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Cleaning an Inkjet Printer
I have a Canon S820 Photo Inkjet Printer, its 2 years old now.
It has a separate print head with separate cartridges for each of the six colors it has.
Well one of them got clogged. I tried the maintenance program that pushes ink in the nozzle. No dice.
I searched for advice and soaked it overnight in rubbing alcohol and used cue tips on the head. I dipped and dipped and swabed and swabed for hours.
Stuck it back in, no dice.
I searched for another approach and found one that said to soak the head in warm distilled water. Then blot the head on a paper towel until no ink is left, and keep dipping in the warm water.
Hmmm that made things a little better. I made a page of stuff in the color of the clogged nozzle.
I found that cleaning the head in the warm distilled water then putting it in the printer and printing my test page for about four cycles cured the beast.
After the rubbing alcohol failure I was about to give up, but then I saw that a new print head can cost $80 to $125, which is actually more than the printer costs now.
I could have saved alot of time by just using this distilled water, print a page, distilled water process. The cure uses alot of ink though, but at least I do not have to toss the printer, and I have a bunch of unused cartridges. Hope this helps someone that has this type of printer
Dennis
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The cartridges at Staples or Walmart are about 10 to 12 bucks each.
I have been buying them for about a third of that at 4inkjets.com.
Since I got a multifunction copier, fax, printer, I have been using this printer less, so I think that is why I got the clog.
And you are right about the aging issue, I'll have to watch that. But now I have my wife and kids off the multi on onto the S820 on the Java Desktop.
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I also have an HP LaserJet III circa 1992, and it still runs, but it is a constant on Laser so it uses alot of juice and makes alot of heat. We finally used the last cartridge up, but my wife loved it.
Seems like a laser for black and an inkjet for color would be a good solution but too much real estate.
I think I will do the hot distilled water treatment on a 3 month schedule in the future.
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