https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Professional-Photo-Printers/Pixma-Pro-100-Can-I-take-apart-a-printhead-to-clean-it/m-p/387261#M13651 <P>I know this printer is almost an antique, but, like many, I can't afford a replacement printer. The head clogged up on it recently and I soaked it in Windex for a couple days, flushed it out and it worked fine. However, a week later it stopped printing on group 1 again. I tried the Windex trick again but with no results. I soaked it again for a few more days, used a syringe to gently suck out and clogs but still no result. Print heads aren't cheap so I figure 'what the heck, I might take the print head apart and manually clean it' Has anyone on the the board ever taken apart a print head for cleaning, or to simply see how a print head is built? (yes, I would do that if the head was determined to be bad) What are some precautions I might want to take?</P> Sat, 24 Sep 2022 11:42:29 GMT RLCunningham 2022-09-24T11:42:29Z https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Professional-Photo-Printers/Pixma-Pro-100-Can-I-take-apart-a-printhead-to-clean-it/m-p/387261#M13651 <P>I know this printer is almost an antique, but, like many, I can't afford a replacement printer. The head clogged up on it recently and I soaked it in Windex for a couple days, flushed it out and it worked fine. However, a week later it stopped printing on group 1 again. I tried the Windex trick again but with no results. I soaked it again for a few more days, used a syringe to gently suck out and clogs but still no result. Print heads aren't cheap so I figure 'what the heck, I might take the print head apart and manually clean it' Has anyone on the the board ever taken apart a print head for cleaning, or to simply see how a print head is built? (yes, I would do that if the head was determined to be bad) What are some precautions I might want to take?</P> Sat, 24 Sep 2022 11:42:29 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Professional-Photo-Printers/Pixma-Pro-100-Can-I-take-apart-a-printhead-to-clean-it/m-p/387261#M13651 RLCunningham 2022-09-24T11:42:29Z https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Professional-Photo-Printers/Pixma-Pro-100-Can-I-take-apart-a-printhead-to-clean-it/m-p/387267#M13652 <P><A href="https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/66491251" target="_blank">Re: Pixma Pro-100 head dries out overnight: Printers and Printing Forum: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)</A></P> Sat, 24 Sep 2022 12:33:40 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Professional-Photo-Printers/Pixma-Pro-100-Can-I-take-apart-a-printhead-to-clean-it/m-p/387267#M13652 jrhoffman75 2022-09-24T12:33:40Z