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Answer by Sudarno Hardjo Saparto for What solvent can I use to clean a Canon...

To make printer cleaning fluid, the thing you need to do is very simple, namely by mixing clothing bleach with plain water with a ratio of 1: 1 in terms of 50% water and 50% clothing bleach...

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Answer by Sky Blew for What solvent can I use to clean a Canon (LP2000...

DO NOT use alcohol OR BLEACH!! Either of these will destroy the print head! Distilled water is the best and easiest to obtain. Each printer manufacturer uses their own formula, when they develop their...

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Answer by Gaz for What solvent can I use to clean a Canon (LP2000 detachable)...

I read a hundred of these forums and my head kept staying blocked. As a last resort I tried soaking the head in methylated spirits for about 15 minutes. Then I blew out the nozzles and basically the...

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Answer by Jerry Mansour for What solvent can I use to clean a Canon (LP2000...

Bleach? Alcohol worked at first setting the printhead nozzles onto 1/8" alcohol pool AND filling the basins that hold the cartridges with alcohol. The alcohol filtered through the heads in 1-2 hours...

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Answer by Dennis Williamson for What solvent can I use to clean a Canon...

Isopropyl alcohol is the best. Ideally, you could use the anhydrous form, but 90% should be available at your pharmacy (chemist). Stay away from anything lower like the commonly available 70%.

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Answer by nik for What solvent can I use to clean a Canon (LP2000 detachable)...

How to Manually Clean Printer HeadsI suggest against using acetone available as usual nail-polish removerit contains other compounds which may be left after the acetone solvent evaporates.

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Answer by Col for What solvent can I use to clean a Canon (LP2000 detachable)...

Isopropyl alcohol would probably be the best but you could probably get away with acetone (nail varnish remover). Long term you might want to switch over to a laser printer since these cope with long...

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What solvent can I use to clean a Canon (LP2000 detachable) print head?

The magenta ink channel on my inkjet printer is blocked. I know about products on eBay, but I'm located in South Africa. I know that I shouldn't use methylated spirits (since they will leave a...

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