How to rinse a Canon inkjet printer cartridge?

The text on the printer began to print poorly, and the output images look blurry? It's time to clean the printer cartridge. All this disgrace is due to dirt or the failure of any printing elements. Sometimes you can deal with the problem on your own, but if you hesitate, then you can’t do without specialists. How to rinse a Canon inkjet printer cartridge? Now we will answer this question.

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If you are an experienced user, then you are probably familiar with the “auto-cleaning”, which we will talk about a little later. If the built-in functions did not help, then you can try refilling the cartridge. Actions did not bring the desired result? Then you have to sweat a little.

Cleaning the print head

How does the hp printer wash? It is no secret that in inkjet printers, a special ink solution is used as a “refill” for the print head. Print quality is reduced for two of the most common reasons:

1. Clogged mechanism.
2. There is a problem with the print head.

Let us reveal the secret that today inkjet printers are equipped with an interesting function - programmed cleaning of nozzles without dismantling the printing element. This software tool is very convenient and saves the user from unnecessary suffering.

Important! Be sure to make sure that the correct paper size is in the tray of your print output device.

Now let's move on to the cleaning itself. To clean the printer correctly there are two kinds of this useful procedure:

• Deep cleaning.
• Standard.

To activate one of these functions:

1. You need to go to the “Control Panel” and find the field called “Devices and Printers”.
2. After switching to this element, you need to find the model of your printer and click on its RMB shortcut (right-click).
3. After these actions, the context menu will appear before you, on which you need the “Properties” tab.
4. A window with tabs will unfold before you again - look for the “Service” tab and click on it.
5. We select the type of cleaning and wait for further action.

Important! Most often, before starting, the software prompts the user to make a choice - to clean all the cartridges or only one black. The “cleaning” procedure is accompanied by the supply of ink through nozzles, which are under high pressure and clean all accumulated dirt from the printing component. The ink costs for this procedure will be significantly greater than during regular printing.

How to clean a Canon printer cartridge at home if the procedures didn’t help? There is one solution.

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We wash the print head right at home

For some reason, the hardware cleaning of the device might not be able to cope with its task, and after it the print did not become high-quality, and the pictures at the output did not acquire clarity. There is a solution, and there are only two options for this solution - take the equipment to a technical workshop or try to eliminate the pollution yourself. Further it is worth continuing to read only to those people who are enthusiastic and want to try themselves in something new.

For self-cleaning component you will need:

1. Cook not very deep, but wide with a flat bottom.Perfectly for this task, a tray, a large saucer and the usual plastic lid from a glass jar will do.
2. It is also worth getting a medical bandage or paper napkins.
3. Obtain a 15-60 milliliter medical syringe and flushing liquid for office equipment (Mr. Muscle, which can be found in any household goods store, is also suitable).
4. You should also wear medical gloves.
5. The main tools in this business are dropper tubes or simple cambrices of the appropriate size.

Important! In no case do not try to wash the print head of the printer with those solutions that contain ethyl alcohol or acids. After such a “cleaning” the device will stop working.

If all the tools are ready and at hand, then you can proceed to the next step:

• We put a piece of bandage in 2-3 layers and cover it with the bottom surface of a previously prepared container. Pour a little washing liquid into the container.
• We remove the element that we are going to clean, put it with the lower platform on the soaked bandage.
• We take our tubes and put them on the receiving fittings.

Important! It is desirable that the pipes have a length of about five centimeters. Do not forget to remove rubber pads from them, which also have to be thoroughly washed.

• Pouring the liquid that we selected for the procedure into the tubes, leave this whole thing for two to three hours, adding solution to each of the tubes, if necessary.
• If the amount of fluid in the tubes does not change, then you are faced with a deep blockage, which you need to get rid of by force. We take the tip of the syringe and alternately insert into each of the tubes, gradually pulling the piston in each operation.

Important! Do not press on the syringe plunger, as overpressure can damage the mechanism.

• Repeat all manipulations (changing the bandage and the tool) until the liquid in the container ceases to take a different color.
• Dip the bottom of the printing component and put the washed gaskets back onto the nozzle.
• We wait until the device dries, and return it to its rightful place.

After all the steps, it remains to return the cartridges into place and check the print quality, wait a few hours and check it again:

1. If clear symbols without stains and dirt flaunt on a white sheet of paper, then we assure you that you have done it.
2. But if things are bad, then you have to do cleaning again.

For complete cleansing, you will have to rinse the head very well, soaking it for a very long time (possibly up to several days). But if after such actions nothing has changed for the better, then you will have to think about replacing the equipment.

Important! Do not rush, because there is a possibility that the matter is the quality of the ink used. Try to get factory cartridges and check the print again.

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Now you know how to clean a Canon inkjet printer cartridge. Not the easiest procedure, is it? In order not to regularly engage in “general cleaning”, carry out cleaning with the help of the hardware of the devices for prevention. Such measures will save you from having to go deeper.