Recent content by johnp

Hi headphonesman I have pretty much decided on using dye based ink in the pigmented cartridge. My problem is in the print head. The cartridge is OK I think. There are a couple of sections of the head which refuse to print, will not clean despite soaking in warm water, methalated spirit etc...

Hi Folks Thats brilliant info. Thanks very much. No ultrasonic cleaner to be used on Canon heads then. So its back to all the other methods for cleaning heads. Has anyone got a good method for cleaning pigmented ink on an ip4500?

Does anyone have any experience of using ultrasonic cleaners for cleaning canon print heads. I have been using an IP3000 and now have two IP4500 printers. I have been able to clean the dye based ink channels using warm/hot water, soaking over several days though I did resort to a micro wave...

Got so much from this forum so here's a summary of my experience so far with a Canon IP3000 Purchased September 2006. Has done over 40,000 pages, always having ink carts refilled. Counter shows 26,095 but its mostly used double sided and the counter only counts sheets of paper not sides...