My cyan shows a white stripe in print test. Actual printout look OK. I've done
multiple print clean cycles.

I've noticed some post mention about removing the printhead and cleaning with
some solution. The manual did not have instructions. Are there somewhere on the
net? Th printer is Canon Pixma 4000.

Try a Canon cleaning cart.

See http://www.howtofixcomputers.com/bb/ftopic113770.html

Link to post 'Canon cleaning Carts' on this page.


Davy

"Davy" <davecoe@blueyonder.co-dot-uk.no-spam.invalid> wrote in message
news:3x_Ne.60618$Fd1.21706@fe07.news.easynews.com. ..
hey? How did my message end up there?

DC - The following forum has lots of info on cleaning Canon printheads. Sign
in and ask questions if you don't find the information you need already
posted.
http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/

"DC" <dci@glebnomail.com> wrote in message
news:u2cbg15ahj80g22trbsp8subugku6agvuc@4ax.com...

Burt wrote:

Burt is photofreek the moderator on nifty. Are you going to believe
him. You are forwarned

I don't know his current status... but I do believe he moderated for at
least a short period of time. But would I believe him? Well
considering he did moderate the forum for a short period of time I
think he would be perfectly qualified to know what sort of information
has been posted there... so in this case I would believe him.

In article <U%8Qe.1073$5k1.534@newssvr27.news.prodigy.net>,
inkystinky@oem.com says...
but I'm curious as to how you would explain this:

How does Burt being photofreek, and being the moderator of another
newsgroup diminish his veracity as an exprienced user? You've stated
this often, as if it detracts from his staus, and I can't see how there
is a connection. Seems like it makes him more credible, not less.

Irwin Peckinloomer wrote:
You don't really expect the idiot to actually give you a straight answer
do you. You're dealing with a mentally unstable asshole who is a genuine
moron.
Wait an see his answer. He can't help himself.
Frank

I've been refilling Canon cartridges since God was in knickers. I've
lost count of the number on injet printers I've owned and have owned
and refilled three of the new Pixma series. It has been my experience
that, once printheads start to clog, no amount of "cleaning" will get
them back to normal. I've tried all of the cleaning methods generally
discussed and have wasted more than a few dollars on commercial
cleaning solutions. All were a waste of time and money. I got a lot
of time on my hands ....... wish I had the money back.

On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 22:43:09 -0700, Frank <fb@notspam.com> wrote:

Just a thought, are you sure they are clogged?

It's a thermal system.. a system that is very much prone to burn out..
.. just like a lightbulb eventually.

Yes, I am. When you replace the printheads, the printer returns to
working normally.

On 27 Aug 2005 23:53:52 -0700, "zakezuke" <zakezuke_us@yahoo.com>
wrote:

Well what i'm saying is they might not be clogged. If the heater
inside the chamber is burnt out the effect would be either deminished
operation or no operation. Might look like a clog but be burn out.

To be honest, I've not met a canon printhead that totally failed. Most
people who I know who have canons don't use them to print photos and go
though perhaps one ream of paper a year, perhaps two. I have met
clogged canon printheads on older units that were definatly clogged as
the use of either cleaning solution or windex cleared the clog and
returned the printer to normal operation.

Sounds like Zukee and Burtie are one and the same.

zakezuke wrote:

Frank wrote:

You don't really expect the idiot to actually give you a straight answer
do you. You're dealing with a mentally unstable asshole who is a genuine
moron.
Wait an see his answer. He can't help himself.

Tom Klimas wrote:

NEXT WEEK I WILL BE MONICA LAWINSKI

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

YA CAN'T KILLFILE EVERYBODY

HEY ASSHOLE, WE DO NOT WEAR KNICKERS IN THE STATES. WE EAT SNICKERS.
YOU ARE ONE DUMB ASSHOLE

On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 15:42:42 GMT, measekite <inkystinky@oem.com>
wrote:

You sound like you have too much time to fuck around. Why not just go
fuck a doorknob instead?

That so? We can killfile you as much as we want. FOAD.


Not a nice thing to say fuckhole. Seems that you have been sniffing
too many gasoline filled rags. What a sad little cunthole you are.

Get a Life!

Grim Reaper wrote:
Frank

Perhaps we are... perhaps it's our master plan to though the marketing
of 3rd party ink, crash the world economy and pave the way to our
master plan of dorld womination. And we would gotten away with it if
it wasn't for those pesky kids, and their stupid dog.

What are we going to do tonight?
The same thing we do everything, try to wominate the dorld!
It's inky, it's inky and the stain stain stain.
Stain! -A Borner Wrothers presentation.
---

Or perhaps you are just paranoid.

I'm new to this newsgroup and have no idea who this Measekite
character is. I just know he ain't me.

On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 07:51:36 -0500, Tom Klimas <tklimas@nospam.net>
wrote:

Al Gore wrote:

So I hear you don't know how to un-ink a printhead and have "ruined
a lot of printers" using different refill inks until you found one that
worked. Naturally, you didn't mention which "brand" it was that didn't
"ruin" your printer. We're all waiting with baited breath to see which
refill ink your expertise recommends . . . ;-)

-Taliesyn