My Canon i860 just can't print out black words, it's frustrating

No, it is not WiFi and doesn't have Bluetooth. See emboldened text below.

i860 Series Advanced features for professional-quality photos. The feature-rich i860 Desktop Photo Printer offers the ultimate in versatility with high-definition photos and laser-sharp black text at unbelievable speeds. It achieves a maximum resolution of 4800 x 1200 color dpi*, impressive speeds of up to 23 ppm in black**, up to 16 ppm in color**, and edge-to-edge borderless 4" x 6" photos in approximately 50 seconds**. Canon advanced MicroFine Droplet Technology™ uses a revolutionary nozzle system that ejects consistent prescribed-volume droplets as small as 2 picoliters, for nearly grain-free images. It features a symmetrical print head design that virtually eliminates color variance and banding problems typically found with conventional high speed printing. Canon launches the next evolutionary step in digital printing with the introduction of ContrastPLUS, an advanced 5 color ink system. Offering the best of both worlds, the i860 printer delivers exceptional black text quality with a pigment-based black ink. Plus, it provides true 4 color photo printing with a photo black ink for improved image contrast and overall photo sharpness. Photo printing made easy. With direct photo printing technology, you can print without a computer. Simply connect any Bubble Jet Direct or PictBridge-compatible digital camera or camcorder to the convenient front-panel Direct Print Port, and print! The i860 printer also enables you to print edge-to-edge true borderless photos in 4 x 6, 5 x 7 and 8.5 x 11 in. sizes effortlessly, with the look and feel of traditional photographs. The included 4" x 6" photo paper tray can be attached to the auto sheet feeder, so you'll always have your choice of paper ready for printing. Easy-PhotoPrint and Easy-WebPrint software. The included Easy-PhotoPrint†† software, an Exif Print 2.2 compatible application, makes it simple to print stunning digital photos. It faithfully reproduces the colors digitally captured, while improving image quality by virtually eliminating "Photo Noise" and boosting color saturation with "Vivid Photo" driver enhancements. The result: more perfect-looking photos that you can't wait to share. Easy-WebPrint†† software automatically analyzes and formats web pages so they'll print with full color and without trimming off the right-hand margin.

https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/products/details/printers/support-inkjet-printer/i-series/i860-series

For some reason Canon have removed manuals from their pages. Second one I have seen missing today. Here is a copy and shows connecting a camera. If your unknown phone has a USB, you can try it. This is the page of the manual that shows it.

https://www.manualslib.com/manual/2232600/Canon-I860.html?page=15#manual

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Run the Print Head Cleaning Utility in the printer options.

To solve the problem follow the mentioned stages bellow:
1.Click start, then printer and fax icon
2.click maintenance tab, then clic ink cartridge setting
3. Select auto dedection or Black and colour cartridge.
Then cloge all.
Thank you.

Hi


Some times it needs a good clean up but this is up to you if you want to do this I put down here. But after you don this prime the printer so it gets the inks back in the heads, it may take a little time for the inks to work.

Ok it got to be the heads blockage
There is fluid cleaner for this but I can never find any in the shops the only ones I seen is when they sell them in Tesco but they come in with the ink refill bottles so I just use worm water by it self on a cloth and dabbing on the heads to clean them, it will not harm the heads but not to much water.

Some heads are on the inks them self but some have them inside the printer so I not know your printer so if the heads are inside you need to get them out you may find that some heads will just clip out put some need to be unscrewed so you got to know how they come out so be careful and not push to hard on them, if the heads are on the ink then it is a easy job to clean them,
It worth a try it worked for me more than ones.

Please all I ask is call back and just gave a vote, it will gave me some satisfaction to know am helping some one, so I will keep on helping.
All The Best: Pineworks

Are they new Canon cartridges or third party cartridges?

The little cartridges are pigment for photo printing. The Large black cart is ink for plain paper (usually text) printing. If you select a photo paper in the print setup menu, you will use very little of the ink.
To check the function of the large cart print out a test sheet from the printer maintenance menu. You may need to run a head cleaning to get all the nozzles to work.

Hi, like every ink jet printer, there should be an ink pad(spunch) at the bottom of the printer to collect the waste. That spunch might be full of ink. You could locate it, remove and try to clean it under the water. See if it works

The Color printer catridge ink might be low . You nned to replace.

If everything is clean and working fine then you need to first replace the ink tank and then check.

Also check if its happenning with eery application or some specific applicaion like MS WORD or MS POWERPOINT.

Thanks

have you replaced the ink art with a new one?
if you have time to replace the print head.