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many thanks a.steve, have tried 50/50 ammonia and distilled water mix as reccommended by another forum member but sounds a bit strong, I think I will try your recipe next. many thanks, hugo

pj, thanks, got some isopropynol off the net after all that, am current trying 50/50 distilled water and ammonia, seems to have worked for one of my printheads so far. hugo

many thanks, will give it a thrash,I did look at windolene but no mention of ammonia on the label nor could i smell ammonia but what the hell, nothing to lose, thanks,hugo

thanks grandad, we live in hick country (the american expression i think)but problem solved as far as the isopropanol is concerned, i have found a pharmaceutical co. on the net that supply it. hugo

still got a problem, uk has become so politically correct that all the glass cleaners i have looked do not contain ammonia anymore, that was why my original enquiry was to see if anyone in the uk had actually tracked down one with an ammonia base. I looked,at and had a smell of all the ones I...

yes indeed, but in the dump i live in if you ask for isopropyl alcohol they look at you as if you are an alcoholic, have tried vodka but not with any success..

suspect dried ink blocking the heads, I understand the best solvent is an ammonia based liquid, the americans must still have ammonia in their windex but having sniffed the uk equivalent ie windolene, I cannot detect any smell of ammonia. Any ideas as to a suitable uk liquid? I am loath to...

thanks, yes we do have windoline, I looked at the label in my search but ammonia is not mentioned but I will give it a try

have any of the british correspondents found the uk equivalent of windex? I have scoured the shelves for an ammonia based cleaner to no avail. has any one tracked down an easily available suitable substitute for "windex" ? plimsol.

one of your correspondents reccommended unplugging the canon 1850 whilst the carriage was in the refill position so that it could then be moved so as to facilitate cleaning. I tried it but when I went back to start after cleaning it, it threw up an error message, to whit, one green followed by...