Recent content by Gooneybird

You didn't say how you fixed it before, so I can't comment too reliably. But two years ago I thought the print head was bad on my Canon i950 and began trying to clean it. All my cleaning did in fact ruin the print head, so I bought a new one then. (Just to be safe, I bought and used all new...

Just another thought. Since I don't know where you live, but drug stores here in the US carry isopropanol under the generic name of Rubbing Alcohol. It's at the normal strength of 65%, but many also carry the same alcohol at 90%. Either one is perfectly suitable. Also, I agree using that...

Well, here is another update, several days after my last. Hope this will encourage others, as it has me. After purging, drying and refilling the PM cartridge on 11/6/08, even though it was not perfectly clean throughout the sponge chamber - I installed it and the results were most encouraging...

OK, now for a little update, a few days since the last post here. I took the PM cartridge that I had flushed considerably (using the hot tap water, but not boiling), then tried drying by several methods, including pulling a moderate vacuum on it and leaving it in the sun for several hours...

I agree. In addition, much of the problems I have with my i950 are apparently (and I only recently was convinced of this) resulting from plugging ink cartridges and NOT the print head itself. I now am at least partially convinced the cartridges cause problems with the print head eventually, if...

I wish I could be of more help, but I quit using my HP Photosmart 1000, when I bought a Canon i950 about 5 years ago. But, to answer your question - yes, I used to refill both the black and the 3-color cartridge for the HP (as I recall) so I know it can be done. Refilling wasn't all that...

You got it, some sections of the sponge appear unflushable, almost solidly plugged. I'll try your trick to sink it in boiling water for a few minutes, maybe tomorrow, if time allows. I've tried Isopropanol several times without success but not boiling water. And yes - I've been using the...

OK, thanks, I've got it now. So, maybe I've got one or two more resets if needed, since have only done one. Back to the subject of "purging". I went shopping today and got enough fittings and an appropriate sized tubing to fit over the exit hole, and did my first attempt at this job. I chose...

Sorry about my fouling up the quote from Grandad's last post, but I'm fairly new in this forum. The paragraph enclosed in brackets [ ] should have shown as a quote from his last post.

Grandad, Thanks again for the prompt reply. [Even though I experimented with vacuum refilling in the past, I now refill in the classic manner. Its not that vacuum refilling didnt work I just find the classic way easier. Once I learned to purge my carts when they start to gunk-up, my ink...

Grandad Thank you so much for your prompt reply, and my apologies for my delayed reply. (Other type of problems encountered as well as printer related.) I'll discuss several points that you made or related to - separately, so please bear with me if it gets long-winded. As stated earlier...

I agree with the above suggestion. Although I no longer do much of my own automotive work, for a number of years I did my own repairs and recharging of my automobiles' air-conditioning systems and used the vacuum pump I made from an old refrigerator compressor to evacuate the system. After...

It looks like no one is willing to even reply, so although I don't know anything about your particular printer, I'll at least respond. Especially, since I'm not getting any replies that pertain to the main point of my recent post on another Canon printer and its problems. First - make it a...

I'm sorry not to have posted some of my pictures of the disassembled print head, but that isn't the main reason I started this subject. When I have the chance I will attempt to do the picture posting, but my urgency is in trying to straighten out the problem. As I posted - this printer is...

The Canon i950 is about 5 years old, and the original print head lasted about 3 years. The replacement is now acting very contrary, like it's not getting sufficient ink flow after the first or second full page photo print. I've done various types of cleaning, after reading many, many posts on...