Pixma Pro-100 / clogged yellow

[jtoolman]

Well...Yeah! In the case of the person that only prints about once a month!
But then that opens up another subject that is one of my top peeves!
Should I open up a can of worms?
Nah I better not!
But at least I'll say this. If you buy a top end dedicated photo printer, then please use it!
Or don't complain when it starts to rebel against you from lack or "Love"

Joe

 

[ibanezfrelon]

I am now confused more than ever. I have a very very tight schedule now and barely menage to read through my emails so i cant read old threads and inform myself as much as i would love to.
I will ask you to advice me on this please:
Am i right in thinking that buying a new head-nozzles AND a fresh set of colors WILL solve my problems?
Where do you recommend i buy the head?

Thanx in advance!

 

[ibanezfrelon]

Absolutely NOT!!!!! The ONLY way to sterilize ink, specially dye ink ( Organic ) is through filtering through sub micron. Not cheap to get set up to do such a task.
I used to filter sterilize gallons of microbiological culture media every day. It can not be heat sterilized.
When it gets to the point where you now have biological contamination such as fungus, you simply throw it out and get fresh stock. The head if blocked due to fungal blockage, it is a gonner! Buy a new one from EBAY for about $75 and start a fresh.

Joe

Thanx!

 

[ibanezfrelon]

I cant find a head below 130$, does anyone have a link to a cheaper head?

 

[jtoolman]

Looks like the deals are pretty much gone. I bought three heads about 4 months ago on EBAY for $60 each.
People have been cannibalizing the printers for their components and selling them off for greater profilet over original price after rebates.

Joe

 

[pharmacist]

Absolutely NOT!!!!! The ONLY way to sterilize ink, specially dye ink ( Organic ) is through filtering through sub micron. Not cheap to get set up to do such a task.
I used to filter sterilize gallons of microbiological culture media every day. It can not be heat sterilized.
When it gets to the point where you now have biological contamination such as fungus, you simply throw it out and get fresh stock. The head if blocked due to fungal blockage, it is a gonner! Buy a new one from EBAY for about $75 and start a fresh.

Joe

It might be possible to remove the fungal growth from the printer, but I am not sure it will work. You could use sodium laurylsulphate (SDS) solution (probably 0.1% should suffice) with about 20% isopropanol in purified water and put the print head in this solution slightly submerged and put it a few minutes in a ultrasonic bath. This will autolyse the fungal cells in very tiny fragments, which might be removed by a few cleaning cycles (after having thoroughly dried the print head before inserting to prevent a short cut, destroying your print head or printer).

 

[PeterBJ]

The sodium laurylsulphate is an anionic surfactant and a common ingredient in many cleaning products, including dish washing liquids, likely also the Fairy dish washing liquid recommended by @The Hat.

Assuming that the dish washing liquid contains 10% SDS, then 1 ml of the dish washing liquid added to 100 ml of pharmacist's conditioning fluid could give the fungal removal liquid?

Normally the use of an ultrasonic cleaner is not recommended with Canon print heads, but maybe the print head will survive if the ultrasonic cleaner can be adjusted to a low power level?

 

[pharmacist]

Ultrasonic cleaner is necessary to destroy the cellular envelope of the fungal cells, so it will burst open into tiny particles. The SDS will interact with the cellular membrane, so it will weaken into a swiss cheese with many holes in it.

 

[PeterBJ]

I wonder if a window cleaner like this "Ajax" from Colgate-Palmolive will be suitable for the cleaning fluid. It contains Sodium Lauryl Sulphate?

***Product Name: AJAX GLASS SQUEEZE AMMONIA***
Aqua
Butoxypropanol
Alcohol
Propylene Glycol
Ammonium Hydroxide
Sodium Laureth Sulfate
Denatonium Benzoate

I have lost 3 QY6-0061 print heads for iP4300 and iP5200 due to clogging in the cyan nozzles and one QY6-0062 for the MP970 also clogged in cyan. I also have lost a couple of QY6-0073 for MP540/iP3600 due to clogging in magenta.

Maybe I should start looking for an inexpensive ultrasonic cleaner? I am aware that the ultrasonic cleaner could cause an electronic damage to the print head and that the now damaged print head could damage the logic board making the printer a total loss.

 

[Emulator]

PeterBJ = Brave man!