Rubbish printout quality from Canon i560

ntl customer · 21-05-2005, 18:25

I've not printed in about a week or so, and when I tried to print some stuff yesterday, the quality of the black was really bad. The black output is usually very sharp on the best quality settings - but it has decreased sharply (no pun intended).

Example

I have tried using normal and deep cleaning modes on the printer's panel but the quality still remained fairly dire. I changed the black ink cartridge with a fresh one today and tried printing but still got the same results.

Any ideas?

iain_herts · 21-05-2005, 18:34

hi ntl customer have u tryed a Cleaning Cartridge that may solve the problem but just a guess tho.

cleaning Cartridge

ntl customer · 21-05-2005, 18:37

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Originally Posted by iain_herts

hi ntl customer have u tryed a Cleaning Cartridge that may solve the problem but just a guess tho.

cleaning catrage

Do these work? Or are they the equivalent of snake oil?

iain_herts · 21-05-2005, 18:40

iv never used them befor so couldnt rely tell you

Paul K · 21-05-2005, 18:44

Sometimes you have to use the printer cleaning tool 2-3 times before it makes any difference. How many times have you tried cleaning the print heads?

ntl customer · 21-05-2005, 18:47

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Originally Posted by Paul

Sometimes you have to use the printer cleaning tool 2-3 times before it makes any difference. How many times have you tried cleaning the print heads?

Around 5 I think for the black only. The colour printout is fine, so there's need to clean the colour heads.