This video demonstrates how to clean the printhead on your typical Canon Pixma series printers. The method below is only needed when the printer head is extremely clogged. This can occur if the printer has been sitting idle for a period of time. Symptoms typically will be poor print quality or missing print or individual colours missing and in severe cases may result in no print at all. One way to avoid the problem is to use your printer on a regular basis and dont print untill your ink cartridge completely runs dry. Also only use quality compatible cartridges and avoid the ink refill shops as most of these tend to use cheap, low quality inks. The video below shows the actual printhead after it has been removed from the printer. The printhead is the actual device which holds the ink cartridges. This is achieved by removing all of the cartridges and then carefully unclipping the cable attatched to the printhead. Next carefully remove the printhead itself. CAUTION: printheads should not be rubbed with any abrasive materials as they are very delicate. The video below shows the dried ink being flushed out with either an alchahol solution or possibly even near boiling water. Near boiling water (eg. under the HOT tap) will work and needs to be done long enough to remove the dried ink stuck on and in the printhead. The printhead can be carefully dabbed on a piece of tissue or lint free cloth afterwards to remove any remaining ink. Make sure the printhead is relatively dry before reinstalling and when installed run a few test prints.
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