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    i865 Print Head Dead or Dirty?

    When my first i865 died (The bottom half of the Cyan test print line was lighter than the one above and now that I have foudn this forum and pulled the head off, I understand what could have been the problem) I bought an ip4500. This died in exactly the same way in just under 2 years. So I kept...
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    i865 Print Head Dead or Dirty?

    Hi The Hat, sounds like it's time to replace the printer... (Head is almost as expensive than a new printer) Genuine Canon Cartridges, but using after market ink. Thanks for your input...
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    i865 Print Head Dead or Dirty?

    Hi everyone, I was starting to experience problems with the quality of the print on my i865 so i did the usual deep clean, change ink, etc and nothing seemed to fix the problem, so I went searching and found this very informative forum. I read a number of posts in relation to cleaning the...
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    evil print head instantly kills printer electronics (i865/ip4000/etc)

    I found this out the hard way too, but my print head was already on the way out as well :(
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    oldest printer that you are still actively using - ??

    BJC-4200 which was in storage for about 5 years, pulled it out, refiled the carts, did a clean and away it went :) Early 2000's from memory...
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