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Lavinia Posted on Mar 31, 2012

Canon mg6120 cyan won't print,

Second new ink cart., cleaned everything, printed nozzle checks, just won't print that color - now what?

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    Jodi N May 01, 2012

    I had the same problem. Here's what I did to fix it:
    Unplugged the printer 2x. On the first try I just plugged it back in and still had the problem. The second time I took all of the ink tanks out, unplugged it (with the power still on, don't know if this makes a difference, but that's how I did it) then plugged it back in. The printer said that it couldn't detect any ink. I reinstalled all ink tanks, and a message said that it had been shut down improperly. Press ok to continue. I test printed a picture with a lot of blue in it and the picture came out true to color of the picture.
    That's what worked for me. I hope it works for anyone else with the same problem.

  • Anonymous May 18, 2017

    Worked for me too. Thanks

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  • I had the same problem. Here's what I did to fix it:
    Unplugged the printer 2x. On the first try I just plugged it back in and still had the problem. The second time I took all of the ink tanks out, unplugged it (with the power still on, don't know if this makes a difference, but that's how I did it) then plugged it back in. The printer said that it couldn't detect any ink. I reinstalled all ink tanks, and a message said that it had been shut down improperly. Press ok to continue. I test printed a picture with a lot of blue in it and the picture came out true to the exact color of the picture.
    That's what worked for me. I hope it works for anyone else with the same problem.
    (Sorry for posting this twice. I missed the solutions link at first)
    • wmaximusd Sep 25, 2015

      Worked like a charm...thanks

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    SOURCE: MP830 Cyan Ink won't print

    To Fix the stupid Cyan, just unplug the printer, it may take more that one time unplug, its stupid problem, printer needs to reset, I have a full ink of Cyan but it says this "There is more than one Cyan" on the dispaly on the printer, and windows that its missing. I don't know what idiots programmed the printer. but screw them.

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    I had same problem today. Removed print head and bathed it in alcohol for half an hour. Then I removed the two screws underneath and used a syringe to squirt alcohol into the ports and clean. I noticed clumps of ink coming out (i guess some ports were blocked). I then dried the head and reinserted and reinstalled ink tanks. All looks good so far- black printing again and printed test patterns all look correct. Good luck.

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    SOURCE: Canon PIXMA iP4000 Will not print red Deep clean won t work Other colors OK

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    SOURCE: iP4300 only recognizes magenta OR cyan

    1. Get compressed air
    2. Run Printhead under HOT water, do not worry about contacts getting slightly wet.

    3. Blow compressed air with straw attachment into screens where the cartridge nozzle sits on printhead. then let it sit and dry.

    4. reinstall print test page

    5. if this fails open paint/photoshop and print a page of the color that is not printing correctly. rinse and repeat until colors flow freely.

    I have several ip4300s and I have yet to give up the ghost on a printer with a clog ujsing this method.

    Anonymous

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    • Posted on Feb 04, 2009

    SOURCE: Canon MP800 PGBK black ink will

    I have the same problem.  I turned off the printer, then selected "auto head alignment from the printer's maintenance menu and it worked! 
    Menu -> Maintenance/Settings -> Maintenance -> Auto Head Align

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