I had the same series printer. All the ink fed through channels into one
printhead. Like yours, if the printer sat for a while without being
used, the ink dried up and the only solution offered by Canon was to buy
another printhead holder for $50. I carefully took apart the ink
cartridge carrier as well as the printhead and used warm water, the
diluent that comes in a cartridge refill kit, small wires, a large
hypodermic syringe/needle, etc. to clean out the passages and the head.
It worked after that until the electronics died, but the printing was
not quite as good as it had been before.
Canon soon solved the problem by putting printheads in each of the
cartridges. If a printhead goes bad and there is a reasonable amount of
ink in it, Walmart at least, will give you another cartridge.
For the last year I've used one of those new type Canon printer/copiers
which I bought for $37 at Walmart. It's worked flawlessly and serves my
purpose since I don't use it a great deal.
Yesterday I purchased essentially the same printer but with the addition
of faxing ability for $78 from Walmart. It will go in the office in the
house and the older Canon will go to the shop office.
The last HP printer I bought lasted less than a year before it's
electronics went bad, and it cost twice as much as the Canons. HP used
to be the gold standard, and their large business printers may still be,
but their small printers seem to have problems as do Epsons.
For the present, my choice is Canon for low volumes of work
Gerry
On 8/5/14 5:12 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote:
Canon inkjet printer - multi ink tanks type
Has been sitting for a year or more
Likely to be dried up ink etc
Any way to ressurect it?
Or is it junk?
Randy
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