Poor print colour

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.

I have a Canon Pixma iP4300 printer and the Yellow ink is not printing. I have changed the particular cartridge and all other colours are working except Yellow. I have cleansed the printer several times and tried with new Yellow ink cartridges with new chips, but nothing helps.
What should I do?

Either the ink you are using is not going to give the color you want, or you have print heads that are blocked.

I think the problm lies between the ink tank and the printhead. When this passage runs dry, sometimes it takes time for the ink to fill this passage again. Try printing again after a day or two.

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

in the printer driver there is a option that whenever you install a new cartridge it has to be reset otherwise it shows the message the above you quoted. one more option is there that is change the chip of yellow cartridge and black, after doing this please whip circuits of the cartridge and printer carriage block before installing the cartridge

Sounds like you head has gone. JO 

Guys...try to save a few bucks on crappy cartridges...

The chips are not read by lasers. That was a load. There are contacts in the carriage assembly for thses chips.

First, if you put a chip that says empty onto a new cartridge, what do you get? A new cartridge that still says empty. The chip has to be reset, if it can be. Some internet sites sell "Kits" for resetting the chips.

If the reset doesn't work, and just buggers up the chip, you'll get results much like what you are describing.

Also, if the chip is damaged in some way during transfer or resetting, you'll also get mixed results much like what you are describing.

You get what you pay for. If you want to use crap cartridges or crap ink, buy a crap generic machine. If you're buying a decent machine like a Canon, spend the extra couple of bucks for the OEM ink, it's worth it.

No solution yet?
Read this: "The Canon Thing"
http://reviews.cnet.com/inkjet-printers/canon-pixma-ip4200..

:-((

Eveline

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.