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Thanks to both of you. Yes, I used the alcohol before discovering this group and all the info on it. I did try to soak only the nozzles themselves, though. I then blew as much air through the nozzles as I could. Later I did as I described above - using the cleaner (Universal-Dsenreiniger) from...

Thanks. As I said, this does not seem to be a poor ink flow problem. The two colors seem to have stopped working altogether while the black and cyan work fine. As for the tubing, I had the printer apart not long ago and the tubing seemed fine. On that occasion I thoroughly cleaned the purge...

I've tried everything to clean that print head including soaking it in alcohol and filling cartridges full of cleaning fluid and "printing" with it until no trace of ink was left. So as much as I believe in recycling and salvaging, it looks like I'll be junking the iP4600 and buying two iP4950s...

Thanks. I should have done some more research. I see that the iP4950 is available here and uses the 525/526 cartridges. It seems that the 520/521 cartridges can be used with it. Can you confirm that? I assume I'd need a new resetter? I'm off to look for a thread on swapping out the chips...

Well, I've tried the blow test and the cartridges seem fine. Would the problem be with the print head itself, or with the electronics behind it? I guess it's RIP in either case. This print head already has a problem - the wide black nozzle is partially blocked or burnt out. No amount of cleaning...

Thanks for your response, but I don't know what you mean by "if you transfer the 525/526 to the 520/521 cartridges" ?? Do you happen to know what printers use the 525/526 cartridges? TIA Les

Hi. I'm preparing to be handed a death diagnosis on my iP4600 (see my post earlier today), and I have four complete sets of OEM 521/520 cartridges. Are there other printers (not multifunction, please) that these cartridges can be used on and that might still be available (I live in France)...

Hi. I've been doing a little refilling for my iP4600 using both the Durchstich and top-fill methods. (By the way, let me say thanks to all of you here for the excellent help and advice I've gotten.) Both methods seemed to be working fine. But then first the Magenta, then the Yellow cardtridges...

In your picture, that's a quarter unless I'm mistaken. Inflation?;)

Intriguing advice. I had never intended to get set up for refilling, but this gives me a reason to try. Recommendations on where to find an empty cartridge and the necessary ink and equipment would be appreciated.

This thread has been a real lifesaver for me. My Canon iP4600's black pigment nozzles are clogged, and I was ready to buy a new printer. But I found this thread and tried printing text on regular paper by telling the printer I was using matte photo paper... and it worked great. The blacl looks...