Questions & Answers for: canon printer printing purple instead

printer (4 years?) I've used the Staples ink cartridges instead of the Canon cartridges (too expensive), but have not had a problem before with them. After long uasge the printheads can become clogged

...printing. I have deep clean four times. When you do nozzle cleaning there is a print test that canon performs. I think it prints out each color. Did the Colors come out correctly? Cuz from there I ...

printer may be faulty. If you contact the dealer you bought it from, they may have a warranty running with Canon that lasts more than the guarantee period. It's worth a try, though you may have to pay

...Canon PIXMA MX850 The printer is recently printing Excel sheets light purple shading instead of grey shading. It also prints pink instead of grey in Access. It just started doing this THIS week. Any ...

...Canon printer has TWO slots for black ink cartridges. I assumed one was extra and didn't replace it when I ran out. Text printed just fine with only one installed, but my photos were printing with ...

...Canon iP4600, I'm trying to print a black-and-white photo with a black background and a half-tone image in the front, but I keep getting purplish and black stripes instead of an all black background. ...

Printing purple instead of black on photos Any photo's printed have purple where black should be. This problem started recently and I have cleaned the printer heads. Black cartridges are full. Did you

Canon S520 printer colours not correct Grass is pink/purple instead of green, other colours not correct. Black printing O.K. Have done deep cleaning but no change. i think its time you replace/refill ...

...I check the black ink but is still half full. grey is often made up of all the colours, so if the greys are purple it would be the Yellow missing or not printing completely. Try a printer head