Canon Pixma MG6450 PGBK Ink Printing blurred/shadowed, is there a fix?

Have you tried this?
Aligning the Print Head

harrythefish01/06/2020 07:47

Have you tried this?Aligning the Print Head

Yes, I'll give it another go but tried all the cleaning options from the settings several times.

Here is a rather complex procedure for reseating the print head, documentation applies to another Canon but might apply to yours too:
support.usa.canon.com/kb/…853

What happens if you just remove the big black tank, does the small black tank take over? It recommended by Canon not to do this, I think because the head will then dry out and clog forever. But might be a workaround till you get a new printer.

harrythefish01/06/2020 10:51

Here is a rather complex procedure for reseating the print head, …Here is a rather complex procedure for reseating the print head, documentation applies to another Canon but might apply to yours too:https://support.usa.canon.com/kb/index?page=content&id=ART143853What happens if you just remove the big black tank, does the small black tank take over? It recommended by Canon not to do this, I think because the head will then dry out and clog forever. But might be a workaround till you get a new printer.Read lessRead more

I'll try the other workaround but when I take out the big black ink, there's an alert for the missing ink and it doesn't proceed until that's in.