Need help with a printer
It's a Canon Pixma MP620. It's been great for something like 8 years. Now the yellow won't print. I've done a deep cleaning and nothing seems to work. Canon doesn't offer technical support because it's too old. Any suggestions?
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)reinstalling the driver it still doesn't print right-- there's the landfill.
cayugafalls
(5,755 posts)CloudWatcher
(1,930 posts)That model is an ink-jet printer. So each of the main colors (and another one for black) have separate containers for liquid ink of that color. If one color isn't printing, then that color cartridge is being blocked. The nozzle is usually built-in to the cartridge, so just replacing the yellow ink cartridge with a new one would be your next step.
dreamland
(980 posts)My printer required the cleaning several times before the test copy came out right.
lastlib
(24,962 posts)especially if it's a machine that doesn't get real heavy usage. Ink tends to "coagulate" (can't think of a more accurate term) and harden in the nozzles over time.
Give a couple more shots at cleaning, and if it doesn't clear up, consider a new printer.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(26,773 posts)printers are cheap, buy a new one solution.
Heck, I've been buying remarkably inexpensive things that print, copy, and scan for a while now. Typically fifty bucks.
Modern technology is astonishing.
bif
(24,142 posts)And no luck. I'll try a couple more deep cleanings and then off to Staples. You're right, printers are cheap. And whatever I get will be an improvement on the one I have. Gotta love technology!
bif
(24,142 posts)With a couple of discounts, it ended up costing $59! That's as cheap as a couple of ink refills! I'm supposed to get it on Tuesday. I'm sure it'll be as good or better than the one I had.