I quickly ran a head cleaning sequence and a print head alignment and now it it working very well. So I did a soak and rinse, dried the print head, installed some fresh ink, and after a few tries it came to life. With the troubleshooting lights flashing, there is no way that I know of to do a routine print head cleaning. Two of the ink cartridges were empty and had probably been that way for some time. ![]() Anyway, this particular printer did not work initially - it gave a troubleshooting code that the print head was defective. ![]() Often it is an ink clogging problem that can be corrected with running the head cleaning sequence, or by removing the print head and doing a more aggressive soak and rinse procedure using diluted Windex or other solvent. One problem with these older printers is that the print heads eventually quit working. I have a newer Canon Multipass that I use for photo work. ![]() These printers are solid workhorses and economical to operate for routine printing. It also uses the same ink cartridges, which I have a bunch of, and they are cheap to replace. I bought this printer because it is very similar in features and operation to my old Canon i550 which recently gave out on me.
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