Printer troubles

Skybird · 02-23-09, 06:41 PM

I use a Canon iP5200. so far I did love it. Exellent picture quality, perfect design, worked reliabl, always.

And all of a sudden it does not print yellow ink anymore.

It has 5 cartridges, photo-black, text-black, yellow, cyan, magenta.

I started the cleaning and printing of test patterns. I started intense cleaning. I replaced the yellow cartridge, although full, with a new one. Removed all cartridges, unlocked the printhead and got it out, cleaning it with dust-free tissue. I deinstalled and reinstalled.

Yellow does not get printed anymore.

Ideas, any? Is the printhead dead?

(The list of breakdowns since early winter: a digital camera (in autmun), and since x-mas a table lamp, a TV, a receiver, a PC monitor, a graphics board, a harddrive, and now this. I leave out three repairs of my bike in six weeks. I have started to lose my humour

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02-23-09, 06:41 PM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,614 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Printer troubles I use a Canon iP5200. so far I did love it. Exellent picture quality, perfect design, worked reliabl, always. And all of a sudden it does not print yellow ink anymore. It has 5 cartridges, photo-black, text-black, yellow, cyan, magenta. I started the cleaning and printing of test patterns. I started intense cleaning. I replaced the yellow cartridge, although full, with a new one. Removed all cartridges, unlocked the printhead and got it out, cleaning it with dust-free tissue. I deinstalled and reinstalled. Yellow does not get printed anymore. Ideas, any? Is the printhead dead? (The list of breakdowns since early winter: a digital camera (in autmun), and since x-mas a table lamp, a TV, a receiver, a PC monitor, a graphics board, a harddrive, and now this. I leave out three repairs of my bike in six weeks. I have started to lose my humour ). __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.