Canon printer ink will not dry?

[monkey44]

Got a new printer yesterday (Canon 100 Pro) - part of a new camera deal, printer included.

So, printed some photos - ink will not dry and is very blurry.

Found the settings page, set it all to "photo paper" and tried again.

Still blurry and ink running - and will not dry. More than two hours, and it's wet as new paint.

Any thoughts?

Asked on the Canon forum, but get answers like, "Well, my Canon 100 works fine." Which, of course, really helps.

[ScottMack]

monkey44 wrote:
Ran some today, same results - worthy of framing, easily. So, will investigate ink sources ... Canon thinks OME ink sits on the table beside gold nuggets

monkey44,

I hear ya' - I print on an Epson R3000 and haven't found anywhere that discounts OEM inks enough to make any real difference. I have never used anything but OEM inks and the Epson pigment inks that the R3000 use do such a great job.

If you are not familiar with them, check out Red River papers - they are a bit cheaper and most of their customers feel they are better quality than the OEM papers (they have been with the comparisons that I have made). They sell a sampler that contains two sheets each of around 17 of their most popular papers and it was the best $12.00 I ever spent.

They also have free color profiles for each of their papers for most upper end printers and just recently added profiles for your printer. Their profiles are designed specifically for the paper and printer/ink combination and the results have been nothing short of stunning. Needless to say, I am now a customer for life.

[monkey44]

... and I never put paper in until I'm ready to print, one sheet at a time. Paper stays in the protective package.

A very high-end Canon photo printer, not an every-day consumer printer. Prints up to 13x19 ...

[MNtundraRet]

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.

[monkey44]

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 🙂 🙂 🙂

[MNtundraRet]

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 accidently left that sheet on the pile placed in the printer. It would have printed first.

[monkey44]

After a day of "Playing" - this one is an absolute KEEPER ... once I figured out the settings, it prints like my best friend. Very sweet and smooth, and dries pretty quickly.

And, yes, I lay 'em flat overnight, at least, with nothing touching.

I used the Canon paper that came with it, and was only printing 'test prints' so see what it could do ... Well, it sure could do. Do I sound like a Canon commercial? Well they'd have to pay me for that.

Ran some today, same results - worthy of framing, easily. So, will investigate ink sources ... Canon thinks OME ink sits on the table beside gold nuggets.

SO,it was my set-up tech mistake ... learn something new and useful every day.

[ScottMack]

monkey44,

As a side note, dye and pigment inks used in today's inkjet printers, while appearing to be dry almost instantly, do actually take about 24 hours to completely dry, cure and "outgass".

I place a clean sheet of paper on top of a new print about 15 minutes after coming out of the printer. I will usually leave the paper on for about 24 hours - the paper will develop ripples as it absorbs the ink solvent as it dries. This is especially important if you are going to put the photo in a frame under glass or in an acrylic holder etc. If the ink hasn't sufficiently cured and outgassed, the inside of the glass will develop a film on it, similar to the inside of your car windshield.

I recently switched printers - it's always "fun" finding out that everything you did before no longer applies and you get to learn a new way of doing things (at least when switching brands anyway)!! For one, my new printer loads print side up, just the opposite of what I have been doing for years - needless to say, there is a "reminder" note on the new printer!! Now if I can only remember to read the reminder….

Happy printing…..

[Redsky]

Long drying time means either the paper type setting you used was wrong and too much ink was applied by the printer or the wrong paper was used for an inkjet. Different papers have different absorption characteristics and often more expensive inkjet paper will save you money overall by requiring less ink from the printer.

I gave up on inkjet printers completely several years ago. For non photographic output I use color and B&W laserjets and for color pictures I upload the picture files to Costco for inexpensive prints up to 11x14 inches in size and to White House Custom Color for high quality prints with or without matting.

I can upload a picture to the Costco nearest my house or to one where we will be in a day or two and the print(s) are ready in one hour. With WHCC the prints are shipped out UPS 2nd Day as a matter of course. I get much better quality prints at any size I want and spend a lot less time and money in the process.

[monkey44]

Don't know what happened - I went through all printer settings, re-set everything and suddenly, prints perfect and ink is dry as it comes out, like it should be ... as usual, puzzled Monkey.

I'm thinking I had something set incorrectly, and just couldn't see it. Now, it runs like it should, so will leave it and forget trying to figure it out.

I'm positive I put the paper in correctly ... and ran the settings, but sometimes, unless we set each time, the default takes over, so it may have been set from the factory in a specific way. Works fine, will keep my fingers off.

Thanks for comments - you all have a great holiday ... 🙂 M44

[ferretgrandpa]

I think MrWizard is on the right track. I worked in a Sam's Photo for several years, when printing poster board, if you loaded it wrong side up the ink didn't dry (kept one for 2 months, still wet!!).

[MrWizard]

i recently helped a family friend with an HP printer problem with photo's

problem very much like you described

two things
it was set on plain paper

the big one, the paper was loaded print/glossy side up
in her printer it must be print side DOWN in the tray
the ink was being printed on the wrong side of the paper

try a plain paper test and mark one side of the paper with a mark on one corner someplace
see which side is getting printed on and how much ink is being used

[1775]

I have had best results with another Canon ink jet printer that uses Pixma ink using only Canon photo paper. I have used other inkjet photo paper in that one and it has not run but the images were crisper with Canon photo paper and that printer has special settings to select the Canon photo stock. I also have the same small IP100 as you have but we have never put photo paper into it, just regular paper. It may be that the photo paper that you are using is not absorbing the ink properly. Prints should dry on photo paper in less than thirty seconds. I have a feeling that this is the result of the paper and not the ink - unless the cartridge included with the printer went bad. Try a black and white print on the same photo paper and see what happens. And also try a print on plain paper.

[Ka_Ron]

Does it dry if you don't use photo paper, but regular paper?

Sounds really strange that ink won't dry at all