Bad Print Heads
Apr 13, 2020 07:30:39 #
A friend needed a printer, and I have a collection of Canon iP4500s. I got one from the garage - five blinks: bad print head. I brought out three more, and they all did the five blink print head signal. I swapped heads and examined the heads - nothing unusual. Very annoying. I'm sure those printers worked when I put them away. Even the one I have here, on this computer, has a bad print head. I recently bought new Canon ink ($72) for that printer, and now it doesn't work.
Do any of you know what goes wrong with print heads? There's not much to this one. It's basically a basket that holds the cartridges. I have one more printer upstairs, but I'm not hopeful.
Do any of you know what goes wrong with print heads? There's not much to this one. It's basically a basket that holds the cartridges. I have one more printer upstairs, but I'm not hopeful.
Apr 13, 2020 07:33:59 #
LWW
Loc: Banana Republic of America
There should be a clean print head, or similar verbiage, in the menu somewhere.
A little bit of ink always remains in the heads at the end of a job, and it will dry up after awhile if not used.
A little bit of ink always remains in the heads at the end of a job, and it will dry up after awhile if not used.
Apr 13, 2020 07:38:41 #
No print heads. Electronic printing is done by pulses sent from the software to the cartridge which prints.
Print heads are for matrix style printers and plotters that make physical contact with paper.
Contact Canon.
Print heads are for matrix style printers and plotters that make physical contact with paper.
Contact Canon.
Apr 13, 2020 08:56:59 #
LWW wrote:
There should be a clean print head, or similar verbiage, in the menu somewhere.
A little bit of ink always remains in the heads at the end of a job, and it will dry up after awhile if not used.
A little bit of ink always remains in the heads at the end of a job, and it will dry up after awhile if not used.
Kind of ironic, but it won't clean the print head because it says it's not installed, it's the wrong print head, or there's a problem with it. I'm beginning to believe in gremlins.
Apr 13, 2020 09:03:45 #
I was reading about incorrect ink cartridges could be the issue, along with old cartridges or old software on your PC.
Apr 13, 2020 09:03:55 #
I was reading about incorrect ink cartridges could be the issue, along with old cartridges or old software on your PC.
Apr 13, 2020 09:20:10 #
LWW
Loc: Banana Republic of America
jerryc41 wrote:
Kind of ironic, but it won't clean the print head because it says it's not installed, it's the wrong print head, or there's a problem with it. I'm beginning to believe in gremlins.
Perhaps an exorcist?
Apr 13, 2020 10:05:39 #
tairving
Loc: Magnolia, Texas USA
Try cleaning the contacts. Use isopropyl alcohol, preferably 70% or higher. Dip a Q-tip in the alcohol and rub it on the contacts, both on the printer and the print head. Then reinstall the print head and try again.
Apr 13, 2020 10:29:42 #
LWW wrote:
Perhaps an exorcist?
They're no longer making house calls. They more afraid of the virus than they are of Satan.
Apr 13, 2020 10:30:12 #
tairving wrote:
Try cleaning the contacts. Use isopropyl alcohol, preferably 70% or higher. Dip a Q-tip in the alcohol and rub it on the contacts, both on the printer and the print head. Then reinstall the print head and try again.
Thanks, but been there, done that.
Apr 13, 2020 10:31:07 #
JRFINN wrote:
I was reading about incorrect ink cartridges could be the issue, along with old cartridges or old software on your PC.
Even the brand new ($72) Canon ink doesn't work, and I installed the latest software.
Apr 13, 2020 10:56:32 #
Hardwired Ethernet or wifi?
Not sure, but can you see the printer from the pc?
Not sure, but can you see the printer from the pc?
Apr 14, 2020 05:52:40 #
jerryc41 wrote:
A friend needed a printer, and I have a collection... (show quote)
Toss the old printers!!! replace with new, they are too cheap to be aggravated with!!
Apr 14, 2020 06:32:00 #
Apr 14, 2020 07:42:33 #
jerryc41 wrote:
A friend needed a printer, and I have a collection... (show quote)
They all have Covid-19. 😄😄
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