Won't print I have a Canon I470D inkjet printer. The printer goes through all the moves, but no ink hits the paper. I have replaced both ink cartridges, replaced the print head, reloaded software, driver, powered both the printer and computer down and still does not print.I have a suspicion that the ribbon cable is bad, is this possible?

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Timothy Congdon Mar 16, 2007

I know enough to change paper, I tried several different types. I do not see how paper will cause the printer not to work. This information was not what I expected and was disappointing.
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squeenjor Jun 30, 2008

I have replaced both ink cartridges, print head, uninstalled and reinstalled program and still no ink from my i470D.

What gives?
jamsf Nov 08, 2008

Canon i 470D printer has been working very well for some time. I have not used it about 6 months; went to print and printer goes through all the motions, but nothing prints. Re-seated print cartridges and can see on the bottomes that there is ink in them. Performed printer head maintenance and that did not help either. It seems like the printer head is no longer coming in contact with the paper. Adjusting lever on top of the mechanism that holds the printer cartridges did not help either.

It bugs me when you don't touch something, it breaks! Any advice? JAF
tulipnn May 23, 2009

I've got the same problem! The ink does not hit the paper though I've replaced both ink cartridges with new ones. Could someone please advise? I've been using it regularly and the last time I printed something out was last week.

Thanks - Nanz
Anonymous Mar 19, 2014

lost my manuel and don't know how to hook up to dell laptop computer. don't know where cable plugs go in computer or printer plus where ink goes.

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Not normally,try new paper. chook.

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