Canon MultiPass MP730 purchased 2004 NOT Printing Black INK- did: new canon ink tank inserted (never used refills) ran: printhead maintenance mannually cleaned print head w/ rubbing achohol aligned printhead Prints color pics but not black text

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Deep cleaning uses up a lot of ink. Is it possible that you are out of ink?

Hi There,

I believe that the printer head which feeds the ink dried out and clogged at the ink dispersal point. I'd suggest you take it to your nearest printer service capable repair center and just have them unblick the clog.

Regards,

Selk

You can easily to refill it only one time.If itself open cartridge and hole top of the cartridge push refill ink and close tide and tide.First time clean cartridge OEM software by printer default.

NON CANON INK WILL SOMETIMES CLOG NOZZLES IN PRINTHEAD AFTER TIME. SUGGEST USING CANON INK BUT YOU MOST LIKELY HOSED UP YOUR PRINTHEAD

this is a strange one. First I would try Reboot Computer and printer make sure to remove power cables for ten seconds before power up (Both Machines). Hope your firewall is up to date. I find when I get weird one like this I delete the driver and reload after cleaning clearing paper paths. Good luck.

I have the identical problem. After talking with the Canon Service Center here in Arizona, they stated that the problem is with the Printhead, not the ink cartridges. The choices are to buy a new Printhead, which are very hard to find now, or buy a new printer. I found one last Printhead in Tucson, which I can purchase of $50.00, and install it myself. Otherwise, the Service Center can do it for the price of the part, plus $65.00 labor.

Seems like the logical solution is to buy a new printer. The PIXMA MX330 is $99.00 or the PIXMA MX860 is $199.00, which are similar replacements.

I am leaning toward purchasing a new printer. We've had the MP730 for about 5 years.

You need a new printhead, QY6-0041-000 around $40.00

You may need new print heads. They are around $50. Or, you could do this: Take the print head out of the printer, and run warm water from the tap (not high pressure), over the ports for about 5 minutes. Ink will drop out of the jets. Dont touch the electrical contact end of this head. This may clean the head enough so it works again. If not you need a new print head.

This is a very common issue with refilled ink cartridges. The fact is that you have a MP730. The cartridges have an eprom chip loaded into the cartridge which blows once the cartridge is empty. Refilling it as a general rule does not work. The best and only solution to your problem is to pop out to your stationery supplier and purchase a genuine canon cartridge.
As a side not, the ink inside the cartridge is covered by a patent held by canon. it means that no other supplier can use this particular grade of ink. The use on non genuine ink will destroy your printhead and make future use of your unit much less than its normal life expectancy.

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