I'm getting a error message that says "printhead not installed" on my Canon iP4500 inkjet printer. From what I read this can be caused by a clogged printhead. I just wondered if anyone else has had this same problem and solved it by using this cleaner?...
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I'm sorry you are having problems with your printer. I strongly suggest you contact a reputable Canon printer representative to check your printer for printerhead problems. Have a wonderful YEAR!
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Yes the dreaded canon error code. Image simply cleaned the printer head which worked and on another machine I was unable to remove and ended up replacing the printer. This is a difficult area to get answer but I would recommend a search. Could be a cartridge, dirty print head, faulty circuit in printer. Pull cartridges an put back in first. Also plenty of ideas online.
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I could not get the print heads to work and my HP Office Jet 8500Pro is siting idle. I could not find a way to make it work. I spent hours withHP tech Support and they could not help, they suspect that the print heads are defective, I wish you can help.Dov Novick at: m34fun@yahoo.com
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Get a special solution called print head cleaner at printerfillingstation.com. You can either use the solution in empty cartridges. Or since the printer is already clogged, you most likely could put a drop where the cartridges sit in the chassis. Then run cleaning cycles to work the solution through.
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After 9 months printer would start printer red stripes on black only docs, cleaned printhead, soon other problems started. Talked to live rep chat, are sending me new printhead for free. Now that's service!
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I bought printheads and its been fine for 4 months to date. How well do you like the printer? Is anything else not right on it?
198974
Yup same thing happened to me. This printer is a piece of junk !! u need to clean the print head all the time
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I'm not sure a new print head would definitely fix your problem, but I had a strange error message a couple of years ago, decided to buy a new print head and my printer has worked perfectly ever since.
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You can try taking the print head out and cleaning it, but I have not had good luck with it fixing it. Sometimes it helps and then the next time I use it, it won't print black again. Basically, these are useless printers. The print head is about $50 to buy a new one and they don't last very long. I'm limping along with this and then I will buy a different brand. Sorry. Maybe cleaning it will get you a little more use.
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Filtering on the ink may cause problems with Canon print heads used with ink other than a Canon brand. The print heads clog at random also. An ultrasonic cleaner can usually unclog a print head if you use the correct solvent. I would try a water/soap solution first then use rubbing alcohol/mineral spirits mixture. One of these two will completely clear the heads and if it's still inoperable it wasn't a clogged head in the first place.
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Check my review .... I have rated it 2 stars. Yes the printerhead does clog the ink. It seems there is an issue with their printheads and Lexmark is aware of this. They shipped me a new printhead stating that they have fixed the quality issues with the older batches (but some of the printers in stock and in stores may still have the bad batch of printheads). They have not issued a recall on the printheads or printers.
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You can also go through the printer's maintenance and try have the printer perform a print head cleaning as well. I was having some major problems with mine too (it just turned out that I was using cheap ink).
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I purchased the printhead for a Canon Pixma MP500. To install remove ink tanks. On the left side of the printhead is a gray lever. Lift that lever. At the back on each side of the printhead are tabs. Pull this tabs forward and the print head is easily removed. To install the new printhead, just reverse the process. Hope this helps.
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mine did the same thing, I calibrated, cleaned the printhead, changed the printhead and put brand new ink in it and it still didn't work. I am on my 3rd Kodak printer now from the company and it started doing it again. I am switching brands.
436531
That happens to me before, I did ran the cleaning in my printer 5x and it fixed it. you can also call their customer service if it won't work.
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I am assuming that you have tried to clean the print heads. This happened to me, and in the end I had to return the printer. It was under warranty and was replaced by Epson.
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Prinr Head is probably clogged, Excess ink pads probably soaked to the max. Theese are not easily repaired by the end user. Taake to a printer repair shop they will soak the print head in solvent and replace the ink pads. usually costs about $40.00