Canon Pixma ip4000 and leaking cartridge?

[franco]

Every time I turn on my Canon Pixma and print on a DVD with black ink I am getting blue streaks. It seems that the blue cartridge is leaking ink, which is turning up on 6BK (one of the black cartridges).

When I do the nozzle check print out, the 6BK comes out blue. The only way for me to get round this is to execute cleaning on all the colors, which uses up ink. After that the 6BK goes back to normal and prints black.

Is there any way to stop the blue cartridge leaking? This is so annoying. It's every time I turn the printer on.

[jagabo]

I have the same printer and never had a problem like that. Have you tried replacing the blue cartridge?

[franco]

Err, No. That is to say I am trying it the cheap way. I was hoping I could sort it out some way other than buying another cartridge. If I buy one the postage means I might as well buy 4, and then I was told you should not store them for too long without using them.

Another thing is that the printer is starting to make quite a clicking and clunking sounds as the printheads (if that's what you call them) are moving from side to side. Has anyone experienced that?

[jagabo]

Err, No. That is to say I am trying it the cheap way. I was hoping I could sort it out some way other than buying another cartridge.

Nozzle cleaning eats up a lot of ink too. So you'll end up wasting ink either way. I'd spend the $12 and buy a new cartridge and skip the headaches.

[MJA]

nice thing about your ip4000 (I have the ip3000) its not chiped so you can use generic Ink . you better take care of it

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0002GU16A/ref=dp_olp_1/103-1415154-5166229?ie=...4100653&sr=8-1

[franco]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0002GU16A/ref=dp_olp_1/103-1415154-5166229?ie=...4100653&sr=8-1

Wow!! I had no idea they were going for that much. I thought even the 4200, which was made to take original cartridges, now had third party cartridges available. $400 is ridiculous.

Oh I do appreciate the printer. Without it I could not print on my discs and would be making little money. I might just buy another set of cartridges. Kind of annoying as I just placed an order for loads of stuff and could have bought lots of Jet Tec cartridges (supposedly good). Now I will have to pay postage again.

[MJA]

I been using generic ink since day one (G@G) from ebay zero issues.
too bad all Canon new printers like 1600.1700,2100,4200,,,are all chiped

[jagabo]

Fortunately, Kodak will soon be putting some pricing pressure on Canon, Epson, and HP.

[MJA]

that a major highway robbery when people pay $25 for two drops of ink inside a little plastic container,

when is the new kodak printers coming out ?

I just checked the kodak site.

printers are ganna hit the stores this month or next

is the printer chiped?

what is the size of the Cartridge(black $9.99)?is it the same like the one from HP,Lexmark,,?

[fatbloke88]

franco I have the same printer and use compatable cartriges from ukdvdr they seem just as good as the canon ones for colour and cost about 79p each.Just make sure you don't buy the photo cyan and magenta instead of the ordinary ones.
http://www.ukdvdr.co.uk/shop/Canon-Compatible-Ink-Cartridges-c-259.html

[franco]

Thanks Fatbloke. I had been on that site, but thought the postage would be more expensive than that. I usually order my media from SVP and their minimum shipping seems to be £4.99.

Cheers for that tip. It's easy to make mistakes in ordering the wrong stuff. I'll try there in future.

[MJA]

is there ebay.uk ?

[Richard_G]

Yes, www.ebay.co.uk

But on things like ink cartridges, most suppliers charge low prices but sting you on the carriage.....

[MJA]

check some of the US sites like

http://www.eforcity.com/ship.html#freeship

I bought few things from them months ago(they have a store on ebay too)

[fatbloke88]

franco i used to use svp until i had no internet connection one time and they wouldn't take an order over the phone, I buy my disks from ukdvdr (generally cheaper than svp )and just order a shed load of cartriges at the same time

[franco]

They might be cheaper, but I prefer the DVD cases SVP sell, which is why I went with them for all the media I buy. It does not work out to order from different companies.

Maybe I will change in future. SVP do seem geared towards bigger orders.