Many have faced a common problem with inkjet printers - if the printer is not used for its intended purpose for a while, its printheads dry up. For most people, this means a complete malfunction of the printer, so they have to get rid of it. However, clogged printheads are not really an irreversible problem and can be cleaned.
Instructions
Step 1
Prepare sterile medical cotton wool, glass cleaner with ammonia, distilled water, a plastic container with a lid and two small syringes with needles, and a pack of paper towels for cleaning the printheads.
Step 2
Take a napkin and place the print head that you removed from the printer with the nozzles down on it. There will be ink marks on the napkin - keep changing the napkin until the head leaves marks on it.
Step 3
Now soak a paper towel with glass cleaner and wipe the surface of the print head with it, without touching the electrical board and the head-to-cartridge junction. Flush the head inlets by drawing cleaner into a syringe.
Step 4
Once all traces of ink have been completely removed, line the fittings with sterile cotton wool and a generous amount of glass cleaner. Place the head with cotton wool in a plastic tub, pour the cleaning liquid on the bottom and seal the container with a lid or bag. Wait a day and then change the solution.
Step 5
Repeat the procedure for two to three days, then remove the head from the solution and blot with a napkin its remnants in the intakes.
Step 6
After the ink marks are no longer printed on the napkin, rinse the head with distilled water. Blot the head again with napkins and dry with a hair dryer at a great distance for half an hour. Install the head into the printer and install a new cartridge.
