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    Any help for a vintage Canon PC710 copier here?

    I know, it’s a printer forum... And I would not have thought to come here, but it was among the search results. I am looking for photos of the interior of a Canon PC710 copier. It crapped out with a small broken piece, and I was going to have a go at Krazy-gluing it before I have to junk it. But...
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    OLD Canon i860, print head (?) problems, won't print

    Well, that's discouraging, and yes, the print head might even have said "refurbished", I can't recall, but as you noted, you can't get "new". So I suppose there's not much point trying to clean the absorbers (thanks for the link) if the print head isn't working. I mean, one problem doesn't...
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    OLD Canon i860, print head (?) problems, won't print

    (Perhaps unrelated, but, in the past I had a full waste tank, an electronics shop employee took the printer apart for me and I cleaned all the sponges out (yeah, ick) -- he put it back together and I've had a few more years out of it. Person no longer works there and I don't know how to take it...
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    OLD Canon i860, print head (?) problems, won't print

    Hi all! I have one OLD computer with a Canon i860 printer (yeah, I know, insert various remonstrations to upgrade). It was starting to show some white lines in draft printing mode but was still OK in standard mode. A while back I started getting error messages and the red-shaded "operating...
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    Hi from Canada, another newbie

    Hello... Another newbie here, this forum was recommended by someone on Bleeping Computer. I'm here with a really old Canon printer that I'd rather salvage than add to the landfill if possible... will ask on the question section.
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