Canon Ip3000 Ink Leak

[deepsix]

Hi all. I need some help.

I have the Canon IP3000 and have been using it for about 2 years. Great printer but, as you all know Canon made the big mistake of making a great printer that was easy to refill. So they stopped making it.

I stocked up on printer heads to keep this baby grinding out pages for many years but now the darn thing is leaking ink out of the bottom when I run it through deep cleaning. And I mean a heavy leak.

I've tried new cartridges and new print head to no avail.

Any suggestions of what might be the problem here and how to fix it would be appreciated.

Regards,
Ed

 

[Grandad35]

Is this what you mean by an ink leak?
http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=308

 

[deepsix]

Is this what you mean by an ink leak?
http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=308

Not quite that bad but, unless I am missing something, this doesn't look like the IP3000. I'm having a hard time diassembling the printer but it doesn't look like it has a tray as in the printer in the link. Maybe I haven't torn it apart far enough? Plus, I have never had a message telling me that the Overflow tank is full.

Ed