topic Re: Canon Pixma MX922 not printing red in Desktop Inkjet Printers

Canon Pixma MX922 not printing red

anickgb — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 21:29:01 GMT

My printer is not printing red. I tried :

-Hard reset

-Cleaning

-Deep cleaning

-Changing ink cartridges

Any advice?

Re: Canon Pixma MX922 not printing red

GonzDog — Fri, 15 Dec 2017 06:03:06 GMT

Okay here Goes! Just bought this 922 from Amazon for $69 bucks, to replace an old MX 870. I'm running a mac with the latest upgrades. My PGBK was doing the same thing. Test page no joy. I fussed with all the menu settings on the printer, nada.

I downloaded all the printer and scanner drivers from Canon, nada. I gave the iMac and printer a hard reboot, unplugged everything, restarted, nada. Checked all proxy, wireless settings, etc, nada. Yanked the cartridge, shook it, reinstall, nada.

The cartridge is brand new! Test page all colors minus PGBK. Checked forums, google,nada. Deleted all printer and scanner drivers, fearing corruption, reloaded all new latest again from Canon, nada. 20 test pages later still nothing, Getting close to tossing out to trash tonight. Took PGBK cartridge out again, noticed a 1/4 inch of orange tape on the front of the cartridge, no way, I'm saying. peeled it off, got a little rubbing alcohol applied to a Q-Tip ran it around the front and back of cartridge, especially into the ink hole, looked dry, probably voided my warranty. Then I ran the same alcohol infused Q-Tip where the cartridge gets seated, heck at this point I was ready to burn sage, wave it around the printer and chant. Went to test page and OMG it worked!!! Could a small bit of tape on the FRONT of the darn cartridge cause this? Or was the alcohol a priming agent? Beats me, All I know is that I have been fooling around with this nonsense for two days and nothing else worked!

So give it a shot and let me know!

Re: Canon Pixma MX922 not printing red

anickgb — Fri, 15 Dec 2017 17:58:26 GMT

OMG

It worked. After everything I've tried, I did not believe it could, but it does! KUDOS!

Re: Canon Pixma MX922 not printing red

tbrown62 — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 18:39:44 GMT

OMG! YES! The alcohol on Q-tip worked! I had tried EVERYTHING-- and wasted a couple of cartidges.
Who'd a thunk it?!?!?!?

Re: Canon Pixma MX922 not printing red

tbrown62 — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 18:40:03 GMT

Yes, thanks! It worked!! Crazy...

Re: Canon Pixma MX922 not printing red

tbrown62 — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 18:40:25 GMT

Yes! the alcohol on Q-tip worked!! Crazy!!!

Re: Canon Pixma MX922 not printing red

kzervo — Wed, 06 Nov 2019 20:01:13 GMT

I never thought it would work, but it did! I think the the ink wasn't able to travel up the sponge until I poked it with the alcohol swab!

Re: Canon Pixma MX922 not printing red

GonzDog — Wed, 06 Nov 2019 23:52:45 GMT

Great! Glad it did the trick!

GonzDog

Re: Canon Pixma MX922 not printing red

unclegeo6 — Sat, 09 Nov 2019 00:30:44 GMT

I just tried it too.....it really works.

Thanks for the tip.

Re: Canon Pixma MX922 not printing red

CBaldwin68 — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 19:46:00 GMT

OMG... This REALLY WORKS... I was an hour away from Throwing this MX922 into the garbage. Thanks

Re: Canon Pixma MX922 not printing red

GonzDog — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 02:56:12 GMT

Great! I'm glad that you didn't toss the printer! The q tip and the total removable of the adhesive tape does the trick! Don't forget to buy your replacement cartridges from Amazon! 3 years later and my printer is still kicking ass!

Re: Canon Pixma MX922 not printing red

Terrykato — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 23:31:38 GMT

Thanks. I had been deep cleaning like crazy to keep the red printing on my MX922. I dunked both sides of a q tip in 70% isopropyl alcohol and put that to every hole (you can tell I don't know what is going on) in the troubled cartridge, waited a couple minutes, checked printer status, and printed the nozzle check page. The red looks uniform and smooth. I thought possibly the cartridges I used were no good and I am sure I tossed a good one. I had gotten so disgusted I was going to buy a Brother inkjet as a replacement, but luckily no one had the recommended model in stock, so I searched some more and lucked on this forum and post!! Since I changed cartridges, I would guess that maybe this cleans something in the printer itself that deep cleaning only temporarily clears?

Re: Canon Pixma MX922 not printing red

GonzDog — Sat, 16 Jan 2021 02:24:44 GMT

Hey There! Glad it did the trick! I'm not sure if it has anything to do with the "Deep Cleaning" mode. It seems that the Canon system will detect the tiniest obstruction, i.e. adhesive tape or a micron of "junk" disrupting some type of sensor that basically freezes the printer from working. BTW I periodically clean the heads with a dollop of 70% alcohol on a q-tip to keep it running at qptimum, usually when I change a cartridge. Still printing like a champ! Glad it worked for you! Have a Great New Year!, All the Best!

GonzDog

Re: Canon Pixma MX922 not printing red

KS66 — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 16:39:09 GMT

I was skeptical. Thought problem was a generic ink cartridge. Replaced the blue cartridge ,still red looked like pink and yellow was not printing although all showed full. So I took out all cartridges , swabbed with alcohol on print head, let dry and replaced ink. I did a test print for red and yellow It worked!! Small tip that has been a great help. Glad I didn't pitch all the ink cartridges I took out!

Re: Canon Pixma MX922 not printing red

StevenEPeterson — Wed, 12 May 2021 16:09:32 GMT

I tried cleaning and took the print head out and rinsed it out with warm water using a small tube to get good pressure a couple of times but no success. Then I tried using the Q-tip and alcohol on the printhead lines and it worked great.

Re: Canon Pixma MX922 not printing red

GonzDog — Wed, 12 May 2021 16:45:41 GMT

Outstanding! Glad my q-tip "hack" worked for you. I sleep peacefully every night knowing I've saved another printer from the land fill!