Help! My baby broke my printer!
Apr 25, 2017 13:57:44 #
bsprague wrote:
It is funny! br br My three year old Pro-100 br... (show quote)
Well said. There are still many workarounds to rebate tracking if needed.
Apr 25, 2017 14:32:47 #
bsprague wrote:
It is funny! br br My three year old Pro-100 br... (show quote)
I also bought two of them under the rebate, but I sold one before I could use it. I paid $130, and I sold it for $130 to someone here.
Apr 25, 2017 14:41:14 #
Just Dawn wrote:
My 2 year old has a thing for putting his toys and other foreign objects in the openings if my Canon pixma ix6800. Now everything I print is green! I use aftermarket ink and I've had the printer a little over a year. Is there anything I can do to fix it or am I forced to upgrade to the pixma pro 100? Keep in mind I'm a single mom of 2 so, as much as I would love to just buy a new one, money's tight and I already spend way too much on this hobby.
Before you blamed it on the kid you should of done a nozzle check. The green cast could be due to clogged nozzles. Printers need to be exercised often. A very small 1x1 color print several times a week is all that is needed to keep the ink flowing.
If the nozzle check shows clogging, try this before doing a head cleaning. Lets say the yellow ink is having a problem. Go to the paint program in Windows-- with the paint bucket tool turn the screen yellow-- then resize to 25 percent--now print out the color and do another nozzle check. You might have to do this more than once to clear the nozzles. Do like-wise for other colors that might be clogged.
This method is for ink saving, a head cleaning will purge ink from all of the cartridges and wastes lots of ink just to clean one color. A full head cleaning should be a last resort.
Apr 25, 2017 14:44:16 #
romanticf16
Loc: Commerce Twp, MI
Just Dawn wrote:
Thanks all for the advice. Looks like there's a pro 100 in my future :)
Consider building a shelf to keep it out of reach of the kids!
Apr 25, 2017 17:36:39 #
Retailers may package all the inks for a particular printer, but as long as the tank or cartridge shows at least half full, I wouldn't replace all of them at once. I have an older Canon printer and have always only replaced the ink that was needed. No problems. (Usually black runs out first, because of printed documents.)
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