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Getting Fingers Dirty
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- Oct 18, 2017
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- Canon Pixma Pro-100
Any advice would be appreciated....
I have attempted to renovate an R300 that had sat unused for quite sometime. Its normal head cleaning function made little difference so I removed the head, soaked it in IPA then sucked fresh IPA through using a syringe.
Having re-assembled and re-primed with ink I now get a perfect nozzle check pattern but any photographs I print display noticeable horizontal banding. However, a page of text with occasional coloured diagrams or something like a map from Google Maps generally looks fine.
So I am assuming that some of the jets, although printing, are not producing quite as much ink as they should? Or could it be that the paper is advancing fractionally too far for each line?
What more can I do to improve the situation? I do have a small ultrasonic cleaner, is it worth putting the head in that and if so with what solvent. I don't think it is safe to use IPA in a ultrasonic cleaner as it risks igniting!
Thanks for reading and for any advice you can offer.
I have attempted to renovate an R300 that had sat unused for quite sometime. Its normal head cleaning function made little difference so I removed the head, soaked it in IPA then sucked fresh IPA through using a syringe.
Having re-assembled and re-primed with ink I now get a perfect nozzle check pattern but any photographs I print display noticeable horizontal banding. However, a page of text with occasional coloured diagrams or something like a map from Google Maps generally looks fine.
So I am assuming that some of the jets, although printing, are not producing quite as much ink as they should? Or could it be that the paper is advancing fractionally too far for each line?
What more can I do to improve the situation? I do have a small ultrasonic cleaner, is it worth putting the head in that and if so with what solvent. I don't think it is safe to use IPA in a ultrasonic cleaner as it risks igniting!
Thanks for reading and for any advice you can offer.