This allows the part to swing downwards so you can release it. First remove the two side cheeks by inserting a screwdriver near the arrow and levering gently outwards. Canon have kindly marked all the access tabs with little arrows. Here’s my description of how to dismantle the case. When the warnings started on my i560 I decided to have a look inside. If the ink pad overflows you could end up with ink leaking all over your desk or floor. But, if you’re a hands-on sort of guy, you can replace or clean the waste ink pad yourself, or you can just reset the software so the warning goes away. You can throw it away or send it for an expensive repair. Over time some of the liquid evaporates and what’s left is an extremely messy sponge full of ink residue.Įventually this becomes full and the printer warns you with increasingly insistent service messages. Well, it usually discharges into a large sponge sitting in the bottom of the machine. Which is well and good, but what happens to all this ink. What happens is that the print head is parked on top of a vacuum pump that sucks ink through it. That’s what all the whirring is about before printing starts. To avoid it, manufacturers program in special cleaning routines to keep the ink flowing. The result is poor print quality with missing colours and poor resolution. One problem with inkjets is that the print head nozzles tend to clog up. I haven’t bought a new cartridge for years. It’s really easy to top up with a syringe when required. Each colour has a separate, transparent cartridge so you can see how much ink is left. It’s from the last generation before the manufacturers started to get devious and add chips to the cartridges. It’s the main workhorse for all my printing tasks and I’ve had it for ages. I’m really pleased with my Canon i560 inkjet printer.
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