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I presume by "ready to use" you mean the diluted rather than the 'neat' stuff?

ghwellsjr I don't think your printhead went bad after less than a year. It must have been a faulty manufacture. I have stored unopened printheads for longer than that and they have been o.k. I still can't believe that these printheads have only a lifespan of 2 years. If that were so, I am...

LIke many on here I have a couple of new Canon printers in storage as replacements for when my current printers die. Feeling rather pleased with myself for having planned for the future, I sat back with little worries about Canon introducing new printers which have less scope for refilling...

marceltho What size tubing do you use and where did you get it? Also any ideas for purging PGI-5 carts?

Have a look on Ebay. Dead printers are often offered cheaply. I know it's a relatively expensive way of getting such a small part but it may be your only option. Good luck.

My preference for Canon over Epson is because Canon printers are better all-rounders. Epson may have a slight edge in photo printing but not in text printing. Also duplex printing is standard on the IP4xxx series and above and the waste ink counter can be easily reset and the printhead is...

I still can't see an alternative to Canon for the masses. Leaving aside specialist areas and AIOs what other printer can deliver great text and photo prints as well as offering duplex and CD/DVD printing? Canon may be slightly bettered by Epson for photo printing but not for text, e.g P50 and...

Since the introduction of the IP4000 Canon printers have generally been regarded as the best all round printers for the masses. However, since the IP4500 Canon has introduced smaller cartridges and different chip technology and the latest IP4850 (in the UK) has, I believe, opaque cartridges to...

Longevity is no longer a problem. Digital photos are stored on hard drives or recordable media. So what if print outs fade after a few years. Just print out further copies. Far more important is the quality of the print and if you want to pay 10 per OEM cartridge (in the UK ) plus extra for...

Cyan gets used more than any other colour. Could be that you've reset these cartridges more times than the other colours

ghwellsjr First of all I ran hot water from the tap over the printhead nozzles to clear the ink. I then submerged the printhead in hot water. I use hot water from the tap because I live in a soft water area. The water is hot but not too hot so that you cant put your hand under the tap flow...

Thanks for reply

I think the chip just goes 'bad' I've lost a magneta, black & photo black in recent months. The resetter resets the chip ok but the printer doesn't recognise the cartridge. Sometimes a pencil rubber can clean the chip but in most cases the chip is dead. Still think how much you've saved by...

Not exactly a manual but a good link to parts for the IP400 with illustrations http://piese-imprimanta.ro/pdfs/1294_PIXUS_IP3100_IP4000_PIXMA_IP4100.pdf

I noticed that the IP4000 printhead also fits the IP4100 and IP4100R printers. I Googled IP4100 and came up with a Canon PIXUS ip4100 What exactly is the Pixus IP4100?

ghwellsjr Finally solved it. Did a hot water soak of printhead and syringe water pressure through intakes. Managed to clear clogs. Thanks though for explanation about magneta and cyan cartridges. Could come in useful another time.

Definitely not the cartridge. Tried a brand new OEM Cyan cartridge. Nozzle print looks fine but when I print blue it starts off OK then magneta lines appear in the blue. Must be the printhead but can't understand hy nozzle check looks fine.

Swapped cartridges as suggested and nozzle checks are ok for both colours. Magneta and Cyan both print ok in nozzle check after swapping. However, when I try for a blue print, it runs out and Magneta takes over.

I have been trying to get Cyan to print correctly but after roughly one page of printing the ink runs out. After cleaning a nozzle check shows the Cyan to be fine then it starts to dry up after about a page of printing. Thought it might be ink starvation but I've tried three different...

When a print head finally goes it is a somber experience and the posts on this forum show the lengths that members will go to to revive the print head. However, perhaps we should remember how much we have saved by refilling cartridges when taking the cost of a new print head into account. In...