It seems I have to frequently fill the ink cartridges even when I only print a few pages. I don't use the printer for photos. Is this typical?
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Same issue with ours; I wonder if the evaporate or just set to warn at 1/3 empty (or such) to push new carts.
1699307
According to Consumer Reports magazine, this is one of the most ink-hungry printers out there. If I had known that in advance, I would have bought a different one.It prints very nicely, though.
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Franklin, I bought this printer a year ago and my problem is annoying paper jams, over and over and over..... which means I have to remove the back and extricate the paper. As far as your print head is concerned, I experienced that once. I turned off the power, unplugged the printer, removed both cartridges and waited about 20 minutes before powering it up again. The printer seemed to recognize that it was missing the cartridges and immediately rebooted to receive them. In the final analysis, I have regretted this purchase.... good luck. BILL
820134
I have never had that problem. What printer setting are you using? I believe just the normal print setting is suggested; that's what I use.
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Ok I had the same type of problem. But, I thought I had just messed something up. My husband normally handles things like that. We have a Cannon Pixma MG2120. I went to the cannon web site and downloaded a copy of the owners manual. It told me how to override the empty cartridge indication. Now it doesn't tell me how much ink I have left. Not a big problem for me since mostly all I print is word documents. Hope this helped. Good luck.
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I bought the Pixma 700 9 months ago and have not had a problem with the ink drying out yet. I don't print a lot of pictures, but so far I have had to replace only about one cartridge. After turning it on, if you don't print immediately it shuffles the cartridges back so they don't dry out. Then when you click "print," you wait an extra few seconds for the cartridges to slide back into printing position. It takes longer to print because it does that, but it does save on ink.
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I don't recall if I had any issues like that or not. I'm an IT guy/computer nerd anyway so if I did, I fixed it immediately. With that said, I would recommend turning your printer off and then back on. Even try some different things like putting old cartridges in when printer is on and then turn it off, pull cartridges out and replace the new cartridges just before turning the printer back on. Make sure that any tape that may have been on the bottom of the cartridges is also removed. You'd be surprised how many people forget that. One thing to look at also, if the problem persists, is to check the settings on the actual printer and look at the ink level. If the ink level is showing that everything is full, as it should be, then the printer is at least detecting things that far. Hope this little bit will help, if not feel free to post back. If you end up having to post back, let us k ow what you be tried, and the specific issue you're having. This way I, or someone else, can give more accurate advice to further troubleshoot the issue. :)
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The "starter" cartridges are not full that come with the printer. It also depends on what you are printing. Manufacturers base their print yields on 5% coverage of page.
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I have not used my printer for photos, so don't have experience to answer your questions. I would think that with photos of that size, 8 1/2 x 11, that would be typical because of the intense ink usage for photos.
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Mine used a lot of ink & it takes a while to print a page. Maybe I got a bad printer because mine has been a disappointment & already broke. I hardly printed, I printed maybe like maybe 5 pieces of paper a week & my black ink was all out in a few months, I didn't even go through a third of printer paper. it was specifically for home use like bill receipts & a few return labels. I would never recommend this for say a student as it takes forever to print as it was not even reliable for minimal home use. I had a more reliable & faster printer before & I really think there are better ones than this one unfortunately. Mine used a lot of ink & it takes a while to print a page. Maybe I got a bad printer because mine has been a disappointment & already broke. I hardly printed, I printed maybe like maybe 5 pieces of paper a week & my black ink was all out in a few months, I didn't even go through a third of printer paper. it was specifically for home use like bill receipts & a few return labels. I would never recommend this for say a student as it takes forever to print as it was not even reliable for minimal home use. I had a more reliable & faster printer before & I really think there are better ones than... » Read More Mine used a lot of ink & it takes a while to print a page. Maybe I got a bad printer because mine has been a disappointment & already broke. I hardly printed, I printed maybe like maybe 5 pieces of paper a week & my black ink was all out in a few months, I didn't even go through a third of printer paper. it was specifically for home use like bill receipts & a few return labels. I would never recommend this for say a student as it takes forever to print as it was not even reliable for minimal home use. I had a more reliable & faster printer before & I really think there are better ones than this one unfortunately. « Show Less
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Sometimes you have to take one out, power cycle the printer, and put the cartridge back in (sometimes more than once) to get it to recognize it as good. If there's still problems, I would suggest that not all of them be removed at once, just one. Also be aware that much of the time, the printer seems to not recognize the ink level of the cartridges unless it thinks the cartridge is empty and you "replace it" after it tells you to. Just filling them up (in or out of the printer) the printer doesn't really refresh what it thinks the ink level is.
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Yes I have had that problem. I believe it is because I rarely used the cartridge prior to refilling. Maybe running the ''cleaning'' procedure on the printer would be helpful to us next time.
638695
I suppose that depends on how you are using the machine. I have been printing photos. Power point slides and such with whatever memory came with the printer and I gzve never had an issue. I have not had to scan very large files just the odd photo or 20 page contract but so far everything runs great
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Mine does the same thing, usually in the middle of printing a photo or multiple pages. I emailed seller for a replacement chip/circuitry/cartridges. They replied saying to press the reset button (which I've done countless times), then they said it was out of warranty and they don't sell just the circuitry. You have to buy the whole kit.
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We had no problems for a few refills then the printer stopped recognizing the cartridges. We have not used the printer other than as a scanner in about a year now. Wish I could actually help.
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I have also noticed by ink levels dropping dramatically with no printing going on. I agree the ink must be evaporating. This is very frustrating and the ink is too expensive to be evaporating into thin air!
1967793
There definately is something not right with the ink system. I have owned this printer for over two years. First of all it is barely alive, never when new printed from bottom tray. Long Story short I ordered ink through amazon. I made the merchant rfeplace the ink for it evaporated in my machine in lil over a month. I am in the market for a new one!!
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I've always use a inkjet printer, so I never had problems with ink running on the standard paper/photo paper.. It comes dry when it's done printing.