HELP... no yellow?

[mnapuran]

Okay.. have a Mutoh 1304, came in today and Yellow cart showed empty. So I put in a new cart and started a print job.

Job came out very dark... obviously something not right.

I printed a nozzle check, and all nozzles are there.. BUT the yellow ink isn't yellow?!

It looks closest to the black nozzle check marks.... Any clue?!

 

[jhanson]

Your machine ran so low on ink that it sucked the mixed waste ink in the cap back into the yellow line. Run a LittleCharge from the cleaning menu; that should help clear it up. Or just print a large file with 100% yellow until it starts looking normal.

 

[mnapuran]

Your machine ran so low on ink that it sucked the mixed waste ink in the cap back into the yellow line. Run a LittleCharge from the cleaning menu; that should help clear it up. Or just print a large file with 100% yellow until it starts looking normal.

LittleCharge didn't seem to make a difference. I'm printing a yellow block now... and it's coming out kind of a teal. Will keep it up for a bit and pray!

Thanks... and if any other ideas, let me know

 

[mnapuran]

Well... it's a mid/light green now... still printing and praying

 

[jhanson]

It will come out (eventually!), it's just that there's probably a lot of bad ink in that line to clear out. You could always put the machine into Transport Mode to drain the ink, then allow it to refill, but that will waste about 60mL of ink (a quarter of each cartridge, roughly).

 

[mnapuran]

Thanks! It was good enough to do a print now... mostly yellow now