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I've found some Drucker youtube videos on removing the power supply and checking the pin voltage (with the power supply plugged in). The power supply/adapter was easy to remove, but the ip5000 one has 9 pins and the videos are all showing test voltages for 5 and 6 pin units. Has anyone seen a...

This MP990 that's for sale has been in recent use, and is only being sold because the owner needs to go to a large format. I'd still like to get her to run a test or diagnostic print on it, but I can't find the button sequence to do this directly from the printer. I'd done this with my...

Thanks again for all the good information. I'm going to order a priming tool from either rjettek or inkjet if I can find a way to also order some plugs (stainless ball or other type) without having to buy 100 of them. And in the meantime I've won an eBay auction for a HP 45 ($6.00 total)...

I found XP drivers for the Maxify MB2300...the MB2320 is available all over, but I'm not sure yet if the drivers would be the same. On Amazon there are a fair number of negative reviews. Meanwhile, at the HP 1315 front, a new problem. The printer, after printing test prints with both the 45...

Thanks PeterBJ...I would be interested in the HP 45 and HP 78 refilling information. I've been looking online for that information and it seems that there are now some tools for filling the HP 45 from the bottom and also removing air in the process...but I haven't found any instructions as to...

I don't know how I could check out the Win7 driver without first buying the Maxify printer. Are there any other Canon printers that are easy to refill and work with Windows XP? My main need is black and white text printing with occasional color, but no photo printing.

Mr. Hat, I've been looking at the Maxify printers, but Canon sez they don't have drivers for Windows XP. Do you know of anyone using them with XP?

PeterBJ, thanks again for the good information, I should have plenty of pigment ink left over, but I don't even know if the HP 45 is a chipped cartridge, is that something I'll have to deal with? Also, can you suggest a good replacement for my Canon ip5000, something that is easier to find...

My Canon ip5000 has died and someone just gave me an HP Photosmart 1315 printer. The black ink cartridge, HP 45, is empty. I have a lot of ink from PrecisionColors.com in Canada...used in my Canon BCI-6 and BCI-3e cartridges. I'd like to use some of the black ink in the HP 45 cartridge, but...

I removed the print head, but that didn't change the problem, the printer was still dead. I re-installed the print head and the ink cartridges, pulled off the power cord and checked the voltage again (116v), put it back in place, tried the off/on button. No change. Then an hour later I...

Thanks everyone for the really good information. I've been out of action with an infected hand/wrist so I couldn't even try the first step which was removing the print head...I had no use at all of my main hand. Now it's(my hand) working again and I'm facing the first step, how to move the...

My Canon ip5000, working fine until today, is non- responsive to the on/off button. There is power in the two hole plug that plugs into the back of the printer, but when plugged in there is no noise and no lights anywhere and no response to pushing in the power button. I'd like to ask for...

Since my BCI-6 Black cartridge has run out and I'm waiting for ink, I wonder if I can set the Canon Pixma ip5000 to only use the BCI-3eBK cartridge. John

Thanks for the warning about isopropyl alcohol. In the past I've used a 50/50 mix(with water) without thinking about it. It makes sense to use it for drying out the ears after swimming, but I won't be using it that way in a print head again.

I just spent 4 days doing an out of printer printhead clean. I cleaned (using water, hot and regular) until there was no sign of any ink. I've soaked the nozzles over night more than once, but only using water. So there must be dried ink in the 3eBK side that is resisting my cleaning. Is...

Well, I've been cleaning the print head over the past week. In the nozzle test, everything except the 3eBK lines look good. The 3eBK actually looks a little worse than the first photos I submitted. I've tried a cleaning cycle (just for the 3eBK) and it's a little better, but still far off...

These photos were taken of the nozzle test done after I had reinstalled the original print head (and after I had done the puff test on the cartridges). All the photos are of the same nozzle test, I was just trying to get one where the colors matched the actual nozzle test...so I tried indoors...

I've been checking the ink cartridges I'm using...with the puff test, I put my mouth close to the vent area and gave a good puff. This produced (with each cartridge) a solid round circle of ink. When I just touched the ink cartridge outlet to a piece of paper, it left a 1/4-1/2 circle of ink...

A quick glance and I could see a mirror wasn't going to work. I followed the Druckerchannel instructions and it was easy to remove the right side and then turn the largest cogwheel clockwise. The printhead came unlocked and I was able to remove the suspect printhead. Fortunately, the printer...

Thanks Mr. Hat and PeterBJ for the help. This is a bit of a tricky situation as the vendor sent me a printer that was supposed to be tested, working, and with ink...but she left out the ink cartridges, so I couldn't test it. I cobbled together some new and some real old ink cartridges and...