David, I'll definitely try these suggestions! Thank you!

"David W. McGaffney" wrote in message
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Eugen..
If you have separate color and BW printheads you might save yourself a lot
of trouble and money by checking out these below sites...
Canon DOES shut off the print heads after so many "squirts". (a money
maker
for them)
Epson ALSO does this and there is a cure for their greed also.
Normally forcing you to buy a new print head. (or buy a new printer).
Some "brains" have found a way to "RESET" the
counter built into the print head and Vola it's usable again!
http://www.wesesweb.web1000.com/canon.htm
and

http://fixyourownprinter.com/cgi-bin...t=Standard&Ter
ms=canon

This may solve your "problem"

Dave McGaffney
KVM Services

"Eugen T" wrote in message
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Hi all,
Not sure what happened to this printer. It prints all colors perfectly,
but
nothing in black color - there is tons of ink in the cartridge (they are
transparent in this printer), I cleaned black printing head (put it in
99%
rubbing alcohol for 15 minutes) - looks nice and clean.
Printer reports yellow color to be low (there are 3 color cartridges + 1
black cartridge), but no reports on black cartridge being bad. I checked
contacts to the head - they are all fine...
What steps should I take to try to fix this?
Thanks!