Recent content by enaitee

A closing thought for anyone thinking of removing a nozzle plate. The link below is to another interesting forum post that, although about another Canon model than my IP5000, has the same basic design and the same short ribbon cable problem. Here, the author took the very sensible step of...

Re: "When you say disassemble printhead......unscrewing the nozzle plate ?" Yes, following the procedure shown in the link below. The only potential problem is cited there and that's the prying up of the nozzle plate. The attached ribbon cable is maybe a mm too short to allow easily lifting...

Hi... My printer has not been used much since buying it 2 1/2 years ago; mostly a nozzle test pattern every week or two to avoid clogging so it's a like new machine always lived under a dust cover. Recently it showed a lighter than usual light magenta and light cyan color bars and very slight...