cleaning printer jets

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My wife bought a printer- a Canon Imageclass MPC190 printer/ scanner a
year or so back to use in her business. In all innocense, as you do,
and given she chews through gallons of ink, she used a NON-PROPRIETRY
CARTRIDGE!!!!

I did explain to her that that's a terrible thing to do, against "the
rules", etc. etc. but she wouldn't listen. Suitably chastised, she's
now the proud owner of a brand new Epson printer which she's had to
buy so her business could continue..

So $150 later, in addition to the Epson CX3900 we bought yesterday, we
now have a practically brand new Canon printer that's virtually
unusable because it won't print black due to the aforementioned
cartridge. She does most of her letters etc. using black of course.
I'm aghast that one tiny component fault renders a printer useless. Of
course we could pay to have it fixed- but they saw that one coming too
and charge almost the cost of a printer to "fix the problem".

I can't believe that we can't clean the jets on the inkhead I've got
sitting in my hand. We have used the printer facility to try and do
this- but to no avail.

Obviously, the ink used by "cheaper" cartridges is thicker? THERE MUST
BE SOME WAY WE COULD SOAK THE CARTRIDGE IN SOME SUBSTANCE, e.g. METHS,
OR SOMETHING SIMILIAR TO UNCLOG THE JETS AND GET THINGS BACK TO
NORMAL?

We have a two week window of opportunity during which we could return
the recently purchased (unwanted) replacement printer.

Can anyone help with constructive suggestions?
 
JohnHB said:
My wife bought a printer- a Canon Imageclass MPC190 printer/ scanner a
year or so back to use in her business. In all innocense, as you do,
and given she chews through gallons of ink, she used a NON-PROPRIETRY
CARTRIDGE!!!!

I did explain to her that that's a terrible thing to do, against "the
rules", etc. etc. but she wouldn't listen. Suitably chastised, she's
now the proud owner of a brand new Epson printer which she's had to
buy so her business could continue..

So $150 later, in addition to the Epson CX3900 we bought yesterday, we
now have a practically brand new Canon printer that's virtually
unusable because it won't print black due to the aforementioned
cartridge. She does most of her letters etc. using black of course.
I'm aghast that one tiny component fault renders a printer useless. Of
course we could pay to have it fixed- but they saw that one coming too
and charge almost the cost of a printer to "fix the problem".

I can't believe that we can't clean the jets on the inkhead I've got
sitting in my hand. We have used the printer facility to try and do
this- but to no avail.

Obviously, the ink used by "cheaper" cartridges is thicker? THERE MUST
BE SOME WAY WE COULD SOAK THE CARTRIDGE IN SOME SUBSTANCE, e.g. METHS,
OR SOMETHING SIMILIAR TO UNCLOG THE JETS AND GET THINGS BACK TO
NORMAL?

We have a two week window of opportunity during which we could return
the recently purchased (unwanted) replacement printer.

Can anyone help with constructive suggestions?
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That's the way the printer industry operates. Just replace the non-Canon
ink cartridge with a Canon one. And if one wishes to shop around for more
economical deals, remember that the trial-and-effort spent in the process
eats up the savings in the long run.
 
You can try alcohol and clean swabs, carefully. But the
things is to buy a new cartridge.


|
| JohnHB wrote:
|
| > My wife bought a printer- a Canon Imageclass MPC190
printer/ scanner a
| > year or so back to use in her business. In all
innocense, as you do,
| > and given she chews through gallons of ink, she used a
NON-PROPRIETRY
| > CARTRIDGE!!!!
| >
| > I did explain to her that that's a terrible thing to do,
against "the
| > rules", etc. etc. but she wouldn't listen. Suitably
chastised, she's
| > now the proud owner of a brand new Epson printer which
she's had to
| > buy so her business could continue..
| >
| > So $150 later, in addition to the Epson CX3900 we bought
yesterday, we
| > now have a practically brand new Canon printer that's
virtually
| > unusable because it won't print black due to the
aforementioned
| > cartridge. She does most of her letters etc. using black
of course.
| > I'm aghast that one tiny component fault renders a
printer useless. Of
| > course we could pay to have it fixed- but they saw that
one coming too
| > and charge almost the cost of a printer to "fix the
problem".
| >
| > I can't believe that we can't clean the jets on the
inkhead I've got
| > sitting in my hand. We have used the printer facility to
try and do
| > this- but to no avail.
| >
| > Obviously, the ink used by "cheaper" cartridges is
thicker? THERE MUST
| > BE SOME WAY WE COULD SOAK THE CARTRIDGE IN SOME
SUBSTANCE, e.g. METHS,
| > OR SOMETHING SIMILIAR TO UNCLOG THE JETS AND GET THINGS
BACK TO
| > NORMAL?
| >
| > We have a two week window of opportunity during which we
could return
| > the recently purchased (unwanted) replacement printer.
| >
| > Can anyone help with constructive suggestions?
| >
|
| That's the way the printer industry operates. Just replace
the non-Canon
| ink cartridge with a Canon one. And if one wishes to shop
around for more
| economical deals, remember that the trial-and-effort spent
in the process
| eats up the savings in the long run.
 
Try running the "Deep Cleaning" tool that is usually under the "Maintenance"
tab of the Canon "Properties" of the print driver.

JHG
 
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