Parker Pen Problems

I have a Parker IM fountain pen that keeps drying out. While researching the problem, I thought I might as well write an article to help others out. Find support and services for Parker pens, including information on repairs, warranties, and customer assistance.

Explore solutions for your pen needs. In this video I show how to fix a Parker ballpoint pen that is stuck and won't retract. Use this care guide to learn how to clean your nib, refill using an ink bottle and convertor, change a cartridge, and store your fountain pen..

We explain how to fix common fountain pen problems, with step-by-step instructions, pictures, and video demonstrations. If your pen is scratchy, has poor ink flow, or is putting out too much ink, these tips may just do the trick! The thickness of the writing is also MUCH MUCH thinner than my new Parker Frontier, despite both having a Medium Nib.

The Frontier's font is like 3x the width of the Parker IM. The frontier also has no problems with hard starting at all and glides on paper like butter, something that cannot be said for the IM. CSS Error Refresh Skip to Main Content Help Center.

Troubleshooting fountain pen issues can be daunting. Dive into nib intricacies, learn to spot 'baby's bottom, fix ink-flow issues, learn DIY tricks and when to call the pros. FW, PK, PRODUCTS, TEMPLATE, WARRANTYIf the repair does not fall under the warranty, we will send you a quote for the cost of repair for your approval once we have inspected the damage.

If you do not accept our quote, we will not charge you any shipping or handling fees to return the writing instrument to you. Please note that we might need to evaluate the issue and availability of the spare. Finally pen startet writing, not very smoothly but fine enough, breaking lines occasionally.

However since then to use the pen I need to spend couple of minutes every time I want to use it to just make it work- pressing, changing ink etc. After few minutes its fine again. Till next day I wonder what can be the problem?