Colour management my ip4200 is consistently not printing colors correctly. i have now used both genuine and compatible cartridges and get the same result. it looks to me as if the magenta is not printing all my images are coming out green. i've tried all the suggestions, running the deep clean etc nothing seems to have worked if anything its got slightly worse.

Hi . I think the print head may be is clogged. If cleaning didn't correct the problem . Print head need to be replaced

Lexmark does not recommend the use of refilled, re-manufactured or clone cartridges. Not only that you might not get the print quality you expect from ink that is specially formulated by Lexmark but you'll never know if the cartridge will actually work with your printer or harm your printer.
I highly recommend that you replace your compatible cartridges with genuine Lexmark cartridges to get the best printing results.

You might want to double check to make sure that your printer takes two color cartridges? If I remember correctly, the Pixma takes one black and one color cartridge? If you put a color cartridge in the black ink assembly that would cause it to stop printing.

Double check and make sure that you have one black cartridge in the correct place and one color on the other side.

kindly install the correct and genuine catridge according to the catridge no.

The Epson does not like Generic Cartridges. It must be Epson Genunine Cartridges. After going thru alot of ink cartridges, finally I went back to Genuine, and it started printing fine. ! Go Figure. !!!
I have about 2 dozens cartridges. hahaha want them?

Good Luck :0)

This is your cartridge problem make sure the cartridge which you are using it is genuine and compatible with printer.

Hi,

Although refill inks can be quite good, it is likely the cause. Several companies do make good refill inks for canon but they are specific to model lines and you have to be sure you get the right ones for photo colour.

The inks you're using are likely "universal" inkjet inks and are fine for everyday printing but are rarely ever colour corrected properly for photo.

My recomendation to all of my customers is always to keep a new cartridge handy for photos but to use the refilled ones whenever they are printing anything else as it will give you the best balance between print cost and print quality.

Chris

mine does it with the cyan and it worked for awhile...if I take a cartridge from another ip42000 cyan, it works. Any ideas?

I had the same problem. Try cleaning the print heads. They tend to clog. Remove the cartridges, then remove the print head. Tilted slightly, it comes out easily. Run very warm to hot water over the print heads until they all run clear. Use a turkey baster to apply strong pressure to each head until it runs clear. Blow off the excess water with mouth or blow dryer. Insert into the printer and proceed to print. If that doesn't solve it, you might have a bad cartridge, but there isn't much that can go wrong with the cartridge. I have an ip4200 and an MP830. They have the same print heads and same cartridges. I have cleaned each twice and they work like new.

Hi You can buy canon refile "InkTec Canon BCI-5/BCI-6 color" and fill Remove the empty and try to print,or you can buy canon refile "InkTec Canon BCI-5/BCI-6 color" and full it,it`s cheap instead to buy everytime a new cartidges. Good Luck