topic Re: Canon G3200 not printing Black ink in Desktop Inkjet Printers

Canon G3200 not printing Black ink

John8 — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 14:03:09 GMT

My G3200 printer cannot print only black ink. It is almost full, and I cannot find "Menu" bottun or similar on it. Do you guys experience the same issue and know any solution? Thanks.

Re: Canon G3200 not printing Black ink

BillS — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 20:05:54 GMT

Hi John8,

I'm afraid that this model is not able to isolate the black ink for black-only printing, although the black ink would automatically be used for printing black text. Color ink may be used when grayscale printing is selected.

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Re: Canon G3200 not printing Black ink

CaptJon — Sun, 23 Aug 2020 20:15:21 GMT

Hi there,

I am having a similar problem. My G3200 is printing black, however there are some areas where the pirnter head doesn't print entirely with black. In other words, it is streaky.

Here is what I've accomplished:

I have performed the cleaning function of the heads multiple times.

I have performed the deep cleaning function of the heard multiple times.

I have performed the system cleaning multiple times.

I have performed a print head alignment (to see if the printer head was "off" slightly).

After each function I have printed a nozzle check test pattern. All the color bars are printing properly except black. On the black test pattern that looks like a grid pattern the same exact boxes are always blank. In other words, when I look at each test pattern that I've printed after each cleaning function and compare the test patterns it is always missing printing on the same exact squares.

To me this seems almost like a software problem.

I have had this printer since 2017 and have had many of the heads clog and performed the cleaning function(s), somtimes multiple times, and I've always been able to correct the problem(s). I have also had the ink absorbtion pads serviced and replaced. I would like to continue to use this printer, but I am unable to use it to print graphics properly with the problem that I am having. I can still print text just fine, it is only when there is a large area of black that I see a slight line of missing ink.

If I could attach some photos of the problem, I would so that people could understand this better.

I consider myself an expert computer user and can usually correct things by myself, for this I am at a loss.

Thanks in advance,

Jon

Re: Canon G3200 not printing Black ink

filosofic — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 14:25:03 GMT

Same issue here. Just filled the black in tank. Same troubleshooting. No black in.

Nozzel check pattern test shows C-C-M-M-Y-Y but no B for black. Prints colors but nothing in black ink at all.

Re: Canon G3200 not printing Black ink

filosofic — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 19:09:15 GMT

I tried a deep cleaning then printed off another test page... and repeated that 2 times until now I have a test page with some black on it. Nozzle must have been stuck.

Re: Canon G3200 not printing Black ink

JCanon3200 — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 15:49:50 GMT

Wow same here.

My G3200 the black is off and it crunches in printing skipping lines. I have head cleaned and deep cleaned which has always worked in the past, but not now.. How do you system clean?

Re: Canon G3200 not printing Black ink

filosofic — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 13:28:50 GMT

This screenshot shows firefox on the printer's local homepage... Once you've set that up, under Utilities, then Deep Cleaning and reprint test page. Issue occurred again after a year of not using the printer. I had to google the problem again and then found out that I solved it this way on this site!

Re: Canon G3200 not printing Black ink

BrenTime — Sat, 11 May 2024 18:17:12 GMT

This is not true. greyscale doesn't work either. color works just fine.

Re: Canon G3200 not printing Black ink

JCanon3200 — Tue, 14 May 2024 15:41:08 GMT

I left Canon a while ago. The mega-printer was a great idea poorly executed. after 2.5 years it just was crap.