So, I tried the running under hot tap water. I've tried the soaking in alcohol. Neither seemed to work. The printer still goes through the action of printing, but nothing comes out on the page. The printhead itself has residue from ink passing through it after the print cycle, but nothing came out on the page.
Any ideas? Or as the head just dead? On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Josh Watson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> From: TN <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: Stylewriter help > >> To: [email protected] > >> Date: Wednesday, June 3, 2009, 1:47 PM > >> H Josh, > >> I read your suggestion with interest. But what did you mean > >> by "under the hot tap". How to proceed? > >> > > > > > > Some people call a faucet a "tap" or "water tap". > > > > > Yep that's what I meant, hope it helped. It seems hot (not boiling) > water encourages the ink to start flowing again. You get quite a few > pages of streaky rubbish afterwards, but my one has started working > again every time I've done it. > > Of all the Canon printers I've owned, just one printhead has gone bad. > Canon printheads are *almost* indestructable. Don't put them in a pan and > boil them. I know someone who had a small publishing business and tried that > to get a few non-working nozzles unplugged, just completely ruined the > printhead. > > > > > I've had good experiences with all of the older ones, however a recent > cheap printer (MP160) died after a few months heavy use - it pours ink > everywhere and washing wouldn't help as it was letting too much ink out. > > Cheers, > Josh > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
