John R
Getting Fingers Dirty
- Joined
- Aug 11, 2015
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- Printer Model
- Pixma Pro 100
So after 1 year of use, I flush out the CLI-42s I've been using just to clear out ink residue. I don't use the pharmacists cleaning solution, rather I use straight undiluted clear ammonia (while wearing an APR & safety goggles). Where this worked fine with cleaning out everything (even yellow), magenta left a surprise behind. This cartridge is the setup cartridge for the printer, which was refilled with the earlier PC magenta (before the biocide issue was discovered). Since the collection of spots is only along the channel, I'm assuming that it was caused by fungus. Has anyone seen this problem?
As far as I can tell, this sponge is dead, and I'll repurpose a purged yellow as a replacement magenta. I haven't done light gray or photo magenta yet, so if fungus was the cause of the magenta problem, should I immediately purge photo magenta?
As far as I can tell, this sponge is dead, and I'll repurpose a purged yellow as a replacement magenta. I haven't done light gray or photo magenta yet, so if fungus was the cause of the magenta problem, should I immediately purge photo magenta?