My CANON Nozzle Check Says My Print Head IS DEAD!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ต.ค. 2024
- Whenever you come across this strange CANON printer Nozzle Check it almost 100% means this!!!
This recently occurred on a user's CANON PRO-9500MKII
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I had a problem with my gray print head. Only 1/3 was grey the rest was clear, accordingly, I thought my head was dead; new one $200!!! NOT SO!
I took out head and laid in 2mm of warm water, careful not to get water onto electrical contacts, on back, dropped some warm (filtered water onto the holes where ink goes in followed by a little isopropyl alcohol) I cleaned my contacts on head and printer. [Lite wipe with damp alchohol on clean cloth] I CHANGED OUT the gray cartridge, (I had another one and refilled and reset it) I ran a deep clean, and voila! The head started printing all the way down, but with a gap near top and fine lines.
I did another deep clean, the other lines went away, and the head is almost good. A thin line gap 1/3 way up, but its getting better. I'm sure with cleanings and use it will clear up. It's printing well now and happy even with the way it is. I did not have to replace printer or head.
Reading the comment, its seems like everyone going to great lengths to to fix possibly clogged print heads. flushing, soaking, cleaning cycles, soaking overnight, water, alcohol, sonic cleaning, taking the printer apart, etc, etc. Understandable since its sucks to pay up for a print head, they arent cheap but if a new print head will fix the issue, isnt it just worth it to to buy one and save yourself hours, days of frustration and headaches? How can one be sure its the print head?
My apologies. It is a Canon Pro 9500. I found the grey ink needed replacing. Still, I could not run a test sheet; it was completely blank after several tries. Mind you, i have not used this printer in over 6 years and maybe the nozzles were clogged. But I did the nozzle cleaning at least 3 times. So, what is the problem?
Hi Jose. Just wondering if I can regularly print a nozzle check on my Canon Pro9500 to prevent the printer head from clogging if I have nothing to print over a period of time?
I’m very sad now I have this issue the black doesn’t print at all I have cleaned multiple times and soaked the printer head in hot water to clean any blockages. Black still not working 😢
I’m never buying second hand again
You described all the print symptoms I was having with my printer up to it's demise. You nailed it! I started to take it apart, but it's not worth it. Off to E-waste! Thanks for the info!!
That is a situation that is a no win. When you get half the nozzle check printed it is always a print head electronic failure and it could also be the logic board that failed and caused the problem. So regardless it is a no win.
A few weeks ago I was having striping issues with some of the colors on the paper output after an ink refill, then the printer just died a few days ago. Momentary power up, will not stay on. Everything you described points to printer head failure and logic board failure. It was an old Canon MP830 that had exceeded its life expectancy. Thanks again for the insight!
Yeah! That is about it. The CANON Print Heads have a finite life span! Once the reach that point they will simply begin to fail or nozzles get to the point they are physically damaged and there is nothing you can do. Looks like time for a new printer.
I realize this is an old video but I have a Pro 100 printing Cyan in the block that is supposed to be Black and the Cyan is printing Cyan but in streaks like the nozzles are blocked. Before this occured the issue was the streaky Cyan test block. I removed the print head and manually cleaned it and that's when the Black priting as Cyan occured and it didn't solve the original streaky Cyan issue.
Somewhere internally you may have breached those channels.
@@cheo1949 Well I kinda thought that too, but there is no mix of black and cyan. It's straight up cyan where it's supposed to be black. Very strange. I was wondering if this isn't a sign of bad print head or logic board, which is how I came to this video. I'm trying to not toss this printer. I'd switch the print heaad (I have one) but I don't want to ruin a good print head. I also don't want to chance putting this print head in another printer and have it ruin a good logic board. Would a bad logic board cause a good print head to fail?
Hi Jose Rodriguez. I think my pro 100 needs a new printehead.
If I buy a new one will work or need program?
Thank you so much
Been looking a long time to find solution for my problem with Pro 9500 Mark ii. Cleaning print head, deep cleaning etc. But this video pinpoint my problem although I have 50% coverage on M and Y and other 50% is even but covering half strength. So not sure to fix this anymore since printer is few years old now. Thanks for great videos.
That is indicative of electronic failure of the printhead. You need a new printhead and the problem with that is that it can also be caused by a faulty motherboard so you might get that new printhead install it only to have IT also become damaged by the motherboard as well. There is no way to diagnose this before hand. But you might get lucky and nothing will happen but it is indeed an electronic failure that printhead is irreparably damaged.
My Epson died a couple of days ago. It won't turn on! I'm in the UK, so I checked the fuse. It was fine. :'( I will be taking mine apart. Mainly for curiosity reasons. I seem to have bad luck with Epson devices. I've had two Epson printers and a scanner croak on me. I hope my current Epson scanner doesn't follow suite!
My Canon is still working like a sweetie though. I took your advice, and went back to using cartridges in it. I'm debating with myself if I need another printer.
Printers will just up and die without even a hint of problems. Both brands will drop dead without warning.
I'm sure you're right. I've just never had a Canon fail on me. I always end up giving them away to friends and relatives.
I somewhat disagree. I've just spent 1/2 hour with the same symptom. My BK channel was partly gone. The top part of my test prints missing. After many, many, many, deep cleans, attempts at head alignment, and 3 different cartridges I'm back to 100%. Also errors during print head alignment.
David if the top half of any channel on a nozzle is missing, The Print head is dead.. 50% of a channel nozzle check missing is indicative of an electronic failure. You can run cleanings till the cows come home and it won't matter. New carts won't matter. If you are back to 100% then you are one of the very rare lucky ones. But you still can not attain a print head alignment??? Then you are not truly at 100%.
Dear Jose, currently my Pro-100 is not printing black at all. There's new carts installed. If 1 channel is not printing at all, would that be considered a failure as well? Or is that only with half of the colour missing?
If there's still a chance of surviving I shall take it apart and try to unclog the black channel with some cleaning solution and a syringe/plastic tube. But if there's a 100% chance it's the printhead I might as well not waste my time and even more money I guess.
You should at least see something. It hardly is ever 100% blank. When you say new cart I assume you mean real OEM ones and not ones you have been refilling. So if it is OEM than i night just be the print head. You could remove it and dribble Windex on the input port for black as you let the print head sit over folded paper towels wetted with Windex. But that is a last resort. If that does not work then you need a new print head.
@@cheo1949 I have resorted to my last hope, which was sucking out clogs with vacuum and some printhead cleaner. It worked! The printer is printing again!
Hey @Jose I enjoy your vids thanks for your work! Can you write down the ingredients you spoke about 1.alcohol 2.water (distilled) I imagine & 3. Glycerol or glycerin?
I had a video showing you how to make it.
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I have a canon pro 10 i try to print every 60 hrs Would a nozzle check be the same as a print for the 60 hr timer
Yes.
Oh boy! By the title, I thought you maybe speaking about your Pro1000. Phew!
I read you are considering the PRO2000? Here and s the official review by Keith Cooper: www.northlight-images.co.uk/canon-imageprograf-pro-2000-printer-review/
I read most of this. This printer looks AWESOME! I read his page bringing it in and sending it back. LOL. I am so sad, I don't think I can fit it where I need it. I really need the diagonal width to see if I can buy it. I called Canon, but apparently the printers are nowhere near the Customer Service folks. Do you know anyone who might kindly provide that information? It would help enormously!
I saw you post asking about this on DPreview. Why don't you ask Keith personally. I is a posted at the DPreview and you can probably PM him and see if he remembers the diagonal length. If you get it new you don't have to worry about tilting. Just like the PRO-1000. It's later IF you wish to move it to another location that things her hairy!
I heard about the tilting and moving. Plan A has been carried through (room has been made). Now if the Canon doesn't fit, I'll have to figure out what I'm going to do. I did contact him, (thanks), this morning. He said he didn't have it any more (he's the one who sent me the link to the post of him sending it back). Had to get a new P800 (I have a feeling it's refurbished). But one good thing: I did get all new "starter"" inks.
Been watching your videos as soon as my printer displayed some issues, exactly what you've described here. Via the print head allignment, my Canon Pixma Pro-1 prints the colour 'PC' top half as faded, but the bottom half is perfectly fine. Totally sucks, seeing as though I save my printing for those that really count, given how expensive the OEM ink is (I was going to look at doing refills, but I guess that's ruined now). To be honest, I haven't used the printer for about 8 months now, so it's more than likely my own fault for not regular use and it has possibly dried out on the ink head, or ruined it in some other way.
Rather than printing images when you clearly see that there a problem, you should have printer a nozzle check and if bad follow with a cleaning cycle, a rest, and another nozzle check and hope for the best. If nothing helps then you need a new print head and they will cost more than the net cost of a new printer.
Jose, my pro 9500 ii froze on me. The print head won't budge and error lights flash 10 times. I've tried all the reset tricks. The bad news is that I just purchased all Canon ink cartridges plus the precision ink refills for it (over 300.00 in ink)...Of course. Is there a new Canon printer that will take the same cartridges that I can purchase or am I SOL on all this ink?
Only the 9500 and 9500mkii can take those carts. You have the dreaded B200 printhead error. It happens with zero warning.
So as you put it you are SOL. The 9500mkii is considered three generations behind today's similar models such as the PRO10 and PRO300. But though the cart bodies are the same, the chips are not.
@@cheo1949 Thanks for the reply. My husband took it apart, took the printhead out, cleaned up a bit, slid it back and forth and we managed to get a few prints out of it before it went back to flashing lights. We'll probably try it again to get as much out of it as we can.
What printer do you recommend to replace it? I have several boxes of 13 x 19 Canon paper (and full bottles of refill inks from precision inks)
@@cheo1949 Precision Colors suggested we try checking the connections, particularly the ribbon connections. It is currently printing again, apparently, the printhead was not the problem. Loose connections made it think it was the printhead. Hopefully it keeps on trucking. Thanks for all that you do.
Hi i have canon 10s pro printer for work purposes. I am new with all this printer tech. I do quite a bit of printing, mainly full a5 colour. How many prints or how long before i expect my printerhead to die? I need to know because i am investing in this for work purposes. Thanks
My PRO 100 is 6 years and My PRO 10 is 4 years into service. No problems yet.
What are the alternative for Windex ?
In my Country Windex is not available
Any clear blue window cleaner with ammonia!
A solution of ammonia, cleaner off any store shelf, just mix it with water at 50/50 mix. Glass cleaner with ammonia that is blue has color added to identify. Ammonia is clear, color is added to identify it from some other product. Heck you could even make your own window cleaner much less expensive.
Hello there. I tried to wash the printer head and I damaged it. The 2 parts of the circuit that are connected with glu got sperated. Any advice how to fix it ?
Sorry but It's a done deal. These printheads are very delicate.
If I buy cheap inks to test a Canon 9500mkii and it turns out it needs a new printhead, will the ink carts become ruined if they have to sit for a month while I wait for a new printhead to arrive? (they are all from China)
Why not refill the ones you have rather than buy cheap compatibles?
I recently received delivery of my pro (500) 1000 and the red ink on my nozzle check is not printing. I have done print head cleaning and deep print head cleaning but no luck. Could it be clogged or an issue from the transportation?
Contact the seller. It is not a clog. And DO NOT PRINT anything but a nozzle check till you either have it replaced or come up with a solution. You will kill a very expensive print head if you try printing images.
Jose Rodriguez so if it is not a clog then the printer head is already killed? To my understanding.
Unless the RED cart itself is either EMPTY or not able to feed for whatever the reason. It has to be some internal problem within the ink delivery system.
Jose Rodriguez thank you. The red cart still has small amount of ink. So i imagine it is either a delivery issue or the print head is indeed dead.
It supposed to have 39 ml of ink. When full it weighs 84 grams and when bone dry empty 43 gram. When declared empty it weighs in at around 48 grams. It uses 16 ml to perform the initial ink charge. So you should not be close to empty unless you've performed many cleanings
Hello, I'm looking to to see if you are willing to sell your Canon pro9500 mark ll printhead. If you still have it.
Can't guarantee that will work perfectly so in will give it to you for just the shipping costs. Let me mess with it a bit more. It's clean but in will run some Piezoflush through it just to make sure. Email me at tooljoe1949@yahoo.com
@@cheo1949 ok thanks. I'll email you.
Where can you buy a print head for a Canon pro-100
EBAY
@@cheo1949 are they trust worthy? And is there a price range I should be looking around?
Hi Jose, my nozzle check pattern print from my Canon PIXMA Pro-10 does not have any streaks but the vertical bars around the ink names aren't appearing to be black like the sample (there's some color mixture in it). Is this normal? I've just refilled all my ink tanks.
Refilled with what inks? Since it just occurred it must be due to your refilling. Do a cleaning cycle and repeat the nozzle check.
@@cheo1949 I replaced them with genuine canon inks. I did the cleaning and repeated the nozzle check, same result. The vertical bars still aren't 100% black, is it possible I upload an image to show you?
@@kinjilow no you can not upload images here. Send them via email to me at tooljoe1949@yahoo.com
I asume you have a perfect nozzle check otherwize? Print an actual image and examine it closely for any abnormality. Check edges of any details to see if they are clearly depicted. I think you had some cross contamination at the nozzle plate level. I'll take a look at you svans or take GOOD photos of your results!!!!!
@@kinjilow Hey Kinji, I have the same printer as you (Canon PIXMA Pro-10) that I got secondhand. The nozzle check results were the same as yours - no streaks, but the black bars have color mixed in. Did you ever find a solution? Thanks!
@@chemc0m hey, it seems like it's normal and it doesn't really affect the print quality. Hope it helps!
Hi Mr. Jose, i have canon pixma ip2770 continue ink system printer, a few days ago i tried to soak the cartridge colored in a cleaning printhead solution, because the cyan magenta and yellow color doesnt print normally, actually it showing in the nozzle check chat when its printing the light colored of cyan magenta and yellow are not printing at all but the upper dark colored is printing, did my cartridge colored is already damage do i need to change new one? Btw after i soak the cartridge it seems that everything is okay when i wipe a paper tissue the cyan magenta at yellow is showing smoothly. TIA for answering my question
Not sure what you are way in the final part. So are you saying the nozzle check is not ok? Or that the carts are flowing when you wipe them? By the way, CISS units do NOT work.well on Canon printers they can cause may problem such as you describe.
Jose Rodriguez yes you are right nozzle check printing is not okay if i am not mistaken when doing a nozzle check in printer maintenance software it should be print something like black at the upper and next 2 rectangle color of cyan then 2 rectangle of magenta the the last is 2 color rectangle of yellow, in my case when i did a nozzle check only the upper rectangle colored appeared which is the dark color of CMY color supposed to be and in the left side of print is bk cc mm yy in vertical position.
Posiblemente seria mejor si me preguntas en español? Suena como si el canal negro esta bloceado.
My printer is not printing, and will not print out a test page. HELP!
So Vague! What Printer? Can you access Printing Preferences in the driver? Does it go through the motions but nothing is printed?
Hi, so if only my black is showing, that means my printer is dead?
What printer?
@@cheo1949 hi Jose…. Canon TS9020. Only the black is printing on the page when printing a Nozzle check. All colors are missing
@@cheo1949 hi, canon pixma TS9020
How do I print a nozzle check pattern?
The tool is located in the Maintenance tab of most drivers.
Hi can you help me find Canon G1000 black print Head, Thanks
Black printhead? Wouldn't it be for all combined colors for that model?
@@cheo1949 no it has 2 printheads, one for color and one for black ink
I have a cannon pixma pro 10, with the cheap compatable ink it prints with no problem,
But when I installed the oem ink it prints very bad colors,
What will be the problem ?
I have no idea! It would normally be the other way around right? What were your settings with the non oem inks? In other words, describe your complete workflow while you were using the cheap inks.
put in a new print head and the older ink and it is not printing at all now
What printer? It takes quite a bit of ink to prime the print head. Depending on the printer it might take up to 1/2 the ink.
Jose Rodriguez i have a canon pro 100
How do you prime it?
Exactly like you did when you first set up the printer. Install head, load full carts, close the lid. It will then perform the head ink charge! Since you already did that then you need to perform a deep clean and let the printer rest a few hours then run a nozzle.check and see if it has improved.
A minute of silence!!!!
Thank you for your sympathy. Any printer that suffers a sudden death is a very sad thing.