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Re: [Digital BW] CISS Print Problem

2009-08-12 by Sam McCandless

Is the humidity especially low where your printer is located?
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Sam


On Aug 6, 2009, at 2:38 PM, kiwis_are_everywhere wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> Well, first off, this forum has a good reputation and was  
> recommended by another forum on printing issues.  So, just to  
> encourage you all.
>
> I have recently bought a CISS system for my canon pixma ip4000  
> (which is a great printer and I love and I'm never getting rid of).   
> I am having big problems printing the colours.  When I first  
> installed it, I printed out a black and white text documment of  
> significant length.  Ever since then, my black works great.  If I do  
> a cleaning cycle on the printer, and then print anything with  
> colour, it works great.  But once left overnight, some colours wont  
> print properly.  At the moment it is yellow.  I can easily clean the  
> print heads again and use the printer for today and it will print  
> fine, but I can guarantee in a day or two one of the colours wont  
> print.
>
> For example, I have just done one cleaning cycle, and done a nozzle  
> check and they are all printing perfectly.  But tomorrow, or the  
> next day it won't be like that.
>
> I am wondering if the reservoir tanks need to be raised just a tiny  
> bit to help with the gravity feed.
>
> Your help will be much appreciated!
>
> Thanks guys,
>
> Me

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