Help! Black ink won't dry on photo paper! Why??

[paperprinting]

Hello, I have a Canon IPF5100 printer.

My problem is that black ink won’t dry on any photo paper that I print!

I have tried everything I can think of, bought a brand new set of inks, tried several different semi-gloss and glossy paper, tried many different settings for paper on the printer, and different paper profiles on the software provided (Photoshop plug in).

Even after weeks, if I run my finger over the black areas of the print the ink rubs off. All other ink colours set immediately after coming out of the printer..

If anyone has any ideas, please help!!!!

[patio]

You need the photo paper inks...

[DaveLembke]

Just as Patio stated... I ran into same issue with all inks in my old Epson C60 years ago and found out about this then. I was using some cheap cartridges through an online generic ink cartridge provider in which I was able to get ink cartridges for like $7 each vs paying $20 each, and I ended up having to just swap out my cheap ink with official epson ink which was rated for photo printing and would dry.

[paperprinting]

Hi guys, thanks for your replies, I installed a whole set of brand new Canon photo ink cartridges a week or so ago, and the problem is persisting. I am wondering if some of the old ink might still be in the print heads? but I have run cleaning programmes several times already... Any thoughts?

[patio]

If they are only a week old i'd return them for replacement with an explanation of what's happening...
Very well may be out of date stock...