Canon BJC-70 colour portable printer, no yellow.

[Patrick Bartek]

--- On Wed, 9/29/10, Silent-Hunter <cheery314 at hotmail.com> wrote:

>   On 01/-10/-28163 11:59 AM, Patrick Bartek wrote:
> > --- On Tue, 9/28/10, Silent-Hunter<cheery314 at hotmail.com> 
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>> [snip]
> >>>
> >> Now this is very odd. I did the self test, and now
> it
> >> works. From the
> >> test AND from Linux.
> > Probably, the yellow ink jet was just clogged, a
> common problem if you don't use your printer regularly,
> particularly if you live in a dry climate like I do (desert
> Southwest US).  The manufacturer of my printer (Epson)
> recommended that I use the printer at least twice a week to
> keep the jets clear.  It didn't help.  The jets
> eventually became hopelessly clogged.  I even
> considered building a humidity control cabinet to keep the
> printer in.
> >
> > I switched to laser printers.
> >
> > B
> >
> The ink was brand new though!

But the printer jets weren't.  They were as old as the printer.  And some of that old ink dried and clogged a jet or two.  I doesn't take much.  The jets are very small.

But at least it's working properly now.

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