Canon Pixma ip4000 and black ink?

[franco]

I bought some ink cartridges from ebay for my Pixma, but the black cartridge (3eBK) will not print well unless it is on the highest quality settiing. If I set the quality to "Standard" or "Draft" under the print properties settings, every second or third line of text appears faded with slight horizontal lines running though the page.

I have tried everything under maintenance that I could see including cleaning, deep cleaning, and adjusting the print head alignment both manually and the other way.

Also, when I print the test pattern under "nozzle check" the 3eBK pattern is not straight. It slants very slightly down to the right.

Has anyone had any of these problems? Is there anythiing I can do to the cartridge itself to make it work properly?

[JerryB]

I bought some ink cartridges from ebay for my Pixma, but the black cartridge (3eBK) will not print well unless it is on the highest quality settiing. If I set the quality to "Standard" or "Draft" under the print properties settings, every second or third line of text appears faded with slight horizontal lines running though the page.

I have tried everything under maintenance that I could see including cleaning, deep cleaning, and adjusting the print head alignment both manually and the other way.

Also, when I print the test pattern under "nozzle check" the 3eBK pattern is not straight. It slants very slightly down to the right.

Has anyone had any of these problems? Is there anythiing I can do to the cartridge itself to make it work properly?

hi ,,
I take it these are third party cartriges for cannon.... that always a risk....
what the shelf life on the cartridges you bought??????? if passed shelf life you can expect problems...

YOu might try shaking them real good.. sometimes the ink start to settle.. however if it starting to dry out then maybe a problem....

at this point make sure your clean your ink jets freequently whenusing these cartriges....... if you have bad ink.... you don't want that to ruin your ink jets... it difficult to clean once they get clogged and expensive to repair..!

now the fact that they don't seem to be aligned correctly maybe the problem.... the cartriges may not have been made for your model of cannon and that why there not seating good nor printing good..

[franco]

Well the ink itself looks fine, but if I were to take a guess it looks like the spongy part of the cartridge might have dried out before the ink was refilled??

It still prints on the best quality setting, and since I bought it mainly to print on DVDs it does that job OK.

I think I will just print my letters in dark blue ink or something until I have to get more cartridges. I can't use all my precious black ink for letters.

Edited to add: I shook it real good and got ink all over my hands. Thanks

[jagabo]

Canon's test pattern is supposed to slant down to the right. Each short horizontal line segment exercises a different nozzle. If any segment is missing, that nozzle is clogged.

[franco]

Jagabo, they show what the test pattern should look like and it is meant to be straight.

I must have clogged nozzles then.

[jagabo]

1200 DPI scan:

Each short horizontal segment is produced by one nozzle. After each vertical bar the pattern switches to the next nozzle down. If one nozzle is clogged one bar will be missing -- as I simulated.

[MJA]

I buy ink for my PIXMA 3000 from ebay also.no issues at all I use it for homework only so quality isn't what I'm looking for.I buy most of my Ink from this store http://stores.ebay.com/Eforcity_W0QQsspagenameZL2QQtZkm when u buy good ink from a store just keep buying ink from them don't switch.


btw take care of your printer its very hard to find them,and if you do they cost alot of $$$
check it on amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0002GU16A/ref=dp_olp_2/104-5640507-5331969?ie=UTF8

[jagabo]

btw take care of your printer its very hard to find them,and if you do they cost alot of $$$
check it on amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0002GU16A/ref=dp_olp_2/104-5640507-5331969?ie=UTF8

Wow! I got mine for $59 earlier this year.

[MJA]

I got mine from newegg.com for $42 after $20 mail in