Home printer not printing

RC

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Home printer is a Canon I960 photo printer. Recently had a paper jam where some of the paper tore and was stuck inside. I very carefully removed all pieces and am 100% sure it was all removed. The printer now goes thru the normal process of printing but doesn't actually print anything! Any suggestions? I really don't want to take it somewhere as the charge would likely be more than it is worth. Thanks for any help you may provide!
 

Windykid

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Re: Home printer not printing

Go through the printer trouble shoot and cleaning proceedures.
 

i386

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Re: Home printer not printing

In your manual it should have instructions for printing a test page from the printer itself. This is useful to rule out anything with the computer.
 

Grunt_Sculpin

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Re: Home printer not printing

Hello,

I would offer to connect to your computer remotely, but since it sounds like a physical printer problem it won't help if I do.

I would do the following:

#1 Print a test page from the printer to determine if it is printing at all. Usually there is a combination of buttons you press like holding down a button while turning it on, but your manual should tell you. If this prints fine then skip the rest of the steps and check your cable or reinstall the drivers.

#2 Try to clean the print heads by following the directions in your manual.

#3 If you want to invest the money then replace the print head. On this model it uses a seperate print head with individual carts for the colors. This is going to cost you $40-$50 and may not fix anything so you need to determine if its worth it to you.

#4 They have a 1 year warranty so if it is still under warranty I would call them and get a replacement. They have an insta exchange program that is not bad.

#5 Just buy a new printer. This one is only about $150 and we all know you would dump that into your boat with no problems.


Good Luck!
 

RC

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Re: Home printer not printing

Hooked it up to my laptop today (it was on home pc before) it went thru some startup process and now it will print. Hmmmmm. I'll have to try it on my home pc and see if maybe there was a driver problem or something. Thanks for the replies, quick and great as always.

I liked option #5, so much truth to that one!
 
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