imagePROGRAF PRO-1000 has blue tint at top of black and white image

[hghudso]

My pro 1000 is printing a blue/cyan tint at the beginning of a print job. The blue/cyan tint is 0.25" to as much as 3" and extends the entire width of the print. After this the print is normal. Happens with black and white or color prints. Print head shows all clear and I never see this happen on the plain paper nozzle test prints. Any suggestions?

[cdprints]

I also have had this happening with no solution for the past year. Have you found a solution?

[jrhoffman75]

Register your product, if you haven't already done so, and contact Canon support.

Canon Support for imagePROGRAF PRO-1000 | Canon U.S.A., Inc.

[hghudso]

Update: I was not reading the nozzle print head test correctly. Turns out the print head was bad. A new printhead is $650. There are third party heads a lot cheaper but that seems risky. To replace the print head you have to drain all the ink (~$350 worth of ink) into the dump tank then, when replaced, refill the new print head with ink. This takes about half the ink in the cartridges (another ~$350). That said bought a new printer.

[cdprints]

Thanks so much! i figured I was going to be at that stage. It lasted me well for 5yrs at least. Do you know if I can take out the inks from the old one and place into the new one? Or would it be better to just write them all off? So frustrating as some of them are still quite full!

[hghudso]

I put my mostly full old ink cartridges in the new printer. They need to be at least half full when the new printer loads the print head with ink. 

[KTMartin]

Hi.. I have had this exact same issue for about a year and have cleaned so many times and wasted so much ink and maintenance cartridges. I thought it was because I was using washi papers and Matt papers which are quite dusty. It’s now happening all the time … how did you know this was a dying print head issue please?