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Will alcohol hurt a ip4000?

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Bird222

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I wasn't thinking and sat a dried out yellow tank nozzle in alcohol. Of course it soaked up the alcohol (about 2/3 cap full). I put some yellow ink in the tank and printed a few pages trying to get the alcohol out, but I am sure very little came out. I filled the tank with ink thinking it would dilute the alcohol. The yellow seems to print fine, but I went ahead and put a 'non contaminated' yellow tank in the printer and printed a few pages to flush the head. Anyway, would it be safe to use the tank that got the alcohol in it or should I just toss it?

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To be absolutely safe---you might toss it---as you gamble a print head against the cost of less than 10cc's of ink.

But from a practical standpoint, I am guessing you won't have problems.

But to hedge your bet--place a few drops of ink and a few drops of alcohol--in the cap---let stand for a while--if you see anything precipitate out of solution,
then you know the mix will be unsafe--otherwise its almost certainly safe if everything stays in solution
 
Are you sure it was absorbed and not just evaporated?

According to "Peter" you shouldn't use alcohol on Canon print heads. Warm distilled water is better. I would say that it is possible for alcohol damage the thermal nozzles as high concentration alcohol might expand explosively inside the nozzles depending on the heat of the head.

.bh.
 
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