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Posted on Apr 18, 2011
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Blank ink says (8004) replace when it has 80% of its ink left. It was working fine until we put in a new magenta cartridge. If you take them both out, put the black back its fine. Put the magenta in, the black says (8004) replace. Tried two new magenta cartridges. Both do the same thing.

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Anonymous

  • Posted on Sep 25, 2007

SOURCE: Changed ink cartridge, now printing with green hue

most of the time this happened to me, I noticed I knocked one of the ones next to it slightly loose. Just check and make sure they are all seated fully.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Dec 07, 2007

SOURCE: replacing ink cartridge

You will need to clean the contacts on the cartridge & the printer.

Also check & clean the interface ribbon ( the white tap connected to the cartridge carriage.
Try this first.
Just a few ques.
Is the cart genuine of compatible,refill?
Did you have a paper jam or power outage before problem?

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jul 22, 2008

SOURCE: cannot recognize ink cartridge

I have about 6 canon printers with a 3in 1 using PG40 and CL41. I have never encountered the problem you have. I have looked into some other sites and noticed a number if CLI-8 cartridges being replaced by Canon. I think there are only 2 probable problem areas, he cartridge or the software you are using. I suggest you call up Canon and complain about this problem. Seems like you got the printer 6 months or so ago. You should able to get to do something like replace the printer or cartridges. I'm assuming that you don't refill or have your cartridges refilled so the contact points should not be messy w/ ink. You can try cleaning the contact points on the cartridges and printer. But I'd call Canon and explain to them the situation and see if they can solve your problem. Solve I'm implying is to replace your cartridges or printer. Let me know if this helps.

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old marine

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  • Posted on Oct 14, 2008

SOURCE: Black ink

The PGBK cartridge is a pigment black ink, while the others use a dye for coloration. The pigment black is used when printing text and other documents. The dye ink is used when printing photos and other colored documents. The dye black is used in conjunction with the color (dye) inks to provide tinting and color gradation, and therefore is not used nearly as much as the pigment black unless you use your printer only for printing photos.

If you're printing text and documents, you will need to buy another pigment black (PGBK) cartridge.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Dec 01, 2008

SOURCE: Canon MP800 Not recognising Ink Cartridges Magenta and Cyan

1. Clean The Print Head Nozzles (Mac OS X) MP500 / MP800 2. Clean The Print Head Nozzles (Windows) MP500 / MP800 3. Confirm that the recommended ink tanks are installed properly MP500 / MP800 4. Install recommended ink tanks in the correct order MP500 / MP530 / MP800 / MP800R / MP830 5. Perform A Manual Print Head Alignment (Mac OS X) MP500 / MP800 / MP950 6. Perform A Manual Print Head Alignment (Windows) MP500 / MP800 / MP950 7. Perform the print head cleaning procedure on MP500 / MP800 8. Print Head Alignment MP500 / MP800 / MP950 9. Remove tape from the MP500 / MP800 ink tank 10. Replace ink tank(s) MP500 / MP800

I hope it helps!!!

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