Good for you Deborah but I already typed this one up.
1) With the machine turned on, park your print head like you are going to replace ink cartridges
2) Remove all the ink cartridges. Turn off the machine. Put a piece of tape across the felts of the ink cartridges keep the ink from drying.
3) To the left upper edge of the printer carriage there is a 3 inch long metal handle - lever. It is under a bit of tension from a stiff spring but lift it and rotate it toward the rear of the machine. this will release the printer head from the carriage. The printer head can be recognized by the 5 felts across the bottom. Lift and rotate the printer head toward the front of the machine. it will come out easily.
5) THE BOOK SAYS not to touch the printer head or contacts. I clean both with a Q-Tip dipped in rubbing alcohol. If the head is really filthy soak a paper towel with rubbing alcohol and gently blot the head on the towel. the ink will be absorbed by the fibers of the towel.
6) Once you have cleaned the print head, move the carriage all the way to the left and spend some time with Q-Tips and alcohol and clean as much ink off the top of the purge unit as you can reach.
7) CAREFULLY examine the clear plastic tape just below the carriage drive belt which is the brain of the carriage unit and tells the printer where it is. Use a clean Q-Tip to remove any ink or grease which might have gotten on the tape. If any foreign matter remains on the tape after you are done, the printer will not work properly again until you clean it. I know because I spent several hours working on an old HP and got ink on the tape. It would not work until I noticed the ink and cleaned it off. HP technical support does not have this as part of their knowledge base.
8) I put a drop of water and a drop of alcohol on the felts of the ink cartridges and the printer head when I reassemble everything to so as to "loosen everything up".
9) Run some test prints and see how everything works
10) Remember the simplest things to fix are quite often the things we overlook when searching for complicated answers.
SOURCE: Print head remains clogged canon pixma iP 4000
I have successfully managed to clean the print head with isopropyl alcohol by placing a flexible plastic tube over the cartridge seat, filling the tube partially with the alcohol, then blowing very hard through the tube. The alcohol does not appear to harm anything.
SOURCE: The 3eBK head stopped printing.
Try below some steps which might help you resolve the problem.
Print Head Cleaning / Head Refreshing
If the printed Nozzle Check Pattern is broken, missing, or a specific color is not printed, clean the print head.
If this does not help, try removing the print head and then install it again. Once place, dont forget to aligh the head. Following are the steps:
Note: [HEAD REFRESHING] uses more ink than [HEAD CLEANING], so perform [HEAD REFRESHING] only when necessary.
Reseat Print Head
Reseating the print head is seldomly needed to be done.
Automatically Aligning The Print Head Position:
CAUTION:
a. Do not try to manually move or stop the Print Head Holder.
b. Do not touch any metal parts.
IMPORTANT:
Handle ink tanks carefully to avoid staining clothing or the surrounding area.
IMPORTANT:
a. Make sure that the ink tank is inserted in the slot that corresponds to the ink tank's color.
b. If the ink tank is inserted in the wrong slot, perform two head refreshings.
Manually Aligning The Print Head Position:
When automatic alignment does not work well, align the print head position manually.
I hope this information allows you to resolve this issue. If you need further assistance, please post back with a comment to this thread.
(1): Bad example (Least solid box)
(2): Good example (Most solid box)
(A): Column
(0): Select pattern number with most solid image
(1): Bad example (Least solid box)
(2): Good example (Most solid box)
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SOURCE: I have a Canon i9900 not even a year old and I
Hi There
Summary
Usage of compatible ink and leave the printer idle too long may cause printhead clogging
What should you do if you get this problem. Relax; you may recover the printhead by unclogging it. Follow these steps to unclog the printhead
1. Right click in the printer driver name
2. Select Properties menu
3. Click Maintenance tab
4. Click on cleaning sign for regular cleaning. Perform this up to 3 times.
5. If this does not work, perform Deep Cleaning
And if that not work
Some times it needs a good clean up but this is up to you if you want to do this,
But after you done this prime the printer so it gets the inks back in the heads, it may take a little time for the inks to work.
Ok.
There is fluid cleaner for this but I can never find any in the shops the only ones I seen is when they sell them in Tesco but they come in with the ink refill bottles so I just use worm water by it self on a cloth and dabbing on the heads to clean them, it will not harm the heads but not to much water.
Some heads are on the inks them self but some have them inside the printer so I not know your printer so if the heads are inside you need to get them out you may find that some heads will just clip out put some need to be unscrewed so you got to know how they come out so be careful and not push to hard on them, if the heads are on the ink then it is a easy job to clean them,
It worth a try it worked for me more than ones.
Please all I ask is call back and just gave a vote, it will gave me some satisfaction to know am helping some one, so I will keep on helping.
All The Best: Pineworks
SOURCE: Canon MP500 PGPK cartridge wont print
i have the same problem too. This is obviously a product defect. If Canon not fix it, i wont buy Canon printer anymore.
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No need to answer this. I figured it out.
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