Canon printer ink will not dry?

monkey44 wrote:

MNtundraRet wrote:
The package that holds the special printing paper for pictures holds a special sheet that protects the paper from light.

I suspect that you did the same thing my brother did earlier this year with his Cannon printer. That sheet got loaded in the printer, in stead of being thrown out.

It was the first picture printed which was bad. We had a good laugh about it when he figured out what he had done. I suspect you did set up the printer correctly but accidentlly left that sheet on the pile placed in the printer. It would have printed first.

Well, that is a NO ... :) ...

Used the correct paper and the correct side up. In fact, the first thing I noticed was the paper goes in face up instead of face down. But, again - printer is truly a keeper, and does one very fine job printing once it gets the right settings. Printing a 13x19 print, very good detail, even under a loupe. So, monkey's tech stupid self rides again, but pulls himself out of the mud :) :) :)

My HP printer has two storage bays. One for smaller picture sheets up to 5 x 7 inch pictures. The other is for regular paper, or photo paper up to 8.5 x 11 inch. The side to be printed is face-down for both storage sites (unless 2-sided printing is desired). This makes sense since photo paper is light sensitive over time and is better protected if stored face down. Normally that means placing photo paper in the larger storage only when photo printing is desired.

If yours is face up do they recommend only placing Photo paper in the printer when doing photo printing? Is this printer only for photo printing? If so the trays are most likely light protected.