Ruined color cartridge trying to fix white lines

gastontt

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Oct 19, 2016
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Hi,

I've got a ciss system installed on a IP2810. A coupe of weeks ago all colors(including black) where printing white lines, and the Ciss hose had many air burbles, upon opening, I discovered that the hose was cut (From mechanical exhaustion).

So I decided to cut the hose, and reinsert it on the Cartridge. To my surprise, magenta didn't work, and black was still printing white lines. So I tried every solution on the internet.

i)I put the color and black cartridge on hot water, which worked, and the printer worked fine for a day.

From Now on. I did nothing else with black, even though the white lines still appeared

ii)I Put the color again in hot water, but this time, I left the cartridge too much time, so when the cartridge refilled itself, It didn't work.

iii) I tried to push air through the upper hole of the cartridge, to remove possible air, and clean any leftover in the cartridge, I discovered that the cartridge was full of ink bubbles (maybe do to the heat?).

Anyway, I tried to empty the cartridge with the syringe, So I refill it with water from the top, applying pressure so that the renaming water/ink went through the lower part. I repeated this process like 20 times, trying to clean it .

iv) Now color doesn't even work. Black still works but I have to print on high quality just to get a grayish color.

I now I've made a dissaster with the printer. Does it has any salvation?

PD: I now I am a savage :)
 
Solution
My suggestion is to do the following:

1) Remove the CISS kit completely.

2) Clean the printer up as best you can. Carefully and completely. Reset to factory settings.

3) Install new, original Canon ink cartridges

4) Run the test prints and see if the printer is still functional without the CISS.

Hopefully that will be the case and you will be able to continue to use the printer in that manner.

Very likely that the CISS will fail again - so forego using CISS.

Ralston18

Titan
Moderator
My suggestion is to do the following:

1) Remove the CISS kit completely.

2) Clean the printer up as best you can. Carefully and completely. Reset to factory settings.

3) Install new, original Canon ink cartridges

4) Run the test prints and see if the printer is still functional without the CISS.

Hopefully that will be the case and you will be able to continue to use the printer in that manner.

Very likely that the CISS will fail again - so forego using CISS.
 
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