Bad Print Heads
Apr 14, 2020 08:01:10 #
I've removed the print head assembly on my Epson printer and soaked it in warm water for a few hours and corrected a plugged, dried out, printer head. It has worked fine ever since. Found the idea on google.
Apr 14, 2020 10:15:15 #
tairving
Loc: Magnolia, Texas USA
jerryc41 wrote:
Thanks, but been there, done that.
Try again, work at making certain the contacts are clean, especially with those on the body of the printer itself. The symptoms you describe are consistent with dirty/oxidized contacts on the body of the printer. The problem likely is not with the print heads as you get the same results with multiple print heads.
Apr 14, 2020 11:08:36 #
On Canon, there is a permanent print head in addition to the cartridge. Some cheaper printers do have the nozzle matrix on the cartridge.
Apr 14, 2020 11:12:02 #
Unfortunately, a faulty print head can also cause or be the result of a bad electronic driver. Thus, after cleaning, you will still have an error and a replacement head will not solve the problem.
Apr 14, 2020 11:49:17 #
AirWalter
Loc: Tipp City, Ohio
GPappy wrote:
I've removed the print head assembly on my Epson printer and soaked it in warm water for a few hours and corrected a plugged, dried out, printer head. It has worked fine ever since. Found the idea on google.
Apr 14, 2020 12:12:17 #
JFCoupe
Loc: Kent, Washington
I have no solution to the print head issue other than thinking of cleaning the head as mentioned above.
However, I am curious why you had so many printers stored in your garage if they were working when you put them out there...again, not criticizing, just curious.
However, I am curious why you had so many printers stored in your garage if they were working when you put them out there...again, not criticizing, just curious.
Apr 14, 2020 12:41:49 #
I was told by a tech that Canon printheads have a heater in them to make the ink dry quickly. When it goes out it changes the resistance of the circuit which causes the blink. It is not repairable.
Apr 14, 2020 13:31:44 #
nadelewitz
Loc: Ithaca NY
JRFINN wrote:
No print heads. Electronic printing is done by pulses sent from the software to the cartridge which prints.
Print heads are for matrix style printers and plotters that make physical contact with paper.
Contact Canon.
Print heads are for matrix style printers and plotters that make physical contact with paper.
Contact Canon.
Wherever do you get your information from?
OF COURSE an inkjet printer has printheads. Ink is not sprayed right from a tank. Ink goes from a tank to a printhead. It is sprayed by the nozzles in the printhead.
The printhead(s) can be integrated with the tank in a cartridge unit, or the heads can be separate units.
Apr 14, 2020 13:46:40 #
nadelewitz
Loc: Ithaca NY
jerryc41 wrote:
A friend needed a printer, and I have a collection... (show quote)
The "basket" that holds the ink tanks also includes the printheads. What goes wrong with printheads is the ink dries out and clogs the nozzles in the head. The clogs may or may not cleanable. Use the head cleaning utility in the printer software, perhaps repeatedly. If this fails, you can try to salvage the basket/head unit by wiping the nozzle areas with a cotton swab LIGHTLY dampened with isopropyl alcohol, then wiped off.
The best way to maintain an inkjet is to USE it, even if only printing something that uses all the ink colors. A typewritten page with lines of different colors will do.
Head cleaning uses a lot of ink, so it's better to KEEP the heads clear than to (try to) clean them after they've clogged.
Apr 14, 2020 15:17:12 #
TheShoe
Loc: Lacey, WA
JRFINN wrote:
No print heads. Electronic printing is done by pulses sent from the software to the cartridge which prints.
Print heads are for matrix style printers and plotters that make physical contact with paper.
Contact Canon.
Print heads are for matrix style printers and plotters that make physical contact with paper.
Contact Canon.
Actually, there are print heads for ink jet printers. The first step in setting up my Pro 100 was to install the print head.
Apr 14, 2020 15:45:35 #
I have had two Canon 4500 printers crap out on me. The problem lies usually in the larger pigment based cartridges, whose organic ink solution contains solids that clog the head when left to dry out for any length of time. There is only one fix - remove the print head from the unit and try running it under a warm water source carefully ensuring that the water goes only in the basket side and not all over the electricals on the printing side. A good way to do this is with a medicine syringe so that you can force the water through the circular mesh that draws the ink for each colour. Also take a cotton swab and gently clean the printing side jets with isopropyl alcohol. I only succeeded in salvaging one printer this way - the other had been left too long. Good luck!
Apr 14, 2020 20:46:36 #
jerryc41 wrote:
A friend needed a printer, and I have a collection... (show quote)
I own Cannon printers 2 to be exact , large format printers when a printer aces out a head there are errors recorded to the software, most Canon printers I have owned require that the errors have to be cleared in the menu and ounce the errors are cleared you have to initialize the head then it fills the ink ...sometimes it purges the ink first this of coarse is in a menu on the control panel... do not touch or clean the contacts as the static electricity can fry the head you can clean the head also with a syringe and piezo cleaner on line just keep the contacts dry ...before reinstalling the head call canon they can be very helpful as sometimes you must hold down certain buttons to clear errors ...
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