Hi Everett.

21-Aug-03 18:10:15, Everett Hertenstein wrote to JIM HOLSONBACK


 EH> JIM HOLSONBACK wrote in a message to JEAN PARROT:

 JH>> When I do get around to working on the supply of dried-out Canon
 JH>> printheads here, I think I'll start with Isopropyl, maybe mixed
 JH>> with some distilled water.  Overnight soak minimum, then with a
 JH>> folded up kitchen paper towel -  the very absorbent ones,  press
 JH>> the printhead part down onto folded multi-layers of those,
 JH>> slightly wet with distilled water - - suck out any now-dissolved
 JH>> ink by capillary action, if possible. I'll do that as long as
 JH>> lots of ink seems to be coming out, occasionally dipping the
 JH>> printhead back into the isopropyl solution.

 EH> I have not done this, but if you're desperate, sometime try
 EH> distilled water with just a _little_ household ammonia

sounds like a recipie for window cleaning fluid.

 EH> An alkaline solution (with the ammonia) is a great solvent for
 EH> dried India ink.

could work...

I had my printer in pieces trying to figure out where all the ink was going
(I left it sitting for a week and the ink tank emptied itself)

in this printer I found a huge compartment full of wadding that seemed to
have absorbed it I figured I may as well wash it out while I had it in
peices.

it's possible that the ink was wicking out through the cap that covers
the heads to stop them drying out, so I gave that a thorough cleaning too,
dunno if it has helped.

 -=> Bye <=-

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