Canon i860 printer is not printing from the 3eBK cartridge. I changed the cartridge and have deep cleaned the nozzles. any ideas

The nozzles are block, this is cause be periods on non use. The print head needs replacing, but it may be expensive.
It may be more cost to buy a later model and better printer than replace the print head.

Hi,

Have you tried power cycling the printer?

Did you try another cartridge?

What can happen sometimes is that the print head can get blocked.
You can clean that by removing the print head from the printer. Do not touch the foil on the head or the print nozzles.

Boil some water, pour 1/4 of an inch (6mm) of water into a saucer, place the print nozzles in the water for a minute or so.

Take the print head out of the water and touch it on a paper towel to get the water off.

Reassemble the printer and see what happens...

Hi,

First of all you take out your cartridge form printer and try to clean nozzle from tissue paper then insert the cartridge in your printer then take a print out. If it is still not working then you have change your cartridge.

Regards

Ashly

There's usually a sticker over the bottom holes and maybe one over the electronics (?) make sure these are off.

Possible bad cartridge.

Check if there is a tape over the top vent intended to let air into the ink tank and so ink can flow out to the writing head.

Replacing the printhead may work, but it could be a problem with the cleaning assembly. Take out the 3ebk and run a cleaning, if the ink goes away on the pad where the ink cart. goes, then clean assy. is OK, and you need a new printhead.

First of all... have you tampered with the printer's firmware? If not, it's unlikely it became corrupted. But if replacing the ink cartridges with fresh ones, and using a new print head did not fix your problem, you may be out of luck.

Is this a new problem, or has it always been like this?

Could it be that the print driver is always printing photo? In that case, it uses the narrow black ink cartridge instead of the fat 3eBK cart. You should print a nozzle check pattern and verify that you see the 3eBK cartridge pattern. If you do, the problem is likely SOFTWARE... your driver settings, not the printer itself.

I hope this helps.

I had similar problem: everything muted and with brownish tint. Tried everything, finally discovered that I installed wrong cartridge: 6PC instead of 6C. The "photo" cartridges are pretty much the same, make sure you have the right ones: 6C, 6M, and 6Y.

Try replacing your printer ink cartridges with a new one.Chances are you have bought a defective cartridge. If that does not work, pls try to check the slot for your black ink for obstructions, then replace your black ink cartridge.