Canon Printer won't print any tricks to get the ink flowing agian ?

[NightCrawler]

Have a Canon BJC-2000 with a BJe-21 cartiridge, it work a couple of weeks ago but has been sitting idle. I refilled the tanks but it still doesn't print so I'm assuming the Cartiridge is clogged up. Any tricks on how to get the ink flowing agian?

 

[vi edit]

Throw it in the trash and go buy a laser printer?

But that probably doesn't help you out much does it?

 

[MDE]

Go into the printer properties and do a head cleaning, it'll waste some ink though.

 

[RagingBITCH]

Head cleaning. Swab the contacts with alcohol. Doesn't work buy a new printhead. It also could be that you didn't refill it right.

 

[NightCrawler]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Head cleaning. Swab the contacts with alcohol. Doesn't work buy a new printhead. It also could be that you didn't refill it right.

Which contacts and what kind of alcohol ?

 

[Peter]

Put the printhead onto a wet paper towel, jets down, and let it soak for an hour or two. If that doesn't help, buy a new print head - its price might look high, but it's including a complete inkset, so it's actually just a few $.

 

[NightCrawler]

Well it's printing agian, I guess it doesn't work to well when it's left sitting for weeks without use.

 

[Peter]

And you did what to make it so?

 

[NightCrawler]

Originally posted by: Peter
And you did what to make it so?

refilled it with lots of ink and then wet paper towel then printed 20 pages til the ink started to flow agian.