Transparencies with Canon ix6820 not printing
Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 4:45 am
When using Printfab to create film transparencies for screen printing, I am unable to print a complete page. Sometimes it will print a whole page, and half of it will be blank, or it will print completely blank pages; Whenever it does print something, it is faded. Here are examples:
I’m using the all black ink kit from filmdirectonline.com. I'm not using the cyan cartridge since it broke awhile ago. Since this issue started happening last week, I have tried printing using single black and multi-black settings, I've cleaned my printhead, ran multiple nozzle checks, cleanings, alignments, etc. My nozzle check is showing that PGBK and K are both printing, but the color ones are not. When I check the ink consumption tab, it only ever shows that photo black is being used, regardless of which halftone mode I choose. I have been printing with Illustrator using spot color separations. In the past, my printer has worked great and I've gotten excellent opaque transparencies. However, it seems as if every other month or so I run into this issue where it won't print correctly, and then after trying endlessly for a few days, it starts working again.
Here are my current settings: I’ve tried absolutely everything I can think of, and I’m so frustrated with the amount of ink and paper I’m wasting trying to get this solved. I'm not sure if this is a problem with the printer, my ink/cartridges, or a driver issue. I've read another post on the forum from someone having a similar issue, and they mentioned that inferior ink cartridges were responsible.
I’m using the all black ink kit from filmdirectonline.com. I'm not using the cyan cartridge since it broke awhile ago. Since this issue started happening last week, I have tried printing using single black and multi-black settings, I've cleaned my printhead, ran multiple nozzle checks, cleanings, alignments, etc. My nozzle check is showing that PGBK and K are both printing, but the color ones are not. When I check the ink consumption tab, it only ever shows that photo black is being used, regardless of which halftone mode I choose. I have been printing with Illustrator using spot color separations. In the past, my printer has worked great and I've gotten excellent opaque transparencies. However, it seems as if every other month or so I run into this issue where it won't print correctly, and then after trying endlessly for a few days, it starts working again.
Here are my current settings: I’ve tried absolutely everything I can think of, and I’m so frustrated with the amount of ink and paper I’m wasting trying to get this solved. I'm not sure if this is a problem with the printer, my ink/cartridges, or a driver issue. I've read another post on the forum from someone having a similar issue, and they mentioned that inferior ink cartridges were responsible.