Canon IP4500 Printer Help

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Hi,

In the last week or so my printer has started to act up, the colours started to go more yellow at first but only if I printed them on photo paper. If I print onto normal copier paper the colours look fine. I have just replaced all the inks again and noticed that the yellow had emptied a lot more than the others. Could this just have been a faulty cartridge or could it be the printer?

After I change the cartridges not much has changed but I guess I have to wait for the old ink to filter through, one thing that has started happening is the pictures have lines running through them as if one of the inks is not firing right but when I do a clean head and print check all the colours are working, however the Green, Blue and Cyan have the lines in them.

I am looking at upgrading my Spyder monitor calibration to a monitor and print studio kit, will this help me with the colours?

Any other help greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Greg
 
are you telling the printer it's using glossy paper?
I think it lays down different amounts of ink depending on paper type
maybe just too much ink being deposited :shrug:
 
Hi,

Yes I am changing all the settings to 7x5 best quailty and glossy paper.

Cheers
 
original Canon or 3rd party inks?
 
3rd party:(
 
lol,

I have used these inks before with problems at all, so pretty sure it's not the inks?
 
I have had a play with the printer and ran every clean option on it and reprinted the nozzle check a few times, and just done anoth photo.

I have managed to stop the lines but the colour is still nor brilliant. I will try with the print calibration next and see how that goes.

Any other suggestion please

Cheers
Greg
 
I have sorted this problem now,

I removed the ink tray/nozzels from the printer and blew them out and gave them a good clean. The Blue one was slightley blocked, just reprinted the picture and all is well.:D:D:D
 
glad you got sorted
I was out of ideas

was it difficult removing the tray/nozzles?
 
Hi,

No, it was really easy. The Canon has a removable tray, all I had to do was remember how to get it out.

Cheers for your help.

Greg
 
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