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I have a canon i9900. It has a couple of printheads that are clogged. I
have ran deep cleaning numerous times and they just won't unclog. Any
suggestions on what I can do. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Peg
 
WindStormReigns said:
I have a canon i9900. It has a couple of printheads that are clogged. I
have ran deep cleaning numerous times and they just won't unclog. Any
suggestions on what I can do. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Peg
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1st, do not use them if clogged.

2nd, do you have a nozzle-check test in the printer driver? IF so, run it.

3rd, you can buy cleaning tanks at www.alotofthings.com and try to unclog
them, which is really the only way to do it.

All else fails, call your local Canon service center and order a new head.
That printer is worth the cost of a head.
 
WindStormReigns said:
I have a canon i9900. It has a couple of printheads that are clogged. I
have ran deep cleaning numerous times and they just won't unclog. Any
suggestions on what I can do. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Peg
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If you need to purchase a new, oem print head (actually it's the only
kind made) get it off ebay. You're talking $79 vs. $125...
Oh, BTW, the i9900 uses exactly the print head as do canon's new Pro9000
printer.
Part number is QY6-0055.
HTH
Frank
 
WindStormReigns said:
I have a canon i9900. It has a couple of printheads that are clogged. I
have ran deep cleaning numerous times and they just won't unclog. Any
suggestions on what I can do. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Peg
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This is purely anecdotal and not directly helpful to your present
clog.
I threw out a Canon printer because of the clogged head that I could
not make work despite all kinds of flushing, power flushing, and
running cleaning solution. I wanted to save this one printer so I
continued to print documents using the working colors on draft type
uses. After about six weeks of this routine, the dam thing started to
print the formely missing colors. No damage was done despite warnings
not to print with a clog. It has worked great for many months since. I
'm more careful about what I throw out now.
 
WindStormReigns said:
I have a canon i9900. It has a couple of printheads that are clogged. I
have ran deep cleaning numerous times and they just won't unclog. Any
suggestions on what I can do. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Peg
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Are you now and have you always used Canon OEM ink?

If no than that is your problem and if so then Did you let the printer
sit for more than a month?
 
WindStormReigns said:
I have a canon i9900. It has a couple of printheads that are clogged. I
have ran deep cleaning numerous times and they just won't unclog. Any
suggestions on what I can do. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Peg
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Peg - go onto the Nifty-stuff forum, sign in, and click on the FAQ's. Read
through the first one which has to do with the printer not printing
properly. Several suggestions on how to clean a canon printhead. Start
with the least potentially harmful approach first. If you need a new
printhead they are available much cheaper than from canon - go to
inkcessories.com. They sell factory sealed new canon printheads cheaper
than from canon. If you look on ebay you will see a limited selection of
these printheads sold by inkcessories cheaper than on their own web site.
 
measekite said:
Are you now and have you always used Canon OEM ink?
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.... and almost as bad:
Are you, or have you ever been, a member of The Communist Party?

Jim Ford
 
Hi Peg,

If you wish to contact me in private email, I have a small group of
links and suggestions I can send you regarding clog-clearing of Canon
printheads.

My area of personal knowledge is with the Epson printers, but since
people do occasionally ask me about the Canon models, I have put a small
document together. I have not tested the procedures since I don't own
any Canon models, but the consensus is that the ideas work.

If you are interested, email me at:

(e-mail address removed)

You won't be spammed by me, I don't sell addresses and nothing offered
for sale.

Art
 
The question really is what his answer would be if the person has been
using OEM exclusively, as is often enough the case.

Art
 
Arthur said:
The question really is what his answer would be if the person has been
using OEM exclusively, as is often enough the case.
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He "fades to black" (goes silent) so as not to draw attention to the
fact that OEM inks can clog nozzles just as easily as any aftermarket
ink. If that were not the case, OEMs - Canon, for example, would not
have incorporated "cleaning" and "deep cleaning" functions into their
printers to unclog stuck OEM ink fed nozzles. And then there is regular
maintenance cleaning every day when you turn on the printer, and
sometimes right during print jobs. This maintenance cleaning cannot be
turned off. All of this extensive cleaning was designed to keep OEM inks
flowing freely. This is the side effect of producing quick drying inks.
We want the ink to dry rather quickly on the paper. Unfortunately they
will also "quick dry" in the printhead nozzles over time. I use bulk
refill inks from Atlantic Inkjet and HobbiColors, and if I did notice
any abnormal clogging you can bet sure as hell I wouldn't be using them.
However, the inks function perfectly and require no more cleaning than
OEM inks. My Canon iP5000 produces 1 pl size droplets (smallest size
generally produced by printers?) and has been printing flawlessly since
late 2004 with various aftermarket inks.

-Taliesyn
 
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