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At CompuBiz (http://www.inkjetsaver.com/tools.html) they sell... Print Head Cleaning Solution in two (poorly identified) flavors: * $9 8 oz Bottle OCP * $8 8 oz Bottle for Color Cartridges Color I am trying to understand the products above as I want to order some print head cleaner from...

Family printers include Canon i960/i950. I now have a nice "Purge Hose" for cleaning Canon BCI-6 Cartridges and Print Heads. Pictures and instructions for making it are shown below. The purging hose is so much easier to use than a purging syringe. With the purging syringe, my hand was hurting...

Have you tried removing the print head and flushing water through it manually using a purging syringe, or a purging hose connected to the water faucet? Can you get water to flow through all/none/some of the six ink inlet ports? This process might provide you with some additional information to...

fotofreek & Grandad35, Thank you both VERY much for your feedback and help. I will get into Grandad35's purging technique. Lilla

I would like to do the procedure below, but in step 6 how do I determine the temperature of a cartridge? What kind of a themometer is needed? I don't think a candy or meat thermometer will work, right? Where on the cartridge do you place the thermometer to determine the temperature? Is...

In this article titled The Magic Solution For Inkjet Clogs here it states... Below, the author gives a formula for making your own Windex substitute... For clogs that don't respond to windex (and other normal methods), he recommends ammonia. He doesn't say, but I've read that clear non-sudsing...

MIS Ink supply sells FUN TAK REUSABLE ADHESIVE here As of the last time I checked the following was true... MIS sells bulk refill ink for Canon OEM CLI-8 and PGI-5 cartridges; their refill instructions are for Canon OEM carts. MIS does not sell prefilled (or blank) 3rd party carts for...

Amazon.com $47 Canon CLI-8 4-Pack Color Ink Tanks for Pixma printers by Canon $27 Canon PGI-5BK 2PK by Canon Free shipping over $25 They charge tax on shipments to some states at least

I made a Print Head Purging Hose that attaches to the water faucet, as recommended by Grandad35. I posted pictures of it at the link below. Pictures of Lilla's new Print Head Purging Hose

hpnetserver, THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! That explanation seems very plausible and it has given me reason to not give up that the cleaning could work yet. And realizing too that it could be an electrical problem instead of a clog. To all, Additional information about the initial problem...

~PJ~ Hummm... so that makes three of us so far * ~PJ~'s problem in thread titled Printhead problem with Canon Pixma 4000 * MrSpin's problem in thread titled Clogged Canon print head scroll down to post #39 So is it an electrical problem or what? Can anyone speculate? Thanks, Lilla

Grandad35, thanks. That's good to know. I'll have to learn how to use it then. We also have a house painting attachment that allows one to control the PSI, and it might be useful too. This is a little out of my comfort level so Ill have to pick a time that seems right for doing it. Tin Ho, I...

dwolf, I am planning to purchase this same printer soon so I have done some research on this. I plan to use refill ink from inksupply.com (called MIS). If you search this forum you will find they are a respected supplier of refill ink. Genuine Canon cartridges are generally preferred for...

Tin Ho, good idea. OK, I have a windex cleaning cartridge (made it some time ago actually) and I am in the process of trying your procedure. Actually I had used the windex cartridge some, but your procedure is more rigourous and I am willing to give it a try. Putting some windex on the parking...

Thank you. It's good to consider the simplier things that can go wrong too. Yes, all six soft rubber seals are squeaky clean and in place, these seals are soft and subtle like they should be, not hardened or anything. I usually remove the soft rubber seals and clean them when I use the purging...

Thank you, this is a good point. I have 3 sets of original Canon ink cartridges (refilled with IJG bulk refill ink) and one set of new IJG blanks (refilled with IJG bulk refill ink). By now I have tried them all any number of times. The set of carts I am using for testing purposes are ones I...

The problem I am having could be a wiring problem inside the print head... right? Below is the post I came across that made me start thinking about this possibility. Clogged Canon print head by Neil Slade (then scroll down to post #78) Is it worthwhile to dismantle the print head, using...

i950 wont print cyan, yet I can get a flow using a purging syringe. What could cause this behavior? And can it be fixed? I am trying to fix my sisters Canon i950 printer. It was working perfectly before she went on vacation. It now has the problems noted below. i950 problems observed: 1...