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Pixma G3200 - No Black ink printing at all, all other colours faint

johnmltx
Apprentice

I have a Pixma G3200 purchased in January 2022. It is still on the original fill of ink from the factory.
I had it sitting in storage during a move over the summer, and now that I've set it back up, it is refusing to print properly.

Black ink does not print at all. The other colours from the head clog test come through faint. I have run every sort of cleaning multiple times, including three system cleans. I have reseated the print head.

I have no idea what to do next and I don't want to buy another printer when I still have the original ink in this one.

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jrhoffman75
Legend
Legend

If you have run several deep cleanings and haven't gotten things to work out you have nothing to lose by trying one of the head cleaning suggestions you can find on YouTube. 

I appreciate you not wanting to buy a new printer when this one still has the original ink in it, but if you can't get the ink out of it and onto paper then that may be what needs to happen.

The black ink for this printer is pigment ink, which is more likely to clog since it contains particles, vs dye ink which is a colored liquid.

 

John Hoffman
Conway, NH

1D X Mark III, M200, Many lenses, Pixma PRO-100, Pixma TR8620a, Lr Classic
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