take a faucet, turn it on the "hot" setting, and stick your print head under it. Be careful to try and avoid getting natural minerals into from the water into the print head, but this shouldn't be a problem unless you have a well... (like me)
Christian Wacker Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 13:47:12 -0700 Subject: Re: Stylewriter help From: [email protected] To: [email protected] H Josh, I read your suggestion with interest. But what did you mean by "under the hot tap". How to proceed? TIA Best regards, Terry On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Josh Watson <[email protected]> wrote: Did you try running it under the hot tap for a while, then letting it dry out (on tissue if poss?) I revive my canon BJC-85 (uses the same print head) like this time every time it clogs up and it works a treat. Cheers, Josh On 3 Jun 2009, at 05:00, Robert Alpizar wrote: > > well, after doing some research and reading through the service > manual, it seems this printer uses replaceable printheads which takes > individual ink tanks for black and tri-color. Would anyone happen to > have a good source for reasonably priced Canon BC-11e printheads? I've > still got a few sets of the ink tanks, but it seems I need a new head. > > On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 11:13 PM, Christian Wacker <[email protected] > > wrote: >> >> if you can remove the print head, you can soak it in rubbing alcohol >> or hot water, just be careful and use distilled water to keep >> minerals >> and other things from getting into the printhead. >> >> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Robert Alpizar <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> I wasn't sure which list to post this to, but here it goes. >>> >>> I have a Stylewriter 2200, the second portable stylewriter. I pulled >>> it out of a closet and set it up to test. I noticed that I'd left >>> ink >>> tanks in the print head. Figuring that they'd be dry and >>> confirming it >>> with a test print that came out perfectly blank, I swapped the tank >>> with a new set I also had in the closet. A second test print came >>> out >>> blank as well. I pulled the tanks out and took a look at the >>> printhead >>> but I'm not entirely sure what to look for. I'm guessing the tanks I >>> left in it may have gummed up the print head, clogging it. >>> >>> Is there any way to clean it out, or if not, would I be able to >>> replace it? Is that a user replaceable part? >>> >>> Any help would be appreciated. >>> >>>> >>> >> >>> >> > > > _________________________________________________________________ Insert movie times and more without leaving Hotmail®. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_QuickAdd_062009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
