I use a Canon printer which uses a black ink cartridge and a multicolor cartridge. While I print a lot of documents with black ink, I hardly ever print anything with color. But my colored ink runs out at about the same rate as my black ink does. Does anyone have the same problem or know what's going on?
2006-09-23 15:44:40 · 11 answers · asked by Peter 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Printers
I use a Canon printer which uses a black ink cartridge and a multicolor cartridge. While I print a lot of documents with black ink, I hardly ever print anything with color. But my colored ink runs out at about the same rate as my black ink does. Does anyone have the same problem or know what's going on?
EDIT: while we're on the subject, why is ink so expensive?
2006-09-23 15:56:07 · update #1
There are three possibly reasons:
(listed in the order of likeliness to cause the problem)
1) (Most probably) Color blending.
2) (Could be) The print head nozzles dried up.
3) (less possible) Color catridge dried up.
As I know some of the printers from Canon has such feature that when it run out of black ink it will "self-make" the black ink by blending other color inks together (like one of the answerer above said). You can turn this features off manually in the printer properties dialogue box if u don't likes it.
Nozzles dried up could be a reason but not likely to be your case since you said both the black ink and the multicolor ink dried up at about the same time.
Catridge dried up is the least possible reason from my years of experience both as an end-user and a technie.
2006-09-23 18:34:54 · answer #1 · answered by es3.1415926535 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It probably dries up when you don't use it very often. You don't notice this with your black ink, because you use it all the time.
Another thing with the color ink, if you print mostly the same color, that color will run out and leave you with a strange color left over. I have the same brand of printer and ink cartridge as you do. Mine has a special plastic case to store the cartridge in that is not in use. If you don't have one, you could contact Canon via their website. This should take care of the problem.
2006-09-23 15:59:53 · answer #2 · answered by quizkid 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Someone else is secretly printing all their stuff off with your printer using all the color ink. No I am kidding the same thing happens to me to. Good question.
2006-09-23 15:53:36 · answer #3 · answered by SarinaAnn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you live where the weather is hot all the time. That could dry up your ink container. It happened to me 6 months ago. That's what the clerk at the computer store told me. He opened it in front of me and sure - it was dried up.
Good luck....
2006-09-23 15:55:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it runs out because if u ues the black inc all the time then after a while it will blend all the colors in the color cartrige to make black. or at times since your useing only black inc than it will switch off to the color inc to use black from that.
i hope i explained that well enough to understand.
well...hope i helped
2006-09-23 15:49:17 · answer #5 · answered by Scarlet5 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is not "run out". the ink cartridge is "drying out". Quick fix is using a Q-tip, lightly moist it with rubbing alcohol and rub lightly on the ribbon portion. if it still does not work, buy the new one.
2006-09-23 15:48:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anh 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It evapourates, you may want to use up all the ink within 4-5 months or it will start evapourating.
2006-09-23 15:46:52 · answer #7 · answered by Jonas A 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe you have the type of printer that uses a lot of ink....
2006-09-23 15:46:17 · answer #8 · answered by cherrysnowcone08 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think there is something fishy like even color ink is used with black
2006-09-23 15:48:42 · answer #9 · answered by SdM 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe someone else is using your printer. Do you have kids?
2006-09-23 15:46:38 · answer #10 · answered by Ray 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋