if I don't print every 2 days...I'm throwing this question out there to you as you have a handle on the ins and outs of printing. If you know you're not going to make that 60 hr window, and know that say you maybe will not print for 2 wks or more....could you remove the ink carts and store them so they would not dry out? Then slap em back into the printer when the need arises? Thanks again for your vids, keep em coming!
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Sure but the internal timer will run a cleaning cycle p!us the fact that removed and reinstalled the carts will force a large Ink purge. There is no way to avoid the inevitable. You just have to print semething. Anything will do including a simple nozzle check.
I like canon printers, but i am away for long periods from home like a month or two. What do you suggest me to do about my ink cartridges? Should i move into a laser one?
You carts will not suffer at all. But the print head could show clogging. Dye inks will clog less than pigment.
Hey Jose, I'm new around here but your channel is great. Question: You made a correction in the video info saying that the canon pro100 will do a time cleaning if you print or not, but then say that you should print every two days instead of let it do the cycle. So that confused me a little. If I print every two days will it stop the cleaning cycle after 120 hours or not? I don't want to waste ink. Thanks.
I have a pro100s by the way.
The pro 100 has timed cleaning cycles that will occur on your next print job after you exceed 120 or 480 from your LAST CLEANING CYCLE! SO if you print right this minute and you had not printer within the last 120 hours that print job would be preceded by a cleaning cycle because you had not printed within the last 120 or MORE hours. If you print anything within that 120 hour window no cleaning cycles will occur until you pass 120 hours. If you have not printed for 120 hours the cleaning will be medium and if you have not printed for 480 hours the cleaning will be larger. How much ink do they use? No body knows.
It sounds like you are new here so I would suggest you search my Playlists for TONS of PRO-100 and related info. Here is a video where I cover the subject you are asking about.
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So do i need to leave my printer on and plugged in? I have a Pro-100 which I do my best to use every few days, but every time im done printing I turn it off (still plugged in, just pressing the power button). I've noticed that when go back to turn it on and print the printer will make some noises for around 30 seconds. Is this the cleaning cycle you are mentioning?
Yes. On 24/7. You can prevent the cleaning circles that take place whenever you repower on the printer. But you cannot get rid of the cleaning cycle take place for normal maintenance but at least you can reduce or eliminate the ones that would occur when you re power on so leave it on 24/7
Dear sir. I have the pro 10, and expecting to receive a pro 100 soon. They are such a good value to be passed by. Just a casual check. Do you think the chassis of the pro 100 is the same as the pro 10? You think if a pro 10 print head is inserted into the pro 100 chassis .. and perhaps unlocked it's use as a pro 10? They are so similar that it seemed plausible that Canon could be manufacturing the mechanical parts as the same design, whilst having a different firmware for each model will bring down their manufacturing costs. If this hypothesis is true. We may just have a cheap chassis for replacement in case the ink pad (irreplaceable) becomes saturated.
I'm pretty sure that will not work. Both printers PRI t head carriages are different and so are the heads. The chassis is internally also different as is the motherboard and firmware.
Thanks, Jose, I appreciate your response. I will get another one and not worry about it.
Good luck!!
Hey Jose, so if I turn my pro-100 off after printing is that worse then leaving it idle? Or is it just unplugging that's worse? I've been unplugging my printer every time I use it as I needed the socket :(
No need to ever do that. Unplugging will waste more ink when you decide to printer next time. The idea of turning off printer is antiquated and no longer relevant with today's modern printers.
Dear Jose, I have enjoyed watching your videos and learned a lot from them. I had a Pixma Pro-9500 which worked fine for around 5-6 years (I can't remember exactly how long) I did not use it that much because of the cost of each cartridge and I now realise that this was false economy. Eventually the print head clogged and I could not unclog it so I replaced the 9500 with the Canon Pixma Pro-100s. After watching your videos (which all seem to have referenced the Pro-100 and not the 100s) I thought I knew how to do things right. I keep the printer on all the time and I make a print every two days. Sadly, the 100s seems to keep carrying out cleaning cycles, even today when I made two batches of prints it seemed to carry out a cleaning cycle before each session. Do you think that Canon have heard about your videos and changed the firmware so that the 100s is scheduled to do more cleaning cycles and not just after every 2.6 days?
If you hear a whirling sound it is simply emptying the purge pad of any ink that may have collected during the previous and current print jobs.
That's a relief, I'm always good for the odd conspiracy theory!
I don’t understand. You say 60 hour window to print and also 100 and 480 hour windows in one comment. Which one is it for the pro 100?
The PRO100 will trigger a pre print cleaning cycle after 120 hour of not printing. If you go past 480 hours it will run a larger cleaning cycle before it begins to print said job. Then the timer resets to zero and youncan print without cleaning cycles fornthe next 119:59:59 hours before the next cleaning cycles is added before the next print.
I use my Pro-10 a lot (several photo prints a week) so the few times I'm away and the printer goes into a cleaning cycle I consider it a good thing. I just love the photo prints produced on the Pro-10. (If you use Precision Color Inks the cleaning cost is negligible. Other than for photos I have very little need to print in colour. My networked Brother (black only) laser printer has been a real trooper over the years.
The only negative about these printers even using them with 3rd party inks is that eventually they stop working due to full waste ink pads.
And there isn't an inexpensive solution to this?
Solution to what. The Pads? Nope it requires a complete tear down and cost about $300 to do.
Wow. That is a big deal. How much printing does it take to reach this point? And do you know if there is a "meter" buried somewhere in the drive/software that keeps track of how much ink is used?
It's not how many prints it takes but how may For a ing cycles and I'm purges generated after EACH cart change. That ink is directed to the pads at the very base of the printer body. Totally inaccessible to you. The firmware keeps track and when a certain arbitrary Magic Number is reached, thats it. The printer stops working. It's not just the pro-100 but ALL printers with internal waste ink pads. There are tools for resetting most Epson printers but not Canon, but the ink is still being accumulated in the pads and eventually you overflow.
A quick story - I bought a 2nd hand pro 9000mkII on ebay . It was described NIB but when I got it , a few inks were done and the green channel was totally clogged.
This was due to it probably sitting in a box for 2-3 years. I assume it was given away with a Canon camera purchase.
So to clean the head I used NO solvent. But I did use an ultrasonic cleaner , hydrogen peroxide and a small amount of isopropal alcohol. half an hour in cleaner and testing it - the green now flows perfectly while on the test strip it was blank when printing green.. no lines or anything. Just make sure you take out the rubber if using alcohol.
Usually it's not recommended that you use an ultrasonic cleaner. It can actually cause internal damage of the internal delicate components. Also Hydrogen peroxide can cause damage. Most canon print heads need only need to be partly soaked in warm distilled water with maybe a bit of Windex mixed in. But you had success and one can not argue with success. Enjoy your 9000 MKII.
Does the timed for regular prints with Qimage requires the printer and the connected computer to be on?
Yes. Computer and printer and Qimage as well. Remember this is only keep the printer exercised and reduce the chance of logging. CANON's timed cleaning cycles will still occur regardless.
Thank you!
You're welcome. Thank you too.
Hi, Jose.
I've heard you often speak about the timed Canon cleaning cycles, 60 h, 120h, 480h. You say that if one prints before the timed cycle "your ink will go to the print and not be wasted on a cleaning cycle." I'm confused by that statement.
Do the cleaning cycles occur even if you are printing every day, or does printing "reset" that cleaning cycle clock so that it does not occur until the printer is idle for the 60, 120, 480 hrs? Thanks
Okay. We now know that printing those not disable any of the cleaning cycles that occur. Pigment printers like a pro 10 will run a cleaning cycle every 60 hours whether you print or not. The pro 100 being a dye ink printer has a longer. 120 hours again, whether you print or not. Please go to my video list and look at the very recent one that I did a few weeks ago it explains everything We now know about the maintenance Cycles at the Canon printers run.
@@cheo1949 Aha, found it, thanks
I have a Canon Pixma MG2920 printer I have replaced the ink cartridge several times before, but have just purchased 2- 245 Black cartridges and it keeps giving me an error that the cartridge isn't installed properly or is the wrong cartridge I have tried everything I can think of and when I diagnose and repair it says there is no problem
I really do not know as I do not use those printers. I only use and work with PRO level Photo printers. Are they OEM carts or compatible?
I was wondering about your opinion on something. I have an IPF 6300 and I am now experiencing issues with my second set of printheads. I don't print enough and I have not been good at running nozzle checks and test prints to keep the nozzles from clogging up. At the present, I have ink in the machine and two, unopened printheads. I am talking to a retailer about getting some cash back for the print heads and putting that towards a newer, smaller printer such as the Canon Pro 1000 or the Epson P800. The alternative would be to keep the 6300 and use the new printheads. My goal is to have a more trouble free printing experience based upon low volume usage. What do you think?
The P800 would be your best choice for not often printing! But you must know how I feel about that! If I am not committed to use my printers at least once a week of more often, then maybe I should.not own one. But that is just me. The P800 will be more forgiving. But not the Canon printers.
I realize that regardless of how I go forward, that if own an inkjet that I will have to commit to a routine of maintenance prints to keep the printheads from clogging. It is interesting to me with the amazing level of technology in these machines that there isn’t a more effective system of self cleaning built in to these machines.
There is. It's called Auto Cleaning Cycles and CANON utilizes it. How are you going to keep tubules that are only 1 micron in ID clear of something that is not only fairly viscous but also containing solid nanometer size pigment particles in suspension. The only way it to forcibly suck out ink with the purge pad pump.
Jose: Just got the Brother Mfc-J5830dw. The inks are claimed to be archival by Brother. As expected, they say you need to use their paper. Does the type of paper you use effect the archival quality of the ink? I intend to use QEM ink only as I will sell 11x14 pics. Thanks Charlie
Yes Paper is just as important as the inks themselves. But you know that printer only uses four colors and if by prints you mean Photos, that is not going to work very well as far as color fidelity of your prints. The gamut will be quite low even with OEM inks.
hi, i have an old (circa 1990) Canon Bjc-250 printer, very good, that worked very well for me and uses Windows XP. The printer worked well until 2017, when, one day it stopped printing altogether...when i send the command "print" (in black and white, that is all I do...)there is total silence. Before this , at the clicking on the "print' word, there used to be an immediate whirring sound and the pages would start being printed quickly. when the problem started i bought a new b&W cartridge,installed it, and again clicked on "print", but there is a total silence, nothing happens.....could the cause be that microsoft stopped supporting the WINDOWS XP around 2014/15, and then this cause my BjC-250 stopped working forever?
Nope it died of old age.
Thanks for the reply, Jose. Great content. I subbed!
Thank you!
My low mileage canon mb5320 printer: Power light stays ON forever, the yellow light in the triangle stays ON as well. The printer is not working, the display window has no light ... totally blank. Canon tech asked me to replace the printer. Any tips?
It may be low.mileage but it is old.and printers so. called duty cycle of d# of print or # of years before they are done! Mileage is less important than time. I have two Epson pro3800s both ma y years old. One is still.working fine with 17K prints under its belt. The other one is the same age but died at about 5k prints. One has used heavily and one was not. I am nervously waiting for the other one did soon but at least I got a.to air prints out of it. So the bad news is that the tech for once is probably correct. Ultimately printers will succumb to time especially when not used often.
how would you guys schedule nozzle-cleaning-print jobs on a mac?
There is a little tool that someone from DPreview wrote just for MAC.
Well that explains a few things. I have hardly used my Canon printer at all, and it's already telling me "low ink".And all the "cycling" it does whenever I turn it on. It's a 3600 series, and for what I use it for, I spent too much.
They do want to be used often so the ink is actually used for printing and not for generating waste ink.
Hi Jose can you recommend a simple budget printer where mostly i print black and white doc, bills and pictures (borderless print) from my hand phone and for home use only. I use to have a printer but i hardly use it this time i planing to get borderless printer to print some of my picture taken from the hand phone. Jose can you suggest me a one please, thank you.
I guess what you want is a all in one type printer. The problem is I have no idea about any of these model since I only use and work on larger Photo Only Printers. So I would not know where to even begin to suggest one. Canon and EPSON has goo AIO printer that also have scanners built in. Usually about $100 and up. Look for something that has WiFi so you can print through the smart phone.
Thank you Jose.
Helped me out in a jam, thank you, my printer is printing again!
That great! Please share with us what the problem was!
Hello Jose, I have a sudden strange problem with my canon pixma mp530. Basically, once Printing the noozzles pattern test, it comes out only exactly half of the grid created by the cartridge PGBK. The lower half of the grid is blank. I've flushed it under hot water for a while, but only the colours came back to normal pattern. Any suggestions, please?
Unfortunately a 50% of the nozzle check blank on any channel means an permanent electronic failure. New print head will solve the problem unless your logic board caused the electronic failure to begin with.
Thank you for the prompt answer. In your experience, do you reckon that a new print head could have a reasonnable/affordable cost? Or it's not worth it?
I am looking for a printer that I can print on CD and that I can change the waist pad my self. What printer can you recommend me?
Hardly any. I have an old AIO Epson Artisan 720 that would print to disks and had a user replaceable waste ink cartridge but it no longer made. None of the photo level printers will suffice. Look at the Expression series and see if they offer both of the functions you neee.
Hello, thank you for your videos. I would like to know how to clear a 5B00 error on my Pixma MX420 printer. Please can you help?
I think you may have meant a "B500" error which indicates an internal failure of a major electronic component. Hardly ever can you remove the error by turning off and back on. Sadly it might be time for a replacement.
Jose Rodriguez, Thanks for the effort. I am happy to inform you that I have fixed the problem. The printer is now working just fine. No need for replacement.
And by the way, it is actually 5B00!
A two second google search indicates that it is a waste ink pad full warning. It will need to go for servicing to have them replaced and the cart no counters set to zero.
i have a canon pixma pro 9000 mark ii with inkjet absorber pads that came loose can i fix?
I can't even begin to tell what to do. How did the pads come loose they are not even visible to the eye and they reside at the very bottom of the printer chasis.
Thanks very much, but I just ordered a Canon TR7520. Would this be the same routine for this series of printers? If not, what can you offer for keeping it from clogging when I get and start using it? I think I have found a good ink supplier that gets their ink from a US manufacturer and is supposed to be formulated to the same specs as OEM much less expensive. Ink Owl is who I am considering for the ink. Any advice for me? Thanks. I enjoy and have seen some of your videos before and they are very good. I can tell you really love your printing.
Yes the routine would be the same. But the times cycles would be different and No one knows what those are. Ink Owl inks are made by Image Specialists who was bought by a Florida based company. And no. No 3rd party inks dye or pigment match oem 100%.
Thanks much Jose. So I should avoid ANY 3rd party inks then, right?
I didn't say that. You want to save a lot of money? And don't mind losing a bit of quality but still want to the print? Then by all means. A good paper printer and ink profile will get you as close as possible but not exactly. So you can't have your cake and eat it too.
That'll work for me. I am not an aficionado and probly didnt even buy the best printer for my needs. I will be using it to print flyers for my business now and then and mostly text documents. I was gonna get a Canon Maxify but I think that one will only use pigments which I dont need. I really wont be printing alot of pictures. Just once in a while. I had an Epson Workforce which was a nightmare after one year. I had one previous to that one and same thing. So i thought I would try Canon. I purchased 3 refurbished Brother Laser 9130CWs for my business. Every one of the Brother 9130CWs would leave toner smudges every few pages and would also come off on my hands. I had to return them all. That would have been my printer of choice for my needs. Was very disappointed. So I'm back to trying an inkjet again with Canon which I never owned before. Thanks again. You are a great resource and I subscribed.
Jose Rodriguez I hve a question ,which printer do you think is the best and less expensive to use I do not print on a daily basis..Here are 2 I was searching on Canon Pixmz TS9120 or the Canon Pixma G-1200 mega tank injet printer...Are the mega tanks better and cheaper? Curious on what you think
You are asking the wrong guy but, generally The Megatanks G class Canon just like the L series from EPSON will be more economical to operate but they cost much more from the start. The truth is I do not use ANY non PRO level Photo Printer so I can't give you a direct answer from actual experience.
Thank you for your reply
Get a laser printer. Printing with ink is stone age.
Dear Jose, ok you are right. I made a big deal out of a little thing. I looked at your homepage and saw the amazing amount of work that you have done about the printing art and I had no idea! I apologize to you for my former comment peace.
Thank you I appreciate that. You gotta remember that I am retired and often I have no idea what today's date is. So I am totally guilty for that flub and if you look at more current content I know better and I've stopped stating the day's date! I often record several videos on one day. Take care and thanks.
I Agree Mr Nude
Inkjet costs too much per page anyway.
Yes,it is a tradeoff in machine purchase price and cost per page.
10 cents per page inkjet vs 2 cents for laser.
Photo print quality,the price goes up for either method,but inkjet is ridiculous.
Agreed. And that is why I only Print Photos with my inkjet printers. Document printing on them is out of the question.
Canon IP7260 here. I replaced all the cartridges with refillable cartridges and the ink cartridges have worked fine and are still working after two years. I am using non-genuine inks meant for Epson inkjets because I already had 700ml bottles of them from 7 years ago when I used Epson printers.
The colors look close enough for me--not accurate--but it doesn't look bad or wrong. Monitor is calibrated using EyeOne Match Pro, which is probably the most important step I have done. You can just keep manually adjusting the colors for your printer profile after each print until you are satisfied with the color-matching.
However the pigment black is no longer printing as I stopped printing for a month. Perhaps it dried up & clogged the heads. Cleaning the heads doesn't fix it.
My work around is to change Printer Settings to "High Resolution Paper" which will use normal black ink instead of pigment black.
Best thing to do is save up for a second hand Xerox Phaser color laser printer. Sometimes companies sell them really cheap or even give them away for free when they upgrade.
All I can tell you about the Black Channel is that's what happens when one doesn't print fro a long time and Compatible and refillables are awful for CANON Printers. Pigment will clog quickly when not used often.
This may be too old to ask, but do you have expierience with the IPF755, The other day I turned it on and booted straight to an error, So did a reset, Navigation+Load+power. Got into service mode. everytime i try to load paper I get a code 2f14, 2f13,2f2a, Can't figure this out, i use it to teach a graphic art class to students that can not afford a vo-tech, So I pay for everything, any ideas on what to try
Sorry Mark but do not I ow that model. Have you googled those error codes? Often after a lot period of non use they tend to through errors. Pull the p!it for about ten minutes, re plug and re power and see if that works. Otherwise, I'm afraid there is not much one can do with an old printer like that.
I have an older Canon MG8220 Photo printer that has 9600 x 2400 dpi but only prints out a 8 1/2 x 11" borderless max.
It prints out beautiful pictures, so my question is about the Canon Pro 10. Would it print out pictures that would be considerably better?
By the way, I can clean it through the maintenance program, all done manually. It can sit for months and no problems with clogging.
The front right side paper tray was broken by someone but it can still be positioned to work.
The PRO10 is of course a superior printer dedicated to printing photos. Unlikenan AIO type. It will print on any type of paper.and canvas up to 13x19
Will you need a huge difference? Not in most cases.
@@cheo1949
Thanks, I'm currently looking at the Canon Pro 10, and 1000 printer.
If you are just getting into this I would forget about the PRO-1000. That is a production printer requiring daily use with lots of large prints or you will use more ink on maintenance cycles than on producing prints.
Thanks for taking your time to share your advice. I was leaning towards the 10.
Does the 10 require a lot of usage also or will it also perform maintenance cycles after 60 hours of non usage? You may have stated that in the video and if so I apologize for not remembering.
My pro 1 bit the dust after 5 months of use.canon has stopped making them so they are sending me a pro 10 I will have some extra replacement chip for sale soon
Sorry to near that! Let me know when you are ready to let go of the chips.
This video was fantastically informative and really hits home ethical printing. It felt like therapy. I'm Christopher and I'm a printaholic 😔.
Thank you! Most people HATE this particular video. Apparently it's too long I don't get to the point in one minute. So I really appreciate do that you like it.
Does this apply to the Canon PIXMA TS5020 Wireless printer?
Though I do not know that model, most Canon printer will run time cleanings if that is what you are asking about.
Thank you so much for the information. I am getting ready to set up my Cannon Pixma Pro-10 that I have had sitting in the corner for about 2 years. I hope the ink has not hardened up!!! Silly me! Now I have subscribed to your channel and I am looking for your Patreon.com or I have tried Patrion.com to look for your website, and I just can't find it. Oh well. Again, Thank you so much for all of this wonderful information!
My Patreon link icon on the main channel page on the lower right of the channel art image. But just is case the URL is www.Patreon.com/jtoolman
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I am trying to print and the printer is just sending paper through without printing. Also, when it did print it only printed small section instead of the whole page.
When you are trying to print from what???? Does it act like it's printing but no ink is laid down? Or the paper just shoots through? What did you do between the time the printer was printing normal and now?
Don't mean to be a jerk but I can not guess what might be the problem unless I have all the details, and ALL history.
Also tough I will try to help you I have not have this problem at least not yet and I really do not know Mechanical Printer Problems tech support.
I can teach how to print photos with my eyes closed, just not how to fix printer problems unless they are about color management.
Same thing is happening now to my mx922. Whether printing from the computer or making copies from the printer out comes blank paper. Tried all the suggested fixes nothing seems to work
Thanks for your great videos, Jose. Maybe I shouldn't have the puppy. I have had many Canon printers and have enjoyed making my own prints over many years. Over that time, I have replaced many printheads due to clogging. I was about to throw the whole idea of home printing out the window (along with the most recent printer.). But ....I got a Canon iP8720 last summer. My wife and I did our snowbird thing over the winter and took our truck/camper down to Mexico on a 5 month trip. In an attempt to prevent the inevitable printhead clog, I removed the printhead and stored it in a tupperware container. I used tye-wraps to suspend the head off the bottom and poured in distilled water with a little Windex. Not sure - but I think the liquid was just touching the bottom of the printhead. So 6 MONTHS later, I flush the printhead and reinstall it - sure enough - it's clogged. After 2 days of flushing, purging, using an electric toothbrush and cursing, I got it working.
........ I guess I can rant too ............. anyway:
My question is this:
Is there any way that I can go to Mexico and come back to a working printer?
(Not going on the trip is not an option - otherwise I wouldn't have all the great photos.)
- We do not have anyone looking after the townhouse - nobody is here.
- Would it be risky and complicated to come up with a system for automatic printing every 2 days? (5 months = 75 prints)
- Is there any way I can remove and store the printhead so it will not clog?
I am sure other retired photographers are in this same situation - I look forward to your comments.
Thanks ....... Dave
re. Inkjet Plumber, the Mac auto print app. I realize that the way to go is probably keeping everything together and just have my old laptop print out a swatch every few days. So Inkjet plumber MAY do the trick. Right now though the app will not wake up my laptop to perform the print. I don't want to leave my laptop up and running for 5 months. But I have contacted the author of the app and hopefully this situation will be solved.
Do you know how to reset the ink counter on the mx series to clear the end of life messages that you get when you hit 60,000 prints to reset it back to zero ?
There was a program made by an Indian tech student that could service a lot of settings in the printers that were the L series
It doesn't work for the newer MX models
Any help is appreciated
Thanks
Bill
Do mean you want to reset the waste Ink counter?? You need the WIC reset tool plus a $10 serial key for the reset. Get it from www.ocotoinkjet.co.uk But if you mean something else then I need more details. Realize that just resetting to zero does not remove all the waste Ink out of the pads. Eventually they overflow.
Jose Rodriguez the counter needs to be reset to zero. Cannon sets it so when it reaches the number it stops working and says end of life even though nothing is wrong.
I can clean or replace the pads
I thought there was a way to clear the counter from the buttons on the top using a sequence to get to that hidden menu
Wait are you talking about Epson or Canon here. New canons quite often cannot enter service mode unless you have access to the can on server along with login credentials. If Epson look to see if the WIC reset tool will work. Otherwise there is not much more I can tell you.
Canon printer MG 3022
How do I setup my printer to use a refil ink cartridge
If I knew anything about the MG3022 I would tell you. As I have said many times, my channel is about Pro level photo printers and not other models. I would look to.see if it is even possible to.refill your original carts. As 3rd party refillable and compatible carts are not recommended for Canon printers.
Hi Jose, this is Hector. I have a Canon MG5720 Inkjet printer which I have not been able to use since new because the magente color would not print. I placed a tech report directly with Canon and they so kindly sent me a new headprinter in the mail. I replaced the headprinter and to my surprise nothing changed. I still have the same problem of the magenta color not being able to print. Somehow I am inclined to think that the printer has not registered within its local memory, I suppose, that it has a new printhead. If this makes sense, do you know a way to tell it that it now has a new headprinter ? or maybe you can tell me what other problem I may be facing. Thank you very much.
I have no idea as I only use PRO Photo printer. I know nothing about any of the MG models. Did you fully remove the vent tape on the magenta cart? If not ink will not flow and the printhead will burn out.
If you suspect the memory, why not download new firmware? I have a Canon MGxxxx, and I can reset some problems just by holding "Stop" for 5 seconds.
love your lathe videos when you did them .
Thank and I will be doing more of that very soon.
Hello, thank you for your info on Cannon printers. I let my cartridges run empty, or at least I thought. The black cartridge still printed but not thoroughly. I purchased new black and color cartridges. Now, although the printer prints as I test printed pages, cleaned thoroughly from printer panel, the ink cartridge supply ink levels keeps reading "information not available". Can you kindly send m e link or info on how to remedy problem. Thank you.
You left out which model Canon printer? I have never had nor heard of that error message. Are you using original carts?
Jose Rodriguez hi thank you for your reply. It’s a cannon pixma 492. Cartridges purchased at staples and microcenter. I do not get any errors such as lights or messages. It simply does not pick up the ink level and when I click it to find out. It says “information not available” I took the cartridges out unplugged machine put them back in and still no show. That was the only suggestion I could get from cannon support page for that machine. Thank you
Not a model I am experienced or familiar with as I only work with Pro Photo printers but if the carts are not original Canon cartridges, that will be a possible cause for the non recognition of the ink levels. If the are original then something's mg is damaged with the internal contacts on the print head contacts or the communication with the printhead to the printer
Jose Rodriguez ok well thank you anyway. May they are cheap refills via staples and MicroCenter. I will call cannon soon. I do appreciate your time. Thank you very much for being helpful to us. Be well.
If they are not OEM they will cause that problem.
Hi Jose, I have a canon pro 100 because I saw your videos, but I cant print 4x6 always said paper jam......all other size is OK but 4x6 doesn't. Is there a trick that you can share > Thank you in advance
That should not be happening it should be able to print flawlessly in 4 x 6.
You might want to run the roller cleaning utility in the driver is located in the maintenance tab
@@cheo1949 Thank you....you are awesome.....I want another tip for you, I have canon photo paper Plus Semi-gloss, what paper for best result like photo printed at walmart photo center (it's said FUJI FILM) but no idea I need print photo from church.
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Your Canon plus semi gloss is perfect. I like better than what the one hour shops produce.
I have just purchased a PIXMA ts8050 printer can I use cis on it?
At your own risk.
the BJC-50, 70, 80, 85 etc also seem to do this I own a few of these and have opened them and cleaned inside including the pads used for this. I still dont know how to make these printers pick a sheet of paper from loaded stack after a few years, any help with this would be helpful. also how to replace the battery pack for models with that option to extend recharge times
I am not familiar with this family of printers. Just how old are these models? When the paper refuses to feed after a year or so of sue is due to the rubber rollers no longer being "Sticky" so they can no longer grab the sheets of paper consistently!
Are these portable printers? I would assume their waste pads reach max load very quickly!
correct. the series was from about Win 3.0 through Win7 when Pixama came out as an upgrade. then mobile printers dropped out for some reason. the model numbers ran out of order also BJC-70, 50, 80, 55, 85, 90/pixima tru the 100s til Pixima was dropped then a few years til ink was dropped. I own several as I love the portable office ability with IBM laptops which I also have many
I remember seeing these on the old PC magazine. They problem was their internal ink pads maxing out very quickly! But they did seem very convenient at the time.
oh and the waste pads also disentigrate after long un serviced periods and seem unreplaceble without a whole part being changed but they are no longer supported so gotta tinker and DIY made parts from donors.
I have learned to get several of the tray cases that screw down air tight to store ink in between use and when traveling to save ink and printer problems. the battery pack has removable battery but havnt found replacement yet. likely costly also. I may try rebuilding it inside if I find a spare in case it gets damaged.
i have a question i dont want to use my printer for 2 or 3 weeks is there a cleaning tecknique that i can use it later in?
Unless you have Qimage Ultimate and schedule printing of a purge file every two days or so, all you can do is to perform a NOZZLE CHECK ( NOT A PRINT ) and it will trigger it's own cleaning cycle before it prints. Make sure you have enough ink in the carts. View the nozzle check for even band of each color, If it is all perfect then you can proceed to print normally. If not you will have to run a second MANUAL cleaning cycle followed with another nozzle check and check. Hopefully it will be fine.
hi again is there a way to print something from another country or somewhere else or cant i just wash the head and seal the cartridges from the air and leave them out and come back and use them again?because i cant leave my laptop on for a weak or 2 so i must do something that my head wont dry out
Just leave it on but place it inside a plastic trash bag to maintain moisture. Leave on and when you return it will do a cleaning and should be fine. Two or here weeks is nothing to worry that much about. Canon printers are very good about that. Yes you will waste some ink.
How do you set up the purge sheet?
If you mean how do I set up so I automatically print a purge sheet on my CANON Printers before the 60 hour time limit? You will need to own QIMAGE Ultimate!
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If you mean something else please let me know.
It's not just the pro printers that do this - even the cheapest consumer printers run autonomous cleaning cycles. A print a day keeps the ink waste away..
Indeed.
Coool... Thanks for sharing your experience. As an aside... Google is awesome!!!! Without Google, I never would have saw your wonderful videos.... In either case, thanks again and I am going to eventually get a Canon printer, but I am wondering what sort of upgrades would be in store for the second version of the Canon 1000. Will they make a second version that would still be desktop, but can print 24 inches? Will they address or present an alternative method to their anti-clogging feature? It will be interesting. I am actually thinking about just holding off to pay full price for whatever the second version of the Canon Pro 1000 may be. In either case, have a nice day.
I don't really anything of a desktop 24" model. The PRO 2000 already covers those features except for being a floor unit. This one uses roll and cut sheets. The PRO 1000 still has a length limitation.
Thanks for your kind and prompt response. I actually just received my Canon quote yesterday for the Pro 2000. But the more that I thought about it, I love the concept of the desktop more so I decided to pass on the Pro 2000. Maybe I can upgrade to that one later if I never get what I want in the desktop version. I just wished the Pro 1000 could print 24 inches. I am not too concerned about length as I am primarily printing portraits and likely some landscapes.
I just figured that by the time that I have the money for the Pro 1000, maybe they will have a second version of it out. I was curious on what that new version would be. Could it be 24 inches in a desktop environment? I know some may say that they would not risk galvanizing their Pro 2000, but a I just truly see the products as different. Ooooooor could it be something truly awesome such as larger ink carts going from 80 mL to 137 or 200 mL which I believe are in the larger models.
Pay me no mine... I was just brainstorming what the ideal next version of the 1000 would be. It seems that a number of big companies have gotten in the habit of upgrading their products about 18 months to 24 months. Which means... That is too far away since the Canon 1000 was released. By that time, I will be ready to buy.
In either case, thanks for your kind response. Talk to you soon....
I learned from your experiences and I haven't bought the printer yet. :)
hi joe... Whay Cant We Use Cli-42 Third Party Carts . What Happen If Used ? Thank you
I never said you couldn't.
ones again joe .. I Accidentally ordered A Compatible One .. Thats Why i asking about it ... can i transfer That Chip Only ?
You can use them but you need to.a.verynclose looknat how the printer behaves. Obviouslybitnis best to refill your original oem cartridges.
@@cheo1949 yes joe I'll Do It .. My Empty Oem Carts Are on the way.. you Know Joe . Im In Sri Lanka.. I Hope Only Couple Of Pro 100 Unit In Our Country .. All Studio Are Use EPSON L1800, L805, So I Break The Rule And Im Look forward to receive My Oem Empty Carts, Chip Resetter And INKTEC Refill Inks .. Thanks Joe ... Ill Hope It Works For Me
where do I get the evaluation print?
www.sendspace.com/file/kivtv2 do not allow ANY pop ups. If any occur, close them you should on the Send space Download page for this file. Click on DOWNLOAD and nothing else.
Good good info, Thanks.
Thanks
My Pro 9000 mark2 eats ink, it seems to run a cleaning cycle every time it is turned on, even once a day
Of course. You are not supposed to turn it off and on. That is what it is programed to do. Leave it ono and print every other day and the ink will be used for the creation of prints.
Hi I did not hear the name clearly for the unclog tool
Qimage.
Hola Jose, no se si me podras entender pero de igual manera te pregunto. He visto varios de tus videos pero no he encontrado la solucion a mi problema pero me han servido de mucho. Tengo una pixma pro 10 y cuando imprimo en papel tamano 4x6 al final de la impresion la foto queda descuadrada. Justo antes de terminar de imprimir la impresora como que hace un salto y la impresion se descuadra. Me gustaria mostrarte las fotos de como queda. Porque pasara eso ? es posible que sea el papel ? Tengo fotos de las fotos por si te gustaria mirarlas. Saludos
Estas usando paper brilloso? Canon, o otra marca? Creo que los rolos de transporte estan resbalando. Corre el proceso para limpiar el.Paper Transport que we encuentra en el Maintenance Tab.
Jose, te agradezco muchisimo que me hayas contestado. Si, es papel brilloso, es otra marca y ese papel tenia muchisimo tiempo guardado y como justo compre la impresora lo use. Cuando imprimo en papel brilloso tamano carta si imprime queda perfecta la impresion. Es posible que sea el papel ? Como se corre el proceso ?
Aca te dejo el link de como quedan las imagenes. Solo sucede con papel 4x6.
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Si no es CANON puede que sea demaciado resbaloso i al final se muve o se mueve. En el Driver se va a "Maintenance / Roller Cleaning" i siga las direcciones. Si eso no lo arregla el problemba tendras que usar otro tipo de papel. Que Marca es?
La marca es 'image plus' eso lo compre hace como 6 anos minimo. Creo que si es el papel. Tengo que probar con otro y te aviso. Gracias de verdad
HOW TO SOLVE THE ERRO CODE 6A80 ON MY CANON
Jose can I use just a regular paper for cleaning, or it must be a photographic paper? BTW, I own Canon Pro 100.
Sure. Just regular copy paper.
Thank you, Jose.
The only time I recommend using a glossy photo paper is when performing AUTO nozzle checks or AUTO print head alignments. These AUTO tests require that the printed results be scanned and analyzed by an internal sensor. These results are sharper and easier to detect and be read by the sensor when printed on glossy rather than copy paper which wicks ink a bit more. Only some printers have these features. For simply printing nozzle check or purge charts you do not need special paper.
Jose Rodriguez Muchas gracias, Jose.
Jose Rodriguez Muchas gracias, Jose.
Does Canon make LED printers? And if so what are the model numbers.
Sorry but I'm not entirely sure what an LED Printer is. Please clarify. Thanks
@@cheo1949 I believe it's a faster version of a Laser printer.
Don't know anything about those. I only deal with inkjet photo printers.
Just purchased the software, Muchísimas Gracias..!!
What software? Qimage?
Yes sir..
According to the manual for the Pro 10, each time an ink cartridge is replaced, the printer is supposed to automatically run a cleaning cycle on the next print...so even for the frequent user this appears to be unavoidable. I've yet to verify this myself - just picked up one a few weeks ago and just now had to change one out for the 1st time, guess I'll find out soon. I've been running by the "60 hour rule" thus far.
P.S. Thanks for your videos, several have been very helpful in getting me started!
Yes. One complete ( all 10 colors ) purge cycle every time you change one cart. Yes the 60 hour cycle is also part of the PRO-10. That is why I have two complete sets of carts. Once ONE cart reaches low, I exchange the complete set with reset and filled FULL ( 10 cart ) set. Once purge cycle is generated and I will will not be changing inks for quite a while. The single cart changing creates what we call " The Domino Effect " you are constantly changing carts and others that were near low.... will them BE low after the ink purge. The two set / change when one cart is low scheme, minimizes the generation of waste ink and preserves and extends the life of your Waste Ink pads. Ta change then reset the Printer will cost you more than half the printers original cost.
Jose Rodriguez Wow, interesting and good to know - thanks. With the talk of minimizing/avoiding cleaning cycles, it seems somewhat surprising that this part of it doesn't get nearly as much attention as printing frequency, etc.
For me, the first cartridge to run out was CO (not a surprise), which I just changed out. I have not printed since changing it, so the cleaning cycle has not been triggered yet. The low ink warning just came on for Gray, and PB is about 1/4 full. The color ones are around half at this point. MBK is near full. Sounds like I should go ahead and change out Gray as well before I print again - and what about PB? What would you recommend? Thanks!
Officially that is never discussed as it is expected that NONE of us would or should be refilling with 3rd party inks. CO will be used at 4x the frequency to other colors. Grays are used a lot as well when printing COLOR. That is the way it is able to print super smooth gradations. You are on the PRO-10 so I said to change over when you hit LOW. Well that was a mistake on my part. Your PGI-72 carts do not have a sponge nor do they have to be modified in any way. Just reset and drip ink on the exit port till full at 33 grams. I do however exchange a complete set when ANY one goes to the empty or near empty mark. I remove them all and replace with 10 reset and full carts and continue printing. Then at my leisure I reset and top off all the carts I removed. One Purge per MAJOR cart change. No domino effect. SO you will need one more set of carts. Otherwise you will have to do each one at a time. Not good!!!
Ah I should have clarified - I'm not refilling my own cartridges (and don't have the equipment nor the space to do so even if I wanted)...just buying them the old-fashioned way - direct from Canon.
I have an extra set of all inks plus 3 COs. Ordered a Gray and a PB last night. Would like to maximize ink usage and minimize cleaning cycles so trying to figure out when it's best to switch tanks.
You have no choice as you will be changing them one by one as they reach empty. The "tricks" that I speak of are only applicable for refillers.
hi jose my printer keeep saying error 6000 i have all in one printer cannon pixma mx 490
Thank you for asking but remember I am not nor never considered myself as term support. So all I can do as I always do when I experience printer problems is to resort to Google. After looking I found this:
fix-your-printer.blogspot.com/2010/12/error-6000-on-canon-printers.html
need to know how to reset a canon mg5220 error 5800 need step by step info
Since I never have used an aio canon printer I have no clue what the error even is. Have you Google it?
OK it appears to be a full waste ink pad. Not much you can realistically can do. The way they reset the pads after they replace them, which required a total teardown, is to enter service mode and use the Canon service tool which can be found but e problem is the new printers require a logon to the canon server to allow to use it. You or I do not have access. So it looks like it's time for a new printer.
I've owned a Canon IP-100 for nearly 10 years. Best printer I have EVER owned! Although the "cleaning" cycles are annoying, the printer WORKS. Which is more than I can say for HP printers ( worst I have owned). Also own a Xerox Phaser MFP 6600. High maintenance ( not for the technologically handicapped), but with care, they work well. And no ink to ever dry out and clog print heads ( HP are you listening?)
They are not. HP has sort of dumped the photo printing side.
There is no way to disable the cleaning cycle? Is this for all Canon printers? TY
Absolutely not. You prefer a clogged printer?
I prefer a printer that does not perform this task every sixty hours of non-use.
Good luck! Epson wont do that but they still do auto cycles after a long enough period.
I settled on an HP Envy. Great price at 29.95 clearence. Love it!
Hello Jose!
I have a PIXMA Pro9000 Mark II. After replacing an 8M and an 8PC, my printer stopped printing and popped up a window with a B200 error message. I removed the print head from the printer (which, to my surprise, was very dirty) and held it under the faucet to clean it out. I rinsed that print head about five minutes before the water was clear. After the print head completely dry (I'll let it air dry overnight), what do I do now? I can't afford to take my printer to a repair shop right now. Can you help me? I certainly hope so.
B200 is a print head failure! Thought it could possibly be something else but usually it indicates a new print head is needed.
Thank you, Jose. Where would I get a new print head for this printer (PIXMA Pro9000 Mark II)?
www.inkjetprinthead.com/canon_printhead_for_i9900_i9950_ip8500_ip8600_pro_9000_duplicate.htm?manf=5
Thank you, Jose. BTW, you said it could be something else. What else could it be? I would really hate to buy a print head (they're not cheap) and that's not the problem.
Actually that one is pretty cheap! Try $500!!!
When you removed the head and did your washing, did you unplug the printer? The reason is the recommended thing to do is to power off, remove the plug for about 20 minutes and then re plug and power up. Besides a damaged printhead it could something as simple as a bad contact of the back plate of the printhead to the contacts of the printer. If after checking that and doing the power off and back on it does not work then your only option is the new print head.
Christ, just say it already. How do you stop the freaking internal clock for the cleaningcycle?
OK. You can't! If I knew I'd tell you all!
Great tutorials.I couldn't understand the name of the site to make contributions. Can you spell it out?
I think you might mean www.patron.com/jtoolman
That is for automatic donation from $1 and up. Otherwise there a SUPPORT bottom on the mid right area of my main channel page for single one time support donations. Often it is called A Tip Jar.
Thanks!
Got it. Just started supporting you. I just got the Canon pro100 and want to finally understand printing. So far, you've helped a lot already.
Thank you Gregory I just saw that and I appreciate it. Hopefully I can make your experience with the PRO-100 a good one.
You have so far. Can you tell me which of your videos shows how to turn of printer color management. I'm not sure if I've done it right and can't remember which of your videos shows it. Thanks!
Preference driver window click on COLOR / Intensity Manual Adjustment then Matching then NONE.
need to know how to reset a canon mg5220 error 5800
Do you know what that error code pertains to?
This is true of non photo grade canon inkjets as well. You really have to run a print with them every other day or the printer will go through a cleaning cycle and you will waste a lot of ink. I just use the inkjet as the primary printer with one of the computers I use every day. The lazer is faster and less expensive to use but you have to exercise the inkjets to keep them happy.
If you do not print medium to high quality photos there is no reason to own an inkjet printer. Laser is always the best choice!
I use my inkjet to print graphs 90% of the time because the color makes it easy to differentiate between the plots. Also most people own inkjets just for printing documents but some do let their priter sit fallow for a week at a time and then complain about excessive cleaning cycles and high ink usage.
Well using an inkjet for just documents just doesn't make any sense! Unless you use it daily. One of the reasons is printers of that lower caliber are practically being given for almost free and the cost of inks hits you. Their response is...What, you didn't know??
On other hand if I have a high end inkjet that I use to create prints for sale and it cost a total of say $20 including paper and waste ink generated but I sell it for $100, then that makes sense to own that type printer. Using it for printing emails or web pages.... No way!
People need to look at the situation that way.
Inkjet technology is finicky as hell.
When I worked wit drafting pens the various diameter would constantly clog and practically lived in the ultrasound bath.
My fault for letting them dry from lack of use. Same thing applies to inkjets.
Hello José I'm having an horrible time with my canon pixma pro 100. it prints with a green tenting on my black and whites and on my colores and nothing i do with the settings can get rid of it :'( what can I do?
I'd pay anyone $100 if they can help me get the color settings working for me. I watched all the video's Jose has on it but am having no luck. originally it worked great then it stoped and now every time i adjust the file to where it prints not great but okay it changes on me. now it's making my prints look lighter >8/ My gray areas don't show true gray but have green tenting. the color heat print test shows the grays and black perfectly so i do not know if my files are formated wrong or the color profile's are wrong or something else is trying to control the colores even though I'm sure i turnd it all off. idk maybe the print software is junk. i called canon and they wanted to fix my computer for $500. i took the printer to my father inlaws and it did the same thing on his computer >:'( I've wasted so much ink and paper and ive given up. my only hope to print out my art work is to have a guru like Jose help me personally and I'm willing to pay however much it may take and even drive wherever i my need to go.
Have you ever verified the printer by printing a Standard Image using only the standard settings. To verify a printer you need to be using original inks and paper. For instance, if you are using canon pro luster you need to set the driver to PHOTO Printing. It defaults to DOCUMENT printing. BORDELESS Off, chose the paper type so Pro Luster, then Quality HIGH. Open the image but do not attempt to edit it. Tell the editing app to let the driver control color. If not then you are double profiling and yoiunwill indeed have a color cast. Print it with the settings I've given you. Look at the print and determine that it looks "Correct" to your eye. Have you determined that all the print head channels are firing 100% by running a nozzle check?? There so many possibilities but this is a start. If the Standard Print is correct then it is your monitor not being calibrated. If it is OFF end you will subconsciously edit your image so it appears good on your OFF monitor which will of course cause the image to be wrong and will end be printed that way. Don't play around with ICC profiles just yet until you sort this out.
Jose Rodriguez - okay I will try it out thank you so much Jose this thing has given me some major bluse :( i hope i can work out the options you shared
Jose Rodriguez - I'm pretty sure it's not the screen cause I set my photo to just black and white on Photoshop with the setting that takes out color and it still turns out with the slight green tenting but i did not think that playing with it on Photoshop may mess it up. I'll try a non edited photo and try the settings you suggested and see what happens. I'll let you know what I end up with if you wouldn't mind my doing so Im sure you get busy helping so many people :)
You should never ever convert an RGB File to Gray Scale. You loose a HUGE amount of Info. GS only has ONE channel composed of only 255 shades of black to white. SO you will get banding across closely related tones. RGB on the other hands has 255x255x255 = 16,581,375 tones! SO... how to take advantage of this? Convert to B&W and never Convert to Gray scale. Here , save yourself further headaches and download my set of Standard Images and print one of the several collages letting the printer control colors and using Photo Printing Choice / Paper Type / Quality High. Remember you must be using OEM inks and Papers. If not then that is your source of the green tint to your B&W prints. www.sendspace.com/file/kivtv2 Here is one of my videos on this subject and there are many moreczcams.com/video/B4OKarAezeE/video.html
Never had that problem with a brother printer. I use it once a month and had no problems for over 10 years.
That's all it takes. Some printers are more finicky than others.