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Ink won't dry

My photoprinter (Canon i860) all of a sudden started printing pictures on which the ink won't dry. Even if I leave them overnight the ink is not drying. What's up?

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  • Jan Kornstad Apr 29, 2007

    Thanks "z". We had already checked out all the paper possibilities - quality, wrong side, etc. Someone suggested something about the ink not being sealed by the right amount of heat????

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Unless the problem coincides with a change in ink cartridge, my guess is an incompatibility between the ink and the paper. Could you have changed the paper you're printing on. If so, is the new paper of a different quality? If you're using coated (eg photo) paper, are you printing on the right side? Check the "paper quality" setting on the printer (or the software you're using to drive it) - it needs to match the specification of the stuff you're printing onto. Photo quality papers are capable of absorbing much more ink than plain paper (which is how you get the colour intensity). If the printer thinks it's using photo paper, it will throw out enough ink to get that colour build - leaving a sticky mess if what is really loaded is just plain paper. A.

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