moosemaster
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I'm new to this sight but thought I would put in my two cents and tell of my success, partially due to this forum, about cleaning my canon print heads for an IP 4000 and IP 5000.
The blue was completly clogged and no amount of head cleaning was clearing it. I tried the hot water tricks, alchol, ammonia etc, with no success.
So I took the printheads out of the printer and got a 16 yogurt tub, and filled it with Windex. (someone in the forum said this would work, and it actually works better than pure ammonia I tested the cleaning ablility on the white counter with different cleaners) I then undid the screws at the botton of the printhead and seperated the white print head (I think this is the print head) from the black part leaving the cable attached and opened it up to revile the small holes that the ink comes out of. I then dropped both print heads in the windex and left them overnight. (Some of you are cringing at this) I came back in the morning, ran it under hot water and dryed it up pretty well. An air compressor would have been nice to do this job but I didn't have one at work. I then put the white print head back on and attached the two screws. I put it back in the printer and bingo, blue ink. There seems to be something in windex that works well cleaning the dried out ink.
I hope this helps someone. Let me know if it does.
Cheers
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The blue was completly clogged and no amount of head cleaning was clearing it. I tried the hot water tricks, alchol, ammonia etc, with no success.
So I took the printheads out of the printer and got a 16 yogurt tub, and filled it with Windex. (someone in the forum said this would work, and it actually works better than pure ammonia I tested the cleaning ablility on the white counter with different cleaners) I then undid the screws at the botton of the printhead and seperated the white print head (I think this is the print head) from the black part leaving the cable attached and opened it up to revile the small holes that the ink comes out of. I then dropped both print heads in the windex and left them overnight. (Some of you are cringing at this) I came back in the morning, ran it under hot water and dryed it up pretty well. An air compressor would have been nice to do this job but I didn't have one at work. I then put the white print head back on and attached the two screws. I put it back in the printer and bingo, blue ink. There seems to be something in windex that works well cleaning the dried out ink.
I hope this helps someone. Let me know if it does.
Cheers
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