cleaning my canon i850

[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 7 oranges flashes.
When the lid is up I get flashing green but as soon as I put the lid down the error signal appears.
Canon i850 HELP says I need a canon technician! Not worth the price of the printer of course.
any suggestions gratefully received.
plimsol.

 

[mikling]

You had some water behind the electronic contact sircuit board that was causing some minor shorts. The 7 flashes mean "defective print head" . Normally when it dries out it will function properly again.