Wednesday, December 9, 2009

How do I clean nozzles on ink cartridge--can't see them!?

Your printer utilites bundle should have this under maintenance or troubleshooting. It is usually with the printer allignment, calibration settings. You just click on the settings that correspond to clooged nozzeles which your sotware will tell you and does it for you.|||Your printer software will include a button for cleaning the nozzles.





Right click the printer icon and select properties and have a look around in there. You might need to switch to an advanced or services tab.|||Generally... you%26#039;ll be lucky to clean them.





If your printer has a self-clean mode, try that.





If it doesn%26#039;t, or if it doesn%26#039;t work... have a look at the bottom of the cartridge... there will be a band that is closest to the paper that you may be able to clean with a cotton bud wetted with isopropyl alcohol (record cleaning solution...)





Where the band is / what it looks like depends on the cartridge type. Generally, if you look at a new cart it%26#039;s the bit closes to the paper that has the blue plastic sealing tape on. You may also spot it by holding a pad of tissue on the bottom and seeing where the ink leaks onto the tissue.





If you%26#039;ve got a Canon with nozzles that are part of the printer and cartridges that are just ink tanks youcan%26#039;t clean %26#039;em like that.

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