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[factoryphoto]

Hello,
Im going to get right to the point here.. Ive rread on here about cleaning your print heads.. I have canon s900 and i9900.. I took both off cleaned them in windex and let them dry out for like 4 days.. I am heading to the race this afternoon to do my usual set up there take photos and print thumbnails for people to purchase.. I just now printed a couple things, did a nozzle check first,cleaning cycle and printed.. The pictures are coming out with tons of lines going all the way across all the way down.. I need to get this figured out like now.. ANY HELP???

[PacAce]

I've never heard of anybody literally cleaning the print head by taking it off the printer and using some kind of cleaning solution on it. The head cleaning that I know of involves running the printer head cleaning routing via the printer properties window on your computer. Try running the cleaning routine about a couple of more times to get it cleaned. If that doesn't help, run through the deep cleaning routine. And if that doesn't help, then you'll probably need to replace the printer head.

[factoryphoto]

thanks,
I actually saw this method on here.. Look at this
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=178619
scroll down to what "redwingnut" says I did this exactly

[PacAce]

thanks,
I actually saw this method on here.. Look at this
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=178619
scroll down to what "redwingnut" says I did this exactly
Hmm, interesting.

Maybe your problem is that the inks haven't flown through all the nozzles yet. Hopefully the deep cleaning will take care of that. Good luck.

[SonyaL]

Clean the roller on the printer with qtips and alchohal.


Sonya

[DavidW]

I'd only go for this kind of cleaning technique if the head was otherwise in need of replacement, as a last ditch attempt. If it was working OK, I'd have not resorted to such an invasive technique.

Getting the head to prime OK and print without streaks may be a question of time and patience - or it may be that you need a new print head. You've probably got little to lose persevering. If you finish up needing a new head, I'd replace all the cartridges as well - you may have got Windex in the ink.


I'm curious - what made you resort to such a risky cleaning technique?



David

[PacAce]

Q:
I'd only go for this kind of cleaning technique if the head was otherwise in need of replacement, as a last ditch attempt. If it was working OK, I'd have not resorted to such an invasive technique.

Getting the head to prime OK and print without streaks may be a question of time and patience - or it may be that you need a new print head. You've probably got little to lose persevering. If you finish up needing a new head, I'd replace all the cartridges as well - you may have got Windex in the ink.


I'm curious - what made you resort to such a risky cleaning technique?


David
A:

I actually saw this method on here.. Look at this
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=178619
scroll down to what "redwingnut" says I did this exactly

:)

[DavidW]

I thought redwingnut's post was qualified enough to suggest that this technique is only used as a last resort. If your heads weren't in a "last resort" situation (and it seems strange that you cleaned the heads of both your printers using this risky technique at the same time), then maybe we need to go back and post a warning in that thread. It was for this reason that I asked you why you resorted to that technique.

You could have trashed both print heads and all the fitted cartridges. I leave printers well alone unless they're not working or there's a fault on the output that I need correcting. Experience tells me that messing around may well make the situation worse.



David

[RedWingNut]

Since I put the "other" post on there, is it my fault? In my case, I had a partially clogged head, so I'm guessing that I was in the "last ditch" area. If the "lines" you are seeing in your print are blank lines, then I 'd say that you either don't have the carts primed yet, or the printhead is still clogged.

Part of the clogging from what I know is caused by a lack of printing, and it is blammed on the "sponge" under the printhead parking area.

[DavidW]

I certainly wasn't blaming you, RedWingNut - I felt that your suggestion was valuable advice if you were in a situation where the print head was out of warranty and was scrap if you couldn't sort it.

As I don't want to cause trouble or incur the wrath of the moderators, I'm going to keep quiet now.



David

[RedWingNut]

I know you were not blaming me. I was out of waranty, as you say. I would like to know what the OP has to say about what he is experiencing, so we can all learn something.