Saving a Canon pro 1 printer, one day at a time

[Cassiop38]

So... I have now enough ink to try a rescue on a Canon pro 1.

Symptoms : print blank pages /nozzle checks, no errors.

Current plan : power up the printer, unplug it so the printhead move freely, rube the printhead over a octoink cleaning solution for canon soaked towel paper.
Replug the printer, do a simple head cleaning cycle, try a nozzle check.

Worth to be noted : i removed the 12 cartridges to feed pgi-72s and i'm a tiny bit worried that ink could have clogged the ink inlet. The tiny tube that goes inside the pgi-29s to suck ink. I could probably reach them with IPA soaked... Thing stick you put in your ears, cant remember the name. Should i ?

All suggestions are welcome,
Thanks !

 

[Cassiop38]

Eeeeehhhhh much better !!!! Agreed, still suboptimal.

 

[Cassiop38]

Small update after this sequence
1 small clean, 1 manual clean, 1 deep clea , 1 manual clean, 1 small clean

Now, we wait.

Manual clean was rubbing the printhead over towel paper soaked in IPA and octoinkjet thermal printhead cleaning solution. R, PBK and MBK are very dead but as was M and Y not so long ago. I'll come back tomorow.