Parker Im Won`t Write

[sunrise]

Hello All!

 

My brand new Parker IM has serious issues with putting ink on paper. Now it has totally refused its`service. I have tried to flush it under running water but to no avail. I also tried to soak it in water for a couple of days but this, too, hasn`t bettered its`condition. There`s still not a single drop of ink coming onto the paper when I try to write with it. I`m using it with black Quink cartridges. Is there a way of getting the nib and ink feed out of the pen?

Edited July 10, 2012 by sunrise

[sunrise]

Today I figured out how to remove the nib and feed. You just pull it out of the pen. On the feed of my pen there was a tiny piece of plastic (!) blocking the ink`s way to the nib.I carefully cut it off using a sharp razorblade and

then cut free the two tiny ink canals.There was also gunk on the feed from trying out the pen at the shop that I removed. Now my Parker IM finally writes. It is a nice and well-made looking pen but this unfinished quality of the essential inner working parts makes me shudder. I hope this isn`t common among these pens.

[richardandtracy]

I regret to say that

'New Parkers that don't write are not as uncommon as they should be'.

 

Once is too common. It has certainly happened more than once with the same fault that you have described.

 

Regards,

 

Richard.

[Quill1]

Is it a design fault or a quality control problem?

[richardandtracy]

I think it's Quality Control.

 

Regards,

 

Richard.

[toniw]

I had the same problem with my IM.

I figured it out the same way. My thread about it.

 

But when they finally write, I think the IM is a great affordable, very good looking FP. I'm happy with my IMs

[sunrise]

Oh dear! If this plastic thingy is such a regular occurrence then perhaps Parker should be marketing these as "The new Parker DIY" instead: "Comes with a razor blade for extra fun." :roflmho:

just kidding

[patu2]

Sorry to dig up an old thread, but how did you pull the nib and feed out? Did you use any tools? It seems to be stuck in there pretty good... Maybe I just need to start going to the gym again :embarrassed_smile:

 

My Parker IM (medium nib) has become progressively worse during the two months I've owned it. It just stops writing after a couple of sentences. I've cleaned it out several times and switched to Waterman Florida Blue, but to no avail. Thought I'd give this a go before returning it.

[Mike 59]

Hi patu2, I have Vectors, Urban and I.M., and I tried to put my very smooth Vector nib in the I.M.

I did get the I.M. feeder out but it was extremely tight, and I did deform the feeder slightly in trying.

Then I found the Vector and the I.M/Urban have different nibs, yet the feeders do seem to be identical.

THe I.M. and Urban nibs seem identical, with a 'bow' or 'hump' upwards shape, looking from a side view, the Vector nibs are flat from the side view.

So if your I.M. was mine, I would soak/flush more, and if that won't sort it out, then get a replacement if you still can.

 

In fact I find that the I.M. (and Urban) can be smooth and consistent writers, the ink choice seems to be fairly critical, my tests have proved that Quink black is good, W.Man Intense black also, (these are bottled inks, refilling cartridges.)

For blue I found W.Man Florida blue to be fine, yet some other popular brands really didn't flow well at all.

 

The nib seems extremely well made, much better finished than the Vectors, but of course no flex.

[patu2]

OK, thanks for the info! The pen is definitely a super-smooth writer (when it writes), so no problem there. Quink Black was the first ink I used in the pen, but I switched to Florida Blue after the first fill.

 

I'll try soaking and flushing some more, if that doesn't do it then I'll try to get the nib replaced under warranty.