Hi,
I've read many of the posts related to the Canon i960 over the years. Really good site.
I've had the 2 photo colors clogged for a while, but it's still printed color, so that was acceptable.
I tried a few of the cleaning methods, initially blasting air through the passages with some success.
Recently some of the other colors clogged.
I've tried other methods and it seems to have led to the orange light blinking 5 times.
It's strange, because it was intermittant. Some days the printer would power up, Others it would blink orange.
I'm very interested in what went wrong when it acts like that. To me, it means there might be a way to fix it.
At some point I needed the printer to work 100%, so decided to disassemble the printhead.
One passage and the head part too, didn't want to allow fluid to pass through. The other passages allowed it and thru their head passages. I thought I'd at least have cleaned out some of the color's clogs, so I reassembled it.
Unfortunately it now blinks orange 5 times all the time.
Who knows, it might work at some point or never again...
I've read something about EEPROM initialization - has anyone solved print head troubles reinitializing that. Slim chance.
But - I'm interested in what could have gone wrong.
One of the things I'd never cared too much about was water getting on the brown part of the base (although I made sure it didn't get above there), and the more experience I have, the more I think its best to make a tiny pad, just the size of the silver metal of the head and sit the head "on it only" (not have the brown touching).
Could the moisture have soaked in behind that brown film, shorting electrical paths? When it dries the printer works, when wet it blinks? Could that have been what was happening when it was intermittant?
What are your ideas of what makes the head fail / blink 5 times? Anyone seen a recovery from it?
Also, are there any places selling replacement i960 printheads at a good price, and the non Canon ones, are they any good, any experiences of them.
I've read many of the posts related to the Canon i960 over the years. Really good site.
I've had the 2 photo colors clogged for a while, but it's still printed color, so that was acceptable.
I tried a few of the cleaning methods, initially blasting air through the passages with some success.
Recently some of the other colors clogged.
I've tried other methods and it seems to have led to the orange light blinking 5 times.
It's strange, because it was intermittant. Some days the printer would power up, Others it would blink orange.
I'm very interested in what went wrong when it acts like that. To me, it means there might be a way to fix it.
At some point I needed the printer to work 100%, so decided to disassemble the printhead.
One passage and the head part too, didn't want to allow fluid to pass through. The other passages allowed it and thru their head passages. I thought I'd at least have cleaned out some of the color's clogs, so I reassembled it.
Unfortunately it now blinks orange 5 times all the time.
Who knows, it might work at some point or never again...
I've read something about EEPROM initialization - has anyone solved print head troubles reinitializing that. Slim chance.
But - I'm interested in what could have gone wrong.
One of the things I'd never cared too much about was water getting on the brown part of the base (although I made sure it didn't get above there), and the more experience I have, the more I think its best to make a tiny pad, just the size of the silver metal of the head and sit the head "on it only" (not have the brown touching).
Could the moisture have soaked in behind that brown film, shorting electrical paths? When it dries the printer works, when wet it blinks? Could that have been what was happening when it was intermittant?
What are your ideas of what makes the head fail / blink 5 times? Anyone seen a recovery from it?
Also, are there any places selling replacement i960 printheads at a good price, and the non Canon ones, are they any good, any experiences of them.