canonpixma
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Hi to you all!
New to the forum, and I have a question. I read a lot about cleaning clogged printheads here and everywhere, but didn't find an answer to my problem yet. Hopefully somebody here can help.
I have a problem with my Canon Pixma iP1500. Less and less nozzles were printing. So I tried cleaning, then deep-cleaning (also could fix the waste ink tank issue), but finally I decided to take out the printhead and clean it.
The trouble only starts here. For I can't re-insert it! Of course I can put it in and fix the holder. But my printer insists that there is no printhead installed (blinking 5 times red and once green).
My guess is that this is a feature from Canon, preventing the user from taking out the printhead and cleaning it, because they want to sell a new one. And there is the explicit warning in the manual: Never attempt to open the printhead-holder again, so I can't even say they didn't warn me.
But, nevertheless I would like to know: Is there a way around it? How can I make my printer recognize its printhead again?
Thanks for all advice!
New to the forum, and I have a question. I read a lot about cleaning clogged printheads here and everywhere, but didn't find an answer to my problem yet. Hopefully somebody here can help.
I have a problem with my Canon Pixma iP1500. Less and less nozzles were printing. So I tried cleaning, then deep-cleaning (also could fix the waste ink tank issue), but finally I decided to take out the printhead and clean it.
The trouble only starts here. For I can't re-insert it! Of course I can put it in and fix the holder. But my printer insists that there is no printhead installed (blinking 5 times red and once green).
My guess is that this is a feature from Canon, preventing the user from taking out the printhead and cleaning it, because they want to sell a new one. And there is the explicit warning in the manual: Never attempt to open the printhead-holder again, so I can't even say they didn't warn me.
But, nevertheless I would like to know: Is there a way around it? How can I make my printer recognize its printhead again?
Thanks for all advice!