Sun is back out again, Wayne.

 WC> I've got an old Canon BJ-200 and I just use hot water on a lint free
 WC> cloth pressed against the print head.
 WC> No scrubbing and don't touch it with fingers.

        This warning is somehow " balooney ". When nothing else brings a
        tnak back to life, I use a soft eraser and rub the contacts
        clean. After all this is a last ditch effort but it has brought
        back to life many a printhead.

        I also found out that it will take a few hours, overnight, to
        let the injected ink sink down or spread in that sponge before
        good printouts are obtained. So, as you do, I fill it up,
        replace that jalously salvaged plastic clip over the injector
        and let it sit out until tomorrow and then try it out. I also
        have these Canon head cassettes that has this pad at the bottom
        of them and the lock down cover. They are intended to keep all
        in shape and allow colour to BW to colour tank exchange, at
        will. Two cassettes and four clips so far. Still collecting.

        That Canon 200 is a very worthy printer. My first inkjet and I
        am still sorry that I gave it away. It would have been a fine
        spare to the Canon 4000 but never so far, needed.

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