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The carriage moves freely, I don't see anything obvious wrong. At this point it's not important that I will be able to put it together again, should I try to remove the whole carriage and clean it on the backside?

Extremely annoying to have to throw out a printer for this kind of error. The error code is so generic, could be a hardware problem too.

I'm not sure I understand. The scanner has worked before, I don't recall removing any screws.

I've disassembled it as much as I dared, cleaned the encoder strip, reseated some ribbon cables. No change, it could be the scanner. The scanner only moves ever so slightly, about a centimeter, the error appears when it has gone back. I don't see anything that's broken.

MP610, one printhead replacement after five years, the small black isn't perfect on the nozzle check, but it doesn't show on prints. Decided to leave it alone, tried various things several years ago. Have been using unoriginal cartridges.

Thank you. The scanner moves ever so slightly when I turn it on. It's been standing in one place since new, I'll try an disconnect it.

I got a 5011 error out of the blue. The error appears a few seconds after I power it on, the carriage doesn't move, sometimes it tries to move right before the error appears. I have had it running normally 2-3 times, when it starts up normally it's nothing wrong, no strange sounds. There was...

The dots are almost completely gone now. I guess the smudge I get in one corner every time I print is a result of a lot of residue ink on the printhead. I haven't dared to take it out and clean it.

Studied some prints I did today and saw some small dots in areas that didn't contain any text or photos. So I guess it will resolve on it's own.

☺️, Yes it is. It's been with me for quite some time, have been very happy with it. I'll just keep printing as usual, if they don't go away soon I'll try and change to new cartridges.

Thank you for your reply. I never did manage to get the scanning function to work over LAN. I could do a scanning, if it's absolutely necessary. The dots are there on the check pattern, but couldn't see anything on the printed photo. Have printed quite a few tests and they vary in intensity...

I noticed this just recently, I did a check pattern after exchanging the big black, magenta and cyan cartridges. The last thing I printed was some CDs. It may have been there before I exchanged the cartridges, I'm not entirely sure. After I printed a color picture it's somewhat faded. A4, it's...

I run my trusty MP610 from time to time so I avoid clogging, I noticed one very small dot on each color in line about 2 cm from the edge on the right. I did change the big black, magenta and cyan, I've tried to change the big black again but the dots are still there. They could well have been...

Thank you everyone for advice and help. I'm not going to do anything more now, hope it holds. I did an auto alignment before, maybe that ruined the grid since manual fixed it?

I bought aftermarket ink to test with, original ink is not an option here, original set would cost more than a new printer, it's madness. The alternative would have been to throw it in the bin. I've used aftermarket ink on my MP610 for years and years. I've bought from the same place now so I...

The splitting of the lines is barely visible on the picture, I checked a test I did after cleaning number one and the lines are ok. So I guess I should have asked here first and left it alone and not done a second clean. I did a head alignment, could that screw up the grid like that? The text...

This is the complete test in a better light. Possibly I've damaged the PGBK, there are some splitting of the lines.

Oh, did not know that.

Thank you for your reply. It's a relief really, deep cleaning uses so much ink. I'll get some photo paper and print some pictures for further testing.

Printer model: Pixma MG6650. I got this printer for free, the owner bought a new one after it clogged up. I bought demineralized water and cleaned the printhead as best as I could, I got all the ink out and the water was clear. The black 551 on the color tested showed some minor defects, I...