You have got to be kidding. Seriously. This works. Just like most of the others on here, I was literally about to take my printer to the recycling center and invest in a new one. In my case, the printer kept printing photos in a green hue. I was using canon ink cartridges, did a deep cleaning, and all that other utility work and kept getting the same result. I then tried this little trick and after about 5 minutes of rotating the print head as demonstrated in the video, the printer has come back to life. I love this printer and didn't want to let it go. Now I can keep it and continue using it. Thank you so much.
I have to say what a great video this turned out to be. I had all but given up on trying to clean my Canon 8750, as it simply would clean the print heads. I was even looking at a new printer. Then by pure accident, I came across this video. I followed the instructions to the letter, and i now have my Canon 8750 working and printing beautifully. Thank you so much.
Wish I'd known about this 10 years ago! I have owned several fine Canon printers with defective or terminally clogged or burned out printheads. I've tried often to find a printer repair facility to repair/clean/replace the printheads, but there don't seem to be such animals in the world today. Evntually, I threw out the printers and bought new ones. Today, I have a wonderful Canon printer with a burned out printhead, and I thought I would browse TH-cam before throwing it away. Wow! Educational! I now know to buy a replacement printhead and fix the problem very easily! Thank you so very much for making this video! My printer is saved from the landfill!
THANK YOU SOO MUCH!!!!! Just did this on my Canon MG5320. I was skeptical about getting that green electronic portion wet, but at this point we were thinking we needed to just buy a new printer so we had nothing to lose. I did as you said to do, and the whole cartridge got wet in the process. I wiped it off, shook it a few times, wiped it off again, and reinserted. Then ran a "print nozzle check pattern". It looked good so I printed a couple of other pages. One with a photo and one with just black print. And its fixed!! No more lines on my prints that the "head cleaning" process couldnt fix. You saved us some money! Yay!
YES!!!!! This worked! I just ran hot water from the tap over these 2 areas. About 5 minutes each area. Keep moving the print head side to side a few inches to get the hot water on different print color openings and to agitate and loosen the clogged ink. I accidentally got some water on the electronic green and gold contacts, so I just wiped the water off with a paper towel and kept going with no damage. Those contacts are gold and resist moisture anyway. THANK YOU! Nothing else worked and I thought I might have to throw the printer away. This is the simplest method I have seen.
I own a Pixma 860 and same type of printhead. Had this printer for almost 10 years and never knew about this. That bottom of the printhead was filthy, ink in the form of chunks! That explains a lot! My printer is smiling again!Thank you for this tutorial Sir! You were a big help! Kudos!
Your 9 year old video is still relevant. With your help I seem to have brought my Canon i960 printer back to life. It's at least a 15 year old printer and it'll be a sad day when it finally conks out. Assuming it doesn't outlive me. Thanks for your assistance.
Thank you so much! You just saved me unnecessarily paying out hundreds of pounds for a "broken" printer when all it needed was this! The world of tech needs more straight talking how-to's, thanks Mike. x
What the EEEF!!?? I was so scared to try this! Water? Seriously?? But it absolutely WORKED!!! I ran it under water and all sorts of colors ran through. I never in a million years would have thought to take a part out of a printer and run it under water, especially a part that had electronic contacts! But dang it, it worked! Miracle worker - Mike Stone. Thank you.
Unbelievable! My print head stopped working over a year ago. I tried everything in the book and nothing worked. So I even resorted to soaking it for a few hours in soapy hot water and let it dry out for a week in the airing cupboard. Still didn't work. Then I found his video, did exactly what he's said and low and behold - it's working again! I was was even thinking of blowing £70 on a new print head too. So thank you very much for this video. You've got my printer working again. Cheers mate.
YES!!! Thank you! your video is still a life saver after 10 years of it being posted! My Canon IX6800 is a daily all day work horse. This unclogged the print head easily. After cleaning the print head under water and putting it back...1st print was clear no hassle. I was worried about how many times to clean to get it going again but that was not the case. As soon as I put the head back it printed beautifully.
A million thanks, Mike! I got the U052 printhead error code and thought my printer dead. The first TH-cam video I watched from Tom's Computer Tips said if any water got on the contacts, the printhead would be ruined. But I did it your way for my MX700 printer using super hard tap water, then a final rinse with distilled. Worked like a charm, and done in 5 minutes!
Genuinely didn't think this would work, but took the advice and tried it. 2 rinses and job done. Printer working like new again! Who knew!! Cheers Mike!!
Ohhhhhhh my god you have just solved all my issues and saved me a tonne of money getting canon to fix my printer, I have an IP8750 and it wouldn't print black ink at all. Followed this and it works amazing now. For anyone worried about water and electrics like I was, its perfectly fine and I've had zero issues
I'd tried printer head flushing fluids without any success, but your method of hot water has worked a treat. Many thanks for putting this straightforward and eco-friendly remedy online. Regards, Andy
I have an iX6800 and I could not get the print head out by watching several other video examples, but after watching this one, I was able to pull out the print head. Attempting it using the other videos, I even broke that little arm on one side, so I now have to maneuver that side up. I am a teacher and I only have cold water in my classroom, so that is what I used. I was also worried whether it was dry enough. I shook it several times and the padded it with a tissue. Popped it back in and it printed beautifully. Thank You!
I have an older Canon S 820 printer, and wasn't sure if this method would be applicable to that model. It was, and it solved my problem of only printing in Cyan. You saved the day!! Thank you!
It was skipping half the lines. I thought the electronics had failed. Followed through with the instructions and it works just like new. Amazing!! thanks for this.
I just about gave up on my entire small home printing business. I've tried multiple print head cleaning solutions and have thrown away more print heads than I can count. I just tried this as a last effort, and it worked. I was to afraid to get the back part or the printhead wet that I never wanted to try just running my it under water. Thought that was a big no-no...but it worked and I couldn't be happier! Thanks so much for this video.
Wow, I'm amazed this worked. My Canon MG7120 was not printing blue or red at all, and black was light. After figuring out the no-tool trick to getting the head lose (pull cartridge forward) it popped right out. Felt soooo wrong to put entire thing under running water, but it worked. Needed about 10 minutes to get the red and blue cleaned out. Now printer works fine. Well done, Mr. Stone!
My Canon Pixma ix6500 would not print black anymore, so I cleaned the print head following your instructions. Dead simple yet the perfect solution for my problem. Thanks alot!
I have a very similar printer and was having horizontal white lines when printing. I found on another website that the print nozzles were clogged which led me here. I followed the instructions on this video and this fixed my printer! Thanks, Mike Stone!
hi Mike, Thank very much for posting this clip. I purchase this printer less than a year ago and was surprise to see this error. I tried what you said and it work like a dream. Hats off to you and i hope others try this if they have similar issues. Thanks for the video .
I do have to say I was a bit skeptical at first Mike but I gave this a shot and low and behold it works like it day day one, huge thumbs up for this. It did take me at least 10 minutes since I believe the head was never cleaned but I will do this every couple of months. Thanks for this video, cheers.
Brilliant. I went from thinking I had to replace my printer to really having it print like new. And to think I would have paid $150 for service and parts without your instruction. Thank you so much.
MIke - thank you SO much. You have saved me having to buy a new printer ! My CanonMG6150 was not printing CYAN. Followed your instructions and everything is working fine again! Son can now print off his homework = very happy. Cheers
As I was about to throw away my Canon Pixma MX882, I decided to do a final check of my printer's problem on TH-cam. Thank you so much! this solved it!!!
YOUR MY NEW SUPER-HERO!!!!!!!!! I don't know how much ink I wasted, and was about to throw the whole printer out the window before I searched youtube and found your fixIII My Canon i990 now works like new again, I owe you my friend.
I would like to join with others and say I am very grateful for your help. Before seeing this I was about to purchase a new printer, which would have been quite painful, as most of the cassettes were almost full. Thanks
Absolute life-saver! Doing edible printing for a cake for tomorrow and black was printing light blue...not a good look for a pirate flag! Found your video and worked first time after a good wash out..... printing perfectly. Thank you so much.
Mp800 wouldn't print at all...but now works 100 % thanks to this advice. I immersed the print head into warm/hot water and swished it back and forth till completely clean. I'm pedantic, I changed the water about 20 times, and then let it sit immersed overnight. After removing it and shaking most of the water off, I sat it near a ducted heater vent to dry it completely. Finally I put it back in the printer...and it worked, but it took about 6 prints of the same the word document till I was completely satisfied. Why? Because although the small text was printing fine, the giant font wasn't getting complete coverage with ink. But with every print, it improved. THANKS FOR YOUR VIDEO
Maybe I should have advised that after the wash, perform a deep head clean to get the inks flowing through the head and after a couple of prints it should clear. If not repeat the process.
Hi Mike. Thanks so much for this excellent video. I was just about to throw my printer out and buy a new one because of a problem with the printhead. I followed your instructions and it is now working perfectly. Thanks again Mike.
Thanks for this! My Canon Pixma iP3500 printer is printing blues again and I didn't have to spend any money! And the print quality altogether has improved immensely!
Thank you for posting this!! My work printer had the "wrong printer head" error & I thought it was gone. After rinsing this for around 10 mins. & drying, I put back in & it worked like a charm!
Easy and effective! It worked perfectly well with my Canon MG8150 which couldn't print yellow anymore and where software cleaning of printheads didin't solve the problem. Thank you Mike!
Thanks.Before viewing your video I was hesitant in taking out the printhead on my Canon Pro 9500, which I hadn't used in a while and the yellow ink was not flowing. But after viewing I had the courage to remove and clean it, and now all is fine with all the colors printing. It wasn't so hard. Thanks again.
I purchased a used Canon ip100 on eBay... it arrived claiming that the black tank was empty, but color tank was full (though wouldn't print simulated black with color either). I ordered extra ink... when it arrived, the new ink wouldn't print either, so I looked around & eventually found this video. The first time I ran water through it, colored ink ran for several times turning it over, until all was clear, though I didn't use the hottest of water. Testing it in the printer indicated that it was now working with black, but only printing red & blue on color!?... so I ran it under the tap again, leaving it on a dish for minutes this time, with hotter water + directly focused on the yellow inlet. Voila, now all colors seem to be working! Glad I didn't have to do such an extended cleaning with distilled water as ~recommended by other sources!!!
Hello, I had not used my printer for a while and when I tried to cleanthe heads using the printer to do it, it did not work correctly. Found this and was a bit/very sceptical ... But it worked! I did not even know that you can remove the printhead so easily. Many thanks for this. I wish I had known 10 year sgao. My printer is a mx885, quite old, but still working.
Thank you so much for posting the video. While I had already tried cleaning the print head with alcohol, my q-tip method wasn't aggressive enough apparently. I wouldn't have dreamed of running the head under water given that's usually not a good idea with electronics. I tried your suggestion and finally the black print head started printing again. Kept an otherwise fine printer out of the landfill and we avoided having to buy a new one. Thanks again!
I tried other methods and this, by far is the best. Took a few extra tries to get the "Blue" cleaned out but it works. I cleaned as much as I could, then I put warm water in a cup and let it soak for a few mins and followed the rest of the directions and the printer is working perfectly. I shook the print head over the sink until the water was clear, shook the extra water out then dried with a paper towel, No need for cleaning solutions. This works great.
Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge, I've been having trouble with my printers for a long time, I wish I'd found this video years ago. The only thing I did different was that I used the wife's hairdryer to dry it off a little. Thanks again, top man :)
Thanks Mike. I've a canon MG5220. No more magenta, greyish printing, cleaning process wasting of time and ink. So, I've tried your way as nothing to loose and 50 to 100 USD saving ! Perfect. The only thing I've done more is to blow with a makita blower all the remaining water (I think 90 miles/h). Was afraid of the dust getting inside the head but no. Dry and clean. First shot, print like new. Thanks.
You're a legend Mike! Worked like a dream with my Canon MG8150 which wouldn't print the Magenta .. I had already used a gallon of ink deep cleaning without result. Thanks heaps!
Mike-you're my hero!!! I did exactly as you instructed and complete FAIL. So, I did it again and then let the print head soak in water and alcohol for a couple hours (I'm way to impatient to let it soak over night.). I blew it dry on the cool setting just to make sure all the water was gone and viola! Success! This is the Canon Pixma MP560 and it was the B200 error. I had recently replaced most of the cartridges to the tune of $60+ so I'm thrilled! Thanks again
Thank you so much for this video, absolute lifesaver for my exam tomorrow! My new inks must have been too wet and leaked out which I think caused the print head error. I removed it washed it and dried it as shown here and it worked immediately!
Mike, you are an absolute star!!! I just saved my MP610 using your method! I'd tried cleaning cartridges to no avail and figured I had nothing to lose trying your method - my printer is back as good as new! You are AWESOME!!! (and I could not believe the amount of ink that came out of the print head when I was washing it, where does it all keep coming from?) :)
Still a great recipe ! Works like a dreeam in no time - at no cost ! What surprised me was that the residual water in the head did not create any trouble....!
Thanks Mike. I just spent $90 on a set of new cartridges - which wouldn't work, and I thought I was stuck with wasted ink and a useless printer. I'd already tried the 'Clean Print Heads' function a dozen times to no avail. After following your instructions I have a perfectly functioning colour printer. That ink just kept on coming out of the print head while I was rinsing it.
Thank you for this information. It was very helpful. My print head was still clogged after several cycles of rinsing, and several more cycles of soaking in warm water with a few drops of Dawn dishwashing detergent and rinsing. The PGBK and cyan still refused to print. Feeling that I had nothing to lose, I tried one last soak, rinse, and dry, then I sprayed some electronics cleaner (trichlorotriflouroethane) directly on the print head and on the back side where the cartridges mate. The spray cleaner cut right through the clog - I could see color running from the print heads when I sprayed. This did the trick, and the head is now functioning correctly.
For those who are scared to try this, let me tell you... I just spent over an hour trying to get mine to print. I tried everything except this.... I didn't think it would work/thought I would ruin my printer, but this did it! Be sure to try the head extra dry.
Thank you! Just did this on my less than 1 year old Canon MG5620 as I was getting white spaces when printing. Had cleaned and deep cleaned print head with no luck. Took a chance on this as worse case scenario either way was having to order a new printer and VIOLA- IT WORKED!!!
To Mike, many thanks for this really easy to understand video clip where all you need is water and no professional equipment. I was at my wits end with a B200 error and tried all the tricks that I could find with no sucess. Then I stumbled across this clip and followed it exactly. The first time of reinstallation of the print head I got the dreaded B200 error again, however on the second time it worked. Following a clean and nozzle print check the printer is working like new again. You saved me a great deal of time as well as being able to keep my trusty MP6350. I'm very grateful. Keep up the good work!
Brilliant. Worked first time on my MG7550. Took around 10 minutes then dried it in the sun. All other methods seem cumbersome in comparison. And as for Canon, they said take the printer to a service centre who would replace the printhead!
and I did this only because my printer came up with a "fault message 1405 - incorrect printhead fitted". I had never changed the print head in the three years I have had the printer.
I am much amazed and grateful of this demonstration on cleaning my Canon printer head. After watching a few of the videos I attempted to do as I saw and had excellent results......Many thanks. don/bowie, md
Hi Mike Thanks, worked fine for me, I used a Hair Drier to get any damp that may have been left anywhere I couldn't get to with a Paper Towel. Blowing Warm air over the Print head making sure it doesn't get hot. I enjoy the way you just get to the point in the video. Well done.
Thanks for that Mike et al. I have a Canon MP700 printer that I have owned seems like well over a decade. Had the problem discussed ("Wrong Cartridge" - would not print) so I tried your solution at least 2 or 3 times. Result - FAIL. Just as I was about to give up and run down to the Good Guys to buy a new printer I had one more try. This time I noticed some minute gunk along the 2 edge grooves each side of the of the square with the four grooves in the middle of the Print Head that the washing out had failed to remove. I carefully removed this gunk with the sharp point of a wooden sate stick and washed it out again. Result - SUCCESS. Sorry Good Guys, don't know how much longer the old MP700 will keep going but many thanks you to all those that share solutions to problems on the internet.
thanks, I got the B200 message on my Pixma Pro 200 MkII, did all just as you said and it works. Saved me in many ways. thanks. PS- oddly enough, I'm hosting a seminar at my karate studio next month for the legendary, undefeated karate fighter, Mike Stone. Clearly a name to be reckoned with.
"B200 error" - I have read at least 9 reviews of Mr Stones readers n decided what do I have to lose!?!? Canon Tech Support just told me a few hours ago that best option would be to buy a new unit. I went to best buy but wasn't convinced there was no other option so I didn't make the purchase, thanks to Google I found your advice!! I went upstairs a few minutes ago n opened the cartridge compartment, switched it on 'after the fact' so the cartridges could move into place for me to get to the print head..... After allot more than normal movement of the gears n ink cassette, blue light came back on and I'm back in business... Printing again! Thanks for the encouragement, I would have wasted $129.99 but I prefer holding on to it:-)
Brilliant! Wish I had seen it months back and it would have saved me hours of precious time. Works like a charm. Thanks Mike. I had wondered if water would clean it, but wasnt game to try. I was about to buy a new printer!!!
This actually worked for me, the top black band of the test pattern would not print at all, 10 minutes of rinsing under hot water and my printer works flawlessly again!
I know this video is 11 years old by now, but you just saved my really old Canon printer from being trashed! Thank you!!
9 years later this video just saved me a lot of grief. Thank you, kind TH-cam hero!
You have got to be kidding. Seriously. This works. Just like most of the others on here, I was literally about to take my printer to the recycling center and invest in a new one. In my case, the printer kept printing photos in a green hue. I was using canon ink cartridges, did a deep cleaning, and all that other utility work and kept getting the same result. I then tried this little trick and after about 5 minutes of rotating the print head as demonstrated in the video, the printer has come back to life. I love this printer and didn't want to let it go. Now I can keep it and continue using it. Thank you so much.
I have to say what a great video this turned out to be. I had all but given up on trying to clean my Canon 8750, as it simply would clean the print heads. I was even looking at a new printer. Then by pure accident, I came across this video. I followed the instructions to the letter, and i now have my Canon 8750 working and printing beautifully. Thank you so much.
Wish I'd known about this 10 years ago! I have owned several fine Canon printers with defective or terminally clogged or burned out printheads. I've tried often to find a printer repair facility to repair/clean/replace the printheads, but there don't seem to be such animals in the world today. Evntually, I threw out the printers and bought new ones. Today, I have a wonderful Canon printer with a burned out printhead, and I thought I would browse TH-cam before throwing it away. Wow! Educational! I now know to buy a replacement printhead and fix the problem very easily! Thank you so very much for making this video! My printer is saved from the landfill!
THANK YOU SOO MUCH!!!!! Just did this on my Canon MG5320. I was skeptical about getting that green electronic portion wet, but at this point we were thinking we needed to just buy a new printer so we had nothing to lose. I did as you said to do, and the whole cartridge got wet in the process. I wiped it off, shook it a few times, wiped it off again, and reinserted. Then ran a "print nozzle check pattern". It looked good so I printed a couple of other pages. One with a photo and one with just black print. And its fixed!! No more lines on my prints that the "head cleaning" process couldnt fix. You saved us some money! Yay!
YES!!!!! This worked! I just ran hot water from the tap over these 2 areas. About 5 minutes each area. Keep moving the print head side to side a few inches to get the hot water on different print color openings and to agitate and loosen the clogged ink. I accidentally got some water on the electronic green and gold contacts, so I just wiped the water off with a paper towel and kept going with no damage. Those contacts are gold and resist moisture anyway. THANK YOU! Nothing else worked and I thought I might have to throw the printer away. This is the simplest method I have seen.
I own a Pixma 860 and same type of printhead. Had this printer for almost 10 years and never knew about this. That bottom of the printhead was filthy, ink in the form of chunks! That explains a lot! My printer is smiling again!Thank you for this tutorial Sir! You were a big help! Kudos!
Your 9 year old video is still relevant. With your help I seem to have brought my Canon i960 printer back to life. It's at least a 15 year old printer and it'll be a sad day when it finally conks out. Assuming it doesn't outlive me. Thanks for your assistance.
Thank you so much! You just saved me unnecessarily paying out hundreds of pounds for a "broken" printer when all it needed was this! The world of tech needs more straight talking how-to's, thanks Mike. x
What the EEEF!!?? I was so scared to try this! Water? Seriously?? But it absolutely WORKED!!! I ran it under water and all sorts of colors ran through. I never in a million years would have thought to take a part out of a printer and run it under water, especially a part that had electronic contacts! But dang it, it worked! Miracle worker - Mike Stone. Thank you.
Unbelievable! My print head stopped working over a year ago. I tried everything in the book and nothing worked. So I even resorted to soaking it for a few hours in soapy hot water and let it dry out for a week in the airing cupboard. Still didn't work. Then I found his video, did exactly what he's said and low and behold - it's working again! I was was even thinking of blowing £70 on a new print head too. So thank you very much for this video. You've got my printer working again. Cheers mate.
YES!!! Thank you! your video is still a life saver after 10 years of it being posted! My Canon IX6800 is a daily all day work horse. This unclogged the print head easily. After cleaning the print head under water and putting it back...1st print was clear no hassle. I was worried about how many times to clean to get it going again but that was not the case. As soon as I put the head back it printed beautifully.
A million thanks, Mike! I got the U052 printhead error code and thought my printer dead. The first TH-cam video I watched from Tom's Computer Tips said if any water got on the contacts, the printhead would be ruined. But I did it your way for my MX700 printer using super hard tap water, then a final rinse with distilled. Worked like a charm, and done in 5 minutes!
Genuinely didn't think this would work, but took the advice and tried it. 2 rinses and job done. Printer working like new again!
Who knew!!
Cheers Mike!!
Ohhhhhhh my god you have just solved all my issues and saved me a tonne of money getting canon to fix my printer, I have an IP8750 and it wouldn't print black ink at all. Followed this and it works amazing now.
For anyone worried about water and electrics like I was, its perfectly fine and I've had zero issues
I'd tried printer head flushing fluids without any success, but your method of hot water has worked a treat.
Many thanks for putting this straightforward and eco-friendly remedy online.
Regards, Andy
I have an iX6800 and I could not get the print head out by watching several other video examples, but after watching this one, I was able to pull out the print head. Attempting it using the other videos, I even broke that little arm on one side, so I now have to maneuver that side up. I am a teacher and I only have cold water in my classroom, so that is what I used. I was also worried whether it was dry enough. I shook it several times and the padded it with a tissue. Popped it back in and it printed beautifully. Thank You!
I was about to pay $60 for a new printhead. Then I saw this video. 20 minutes later my printer works like new. Thank you so much!
I have an older Canon S 820 printer, and wasn't sure if this method would be applicable to that model. It was, and it solved my problem of only printing in Cyan. You saved the day!! Thank you!
It was skipping half the lines. I thought the electronics had failed. Followed through with the instructions and it works just like new. Amazing!! thanks for this.
I just about gave up on my entire small home printing business. I've tried multiple print head cleaning solutions and have thrown away more print heads than I can count. I just tried this as a last effort, and it worked. I was to afraid to get the back part or the printhead wet that I never wanted to try just running my it under water. Thought that was a big no-no...but it worked and I couldn't be happier! Thanks so much for this video.
this has to be one of the top 5 candidates to the best video on the history of youtube.
Wow, I'm amazed this worked. My Canon MG7120 was not printing blue or red at all, and black was light. After figuring out the no-tool trick to getting the head lose (pull cartridge forward) it popped right out. Felt soooo wrong to put entire thing under running water, but it worked. Needed about 10 minutes to get the red and blue cleaned out. Now printer works fine. Well done, Mr. Stone!
This video is perfect! Short, to the point and actually offers the best advice that is correct
I just had to say thanks. I just spent an hour reading to see how to do what you just showed in less than 2 minutes. It worked thanks.
My Canon Pixma ix6500 would not print black anymore, so I cleaned the print head following your instructions. Dead simple yet the perfect solution for my problem. Thanks alot!
I have a very similar printer and was having horizontal white lines when printing. I found on another website that the print nozzles were clogged which led me here. I followed the instructions on this video and this fixed my printer! Thanks, Mike Stone!
I cleaned my print head on MP560 using this technique and it is now printing properly! Thank you for posting this video.
hi Mike,
Thank very much for posting this clip. I purchase this printer less than a year ago and was surprise to see this error. I tried what you said and it work like a dream.
Hats off to you and i hope others try this if they have similar issues.
Thanks for the video .
I do have to say I was a bit skeptical at first Mike but I gave this a shot and low and behold it works like it day day one, huge thumbs up for this. It did take me at least 10 minutes since I believe the head was never cleaned but I will do this every couple of months.
Thanks for this video, cheers.
Brilliant. I went from thinking I had to replace my printer to really having it print like new. And to think I would have paid $150 for service and parts without your instruction. Thank you so much.
MIke - thank you SO much. You have saved me having to buy a new printer !
My CanonMG6150 was not printing CYAN. Followed your instructions and everything is working fine again! Son can now print off his homework = very happy. Cheers
THANK YOU! That worked perfectly!
Excellent video, btw - clear, concise, and no unnecessary bits! Bravo.
As I was about to throw away my Canon Pixma MX882, I decided to do a final check of my printer's problem on TH-cam. Thank you so much! this solved it!!!
Was on the brink of scrapping my printer after buying 2 new cartridges and no joy. Top tip thanks!
YOUR MY NEW SUPER-HERO!!!!!!!!!
I don't know how much ink I wasted, and was about to throw the whole printer out the window before I searched youtube and found your fixIII
My Canon i990 now works like new again, I owe you my friend.
I would like to join with others and say I am very grateful for your help. Before seeing this I was about to purchase a new printer, which would have been quite painful, as most of the cassettes were almost full. Thanks
I could kiss you. We cleaned the print nozzles like 8 times to no avail. This fixed our printer! Thank you! FYI, this works on the MX882!
Absolute life-saver! Doing edible printing for a cake for tomorrow and black was printing light blue...not a good look for a pirate flag! Found your video and worked first time after a good wash out..... printing perfectly. Thank you so much.
Mp800 wouldn't print at all...but now works 100 % thanks to this advice. I immersed the print head into warm/hot water and swished it back and forth till completely clean. I'm pedantic, I changed the water about 20 times, and then let it sit immersed overnight. After removing it and shaking most of the water off, I sat it near a ducted heater vent to dry it completely. Finally I put it back in the printer...and it worked, but it took about 6 prints of the same the word document till I was completely satisfied. Why? Because although the small text was printing fine, the giant font wasn't getting complete coverage with ink. But with every print, it improved. THANKS FOR YOUR VIDEO
Maybe I should have advised that after the wash, perform a deep head clean to get the inks flowing through the head and after a couple of prints it should clear. If not repeat the process.
Hi Mike. Thanks so much for this excellent video. I was just about to throw my printer out and buy a new one because of a problem with the printhead. I followed your instructions and it is now working perfectly. Thanks again Mike.
Thanks for this! My Canon Pixma iP3500 printer is printing blues again and I didn't have to spend any money! And the print quality altogether has improved immensely!
Thank you for posting this!! My work printer had the "wrong printer head" error & I thought it was gone. After rinsing this for around 10 mins. & drying, I put back in & it worked like a charm!
Easy and effective! It worked perfectly well with my Canon MG8150 which couldn't print yellow anymore and where software cleaning of printheads didin't solve the problem.
Thank you Mike!
Thanks.Before viewing your video I was hesitant in taking out the printhead on my Canon Pro 9500, which I hadn't used in a while and the yellow ink was not flowing. But after viewing I had the courage to remove and clean it, and now all is fine with all the colors printing. It wasn't so hard. Thanks again.
I purchased a used Canon ip100 on eBay... it arrived claiming that the black tank was empty, but color tank was full (though wouldn't print simulated black with color either). I ordered extra ink... when it arrived, the new ink wouldn't print either, so I looked around & eventually found this video. The first time I ran water through it, colored ink ran for several times turning it over, until all was clear, though I didn't use the hottest of water. Testing it in the printer indicated that it was now working with black, but only printing red & blue on color!?... so I ran it under the tap again, leaving it on a dish for minutes this time, with hotter water + directly focused on the yellow inlet. Voila, now all colors seem to be working! Glad I didn't have to do such an extended cleaning with distilled water as ~recommended by other sources!!!
Mike thank you for such an easy answer after a month of frustration. You have made this sooooooooo easy, GOD BLESS YOU.
You just saved me $100 (the price of a new print head) or more (the price of a new printer). Thank you!
Wasted so much ink trying out the deep clean option, tried this and it worked brilliantly. Thank you!
Hello, I had not used my printer for a while and when I tried to cleanthe heads using the printer to do it, it did not work correctly. Found this and was a bit/very sceptical ... But it worked! I did not even know that you can remove the printhead so easily. Many thanks for this. I wish I had known 10 year sgao. My printer is a mx885, quite old, but still working.
Thank you so much for posting the video. While I had already tried cleaning the print head with alcohol, my q-tip method wasn't aggressive enough apparently. I wouldn't have dreamed of running the head under water given that's usually not a good idea with electronics. I tried your suggestion and finally the black print head started printing again. Kept an otherwise fine printer out of the landfill and we avoided having to buy a new one. Thanks again!
I tried other methods and this, by far is the best. Took a few extra tries to get the "Blue" cleaned out but it works. I cleaned as much as I could, then I put warm water in a cup and let it soak for a few mins and followed the rest of the directions and the printer is working perfectly. I shook the print head over the sink until the water was clear, shook the extra water out then dried with a paper towel, No need for cleaning solutions. This works great.
Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge, I've been having trouble with my printers for a long time, I wish I'd found this video years ago. The only thing I did different was that I used the wife's hairdryer to dry it off a little. Thanks again, top man :)
Canon PIXMA MG6220 -- Revived! This procedure worked like a charm! (I did have to do two more print head cleanings, but then it worked.)
Thanks Mike. I've a canon MG5220. No more magenta, greyish printing, cleaning process wasting of time and ink. So, I've tried your way as nothing to loose and 50 to 100 USD saving ! Perfect. The only thing I've done more is to blow with a makita blower all the remaining water (I think 90 miles/h). Was afraid of the dust getting inside the head but no. Dry and clean. First shot, print like new. Thanks.
Thanks. Works a treat. Reminds me that there's the spare printer at my Dad's place that won't print blue anymore.....
You're a legend Mike! Worked like a dream with my Canon MG8150 which wouldn't print the Magenta .. I had already used a gallon of ink deep cleaning without result.
Thanks heaps!
Mike-you're my hero!!! I did exactly as you instructed and complete FAIL. So, I did it again and then let the print head soak in water and alcohol for a couple hours (I'm way to impatient to let it soak over night.). I blew it dry on the cool setting just to make sure all the water was gone and viola! Success!
This is the Canon Pixma MP560 and it was the B200 error. I had recently replaced most of the cartridges to the tune of $60+ so I'm thrilled!
Thanks again
I was getting the B200 error on my MX870. You just saved me $80. Thank you!
Thank you so much for this video, absolute lifesaver for my exam tomorrow! My new inks must have been too wet and leaked out which I think caused the print head error. I removed it washed it and dried it as shown here and it worked immediately!
This video was the first one that came up when I searched. THANK YOU!!!
Your welcome
Mike, you are an absolute star!!! I just saved my MP610 using your method! I'd tried cleaning cartridges to no avail and figured I had nothing to lose trying your method - my printer is back as good as new! You are AWESOME!!! (and I could not believe the amount of ink that came out of the print head when I was washing it, where does it all keep coming from?) :)
I was ready to throw my printer out the window, then I followed the steps in this video and it worked like a charm. Thank you!
This fixed the problem that's been plaguing my printer for way too long! Thanks! :)
Still a great recipe ! Works like a dreeam in no time - at no cost ! What surprised me was that the residual water in the head did not create any trouble....!
Thanks Mike. I just spent $90 on a set of new cartridges - which wouldn't work, and I thought I was stuck with wasted ink and a useless printer. I'd already tried the 'Clean Print Heads' function a dozen times to no avail. After following your instructions I have a perfectly functioning colour printer. That ink just kept on coming out of the print head while I was rinsing it.
Oh I can't tell you how happy I am to spot this video. I was just about to make a horrible mistake. Thanks for taking the time to make this video.
Thank you for this information. It was very helpful. My print head was still clogged after several cycles of rinsing, and several more cycles of soaking in warm water with a few drops of Dawn dishwashing detergent and rinsing. The PGBK and cyan still refused to print. Feeling that I had nothing to lose, I tried one last soak, rinse, and dry, then I sprayed some electronics cleaner (trichlorotriflouroethane) directly on the print head and on the back side where the cartridges mate. The spray cleaner cut right through the clog - I could see color running from the print heads when I sprayed. This did the trick, and the head is now functioning correctly.
I like the simple approached, no messing, thanks!
For those who are scared to try this, let me tell you...
I just spent over an hour trying to get mine to print.
I tried everything except this.... I didn't think it would work/thought I would ruin my printer, but this did it! Be sure to try the head extra dry.
Thank you! Just did this on my less than 1 year old Canon MG5620 as I was getting white spaces when printing. Had cleaned and deep cleaned print head with no luck. Took a chance on this as worse case scenario either way was having to order a new printer and VIOLA- IT WORKED!!!
To Mike, many thanks for this really easy to understand video clip where all you need is water and no professional equipment.
I was at my wits end with a B200 error and tried all the tricks that I could find with no sucess. Then I stumbled across this clip and followed it exactly. The first time of reinstallation of the print head I got the dreaded B200 error again, however on the second time it worked. Following a clean and nozzle print check the printer is working like new again.
You saved me a great deal of time as well as being able to keep my trusty MP6350. I'm very grateful. Keep up the good work!
Brilliant. Worked first time on my MG7550. Took around 10 minutes then dried it in the sun. All other methods seem cumbersome in comparison. And as for Canon, they said take the printer to a service centre who would replace the printhead!
and I did this only because my printer came up with a "fault message 1405 - incorrect printhead fitted". I had never changed the print head in the three years I have had the printer.
Thanks Mike for the input, helped me get this all set up and watching your video didn't take long. Appreciate it.
This saved me a LOT of frustration. Worked perfectly. Thanks!
I am much amazed and grateful of this demonstration on cleaning my Canon printer head. After watching a few of the videos I attempted to do as I saw and had excellent results......Many thanks. don/bowie, md
Hi Mike
Thanks, worked fine for me, I used a Hair Drier to get any damp that may have been left anywhere I couldn't get to with a Paper Towel. Blowing Warm air over the Print head making sure it doesn't get hot.
I enjoy the way you just get to the point in the video. Well done.
Ron Höll
Mike Stone Pleased it worked for you and the hair drier is a good solution.
Hi Mike
Just followed your very clear instructions and hey my printer is working beautifully again.
Thank you for the very informative video.
Richard
Fantastic way to get this job done both well and fast. Thank you!!
Thanks for that Mike et al.
I have a Canon MP700 printer that I have owned seems like well over a decade. Had the problem discussed ("Wrong Cartridge" - would not print) so I tried your solution at least 2 or 3 times. Result - FAIL.
Just as I was about to give up and run down to the Good Guys to buy a new printer I had one more try.
This time I noticed some minute gunk along the 2 edge grooves each side of the of the square with the four grooves in the middle of the Print Head that the washing out had failed to remove.
I carefully removed this gunk with the sharp point of a wooden sate stick and washed it out again. Result - SUCCESS.
Sorry Good Guys, don't know how much longer the old MP700 will keep going but many thanks you to all those that share solutions to problems on the internet.
Hey thanks. Was about to buy a new printer when I saw your video. Worked perfectly and I will say, it took awhile to wash clean.
Sometimes it can take a couple oif goes to clear the head.
Mike...brill video...straight to the point with your advice....and it worked for me first time FAB>>>FAB>>>FAB>>> cheers Mike you are a STAR.....SEAN
Thanks that worked! i was going throw the printer in the bin but your method got it working again! Thank you :)
Brilliant! It worked like a charm to resolve the faint printing. Thanks.
Very good simple and clear instructions that worked perfectly on my MG5350. Thank you.
thanks, I got the B200 message on my Pixma Pro 200 MkII, did all just as you said and it works. Saved me in many ways. thanks.
PS- oddly enough, I'm hosting a seminar at my karate studio next month for the legendary, undefeated karate fighter, Mike Stone. Clearly a name to be reckoned with.
Mark Arnott Hi Mark, pleased it worked!
Had error code U052 tried repowering and resets - this simple cleaning did the trick. Thanks for the video!
"B200 error" - I have read at least 9 reviews of Mr Stones readers n decided what do I have to lose!?!? Canon Tech Support just told me a few hours ago that best option would be to buy a new unit. I went to best buy but wasn't convinced there was no other option so I didn't make the purchase, thanks to Google I found your advice!! I went upstairs a few minutes ago n opened the cartridge compartment, switched it on 'after the fact' so the cartridges could move into place for me to get to the print head..... After allot more than normal movement of the gears n ink cassette, blue light came back on and I'm back in business... Printing again! Thanks for the encouragement, I would have wasted $129.99 but I prefer holding on to it:-)
Yeah! I tried this method and it worked!! It took a couple of times unplugging and plugging and then it printed as usual. Thanks for the help!
Was about to throw printer out, did this - it took me about 2 minutes and all working perfectly ! - Genius
Brilliant! Wish I had seen it months back and it would have saved me hours of precious time. Works like a charm. Thanks Mike. I had wondered if water would clean it, but wasnt game to try. I was about to buy a new printer!!!
You, Sir, are a Gentleman and a Scholar! Now I can use this MX882 again! Just in time for a bunch of résumé printing!
Had a blocked Magenta nozzle.....this worked a charm. Thanks Mike
This actually worked for me, the top black band of the test pattern would not print at all, 10 minutes of rinsing under hot water and my printer works flawlessly again!
Thanks so much for a helpful and concise explanation.Excellent!
Thank you your tutorial saved me having to buy a new printer!
Thank you very much!!! It was my final solution, I almost bought new printer, it takes time,but it absolutley works!!!
Brilliant, worked a treat on Canon MP540. Was going to buy a new one. Thanks a million.
It worked brilliantly when all else failed! Thanks :)