Sometimes print heads can be "resuscitated". Of course, first start by running several cleaning cycles using your printer's software. If that doesn't work, try removing the printhead and carefully cleaning the bottom of it with water. Some of our customers have reported they've been able to get their print head unclogged by soaking the nozzles in Windex. Sometimes the printhead problems are caused not by a defective print head but by a “gunky” parking station. The parking station is the place where the print head “rests” when it is not printing.
Usually it’s on the right side of the printer (looking at the printer from the front). The parking station has rubber seals that are supposed to surround the printhead when it’s parked. These seals have two purposes: 1) to keep the printhead from drying out when it is not printing, and 2) to provide a tight seal for strong suction when the printer is self-cleaning the head. Some printers also have rubber wiper blades that move across the bottom of the printhead to remove accumulated ink.
All these rubber pieces get “gunked” up over time with condensed ink. This prevents a tight seal, allowing the head to dry out. The good news: the rubber can be cleaned! Best tool is a Q-tip dipped in water. You’ll need several Q-tips.įor easier access to the parking station, open the cover of the printer so that the print head carriage comes to the middle (as if to replace an ink cartridge). CANON RESETTER SERVICE TOOL FOT CANON PIXMA IP 4700 INSTALL.
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