Print head for canon mg5340 printer. How to remove the print head (PG) Canon, using the example of printers Canon PIXMA iP3600, iP4840, MG5140, MP970. How to flush a Canon print head

How to remove the print head (PG) Canon, for example printers Canon PIXMA iP3600, iP4840, MG5140, MP970

On printers Canon PIXMA iP3600, iP4600, iP4700, MP540, MP550, MP560, MP640, MX860, MX870, iP4840, MG5140, MG5240, ip4200, ip4300, ip4500, ip3300, ip3500, iX5000, iX4000, MP500, MP530, MP600 and other models of Canon printers, the print head (PG) is removed in the same way, possibly with minor differences.

1) First you need to turn on your Canon printer / MFP and open the cover. When the lid is opened, the sensor is triggered, and the steam generator moves to the position of replacing the cartridges. Remove all cartridges from the printer, as a result you will see the print head, printer carriage, as well as a special lock that holds the PG

2) Now you need to lift the latch up. The latch may look slightly different on different Canon models, but the mechanism of its operation is the same for almost all Canon printers with 4 or more cartridges. For example, in the photo on the left, the print head of the printer Canon MP970, this is a rather rare and expensive model, as it has 2 more colors than conventional Canon printers. The photo on the right shows the printhead of the printers Canon iP3600, iP4840, MG5140.Well, now that we figured out what the PG retainer looks like, we can proceed directly to removing the print head itself.

3) After the PG retainer is raised up, the PG no longer holds anything, and it is very easy to remove it. Grasp the PG by either end, tilt it slightly towards you, and pull it out of the printer / MFP carriage.

4) That's it, we have successfully removed the print head of printers / MFPs Canon PIXMA iP3600, iP4840, MG5140, MP970,this is how it looks apart from the printer

If you decide to flush the Canon print head yourself, then a special flushing fluid that you can purchase in our store is perfect for flushing. How to flush the Canon print head, we will tell you a little later, stay tuned for the section updates We repair ourselves , on our website:)

You may need to clean the Canon Pixma MG5340 or MG5340 print head if print quality has deteriorated due to the print head. It is recommended to trust the flushing to professionals from Master-Service, but if you wish, you can try to cope with the task yourself.

What you need to clean the mg5140 printer head

To flush the print head on the Canon MG5340 printer, you will need a comfortable workplace, rubber gloves, wipes, a removed head, a large syringe, a container for flushing liquid and the product itself.

Cleaning the print head Canon Pixma MG 5140 or MG5340 begins with filling the container with flushing compound or regular Mr. Muscle. After removing the head from the printer, it must be lowered into the liquid and fixed. All ink fittings must be rinsed to prevent drying. Leave everything for a few hours.

Further, when cleaning the head of a Canon 5140/5340 printer, you need to put rubber adapters made from tubes of suitable diameter on the fittings. Fill the syringe with flushing compound and use light pressure to push it through the head. If fluid does not flow or does not flow well, pull the piston towards you. Leave the head to soak after a few strokes.

The Canon Pixma MG 5140 or MG5340 print head cleaning is complete when the flushing fluid flows normally in both directions.

Finishing work when cleaning the head of the canon 5140 and 5340 printer

Replace the head, insert the cartridges, and print a test page. If the print is bad, it may be due to poor ink quality (it is better to use original cartridges), insufficient rinsing (needs to be repeated), or printhead failure (replacement is required).

When self-cleaning of the MG5140 printer head does not give results, you must entrust the device to specialists from the Master-Service company.

How to remove the print head (PG) Canon, for example printers Canon PIXMA iP3600, iP4840, MG5140, MP970

On printers Canon PIXMA iP3600, iP4600, iP4700, MP540, MP550, MP560, MP640, MX860, MX870, iP4840, MG5140, MG5240, ip4200, ip4300, ip4500, ip3300, ip3500, iX5000, iX4000, MP500, MP530, MP600 and other models of Canon printers, the print head (PG) is removed in the same way, possibly with minor differences.

1) First you need to turn on your Canon printer / MFP and open the cover. When the lid is opened, the sensor is triggered, and the steam generator moves to the position of replacing the cartridges. Remove all cartridges from the printer, as a result you will see the print head, printer carriage, as well as a special lock that holds the PG

2) Now you need to lift the latch up. The latch may look slightly different on different Canon models, but the mechanism of its operation is the same for almost all Canon printers with 4 or more cartridges. For example, in the photo on the left, the print head of the printer Canon MP970, this is a rather rare and expensive model, as it has 2 more colors than conventional Canon printers. The photo on the right shows the printhead of the printers Canon iP3600, iP4840, MG5140.Well, now that we figured out what the PG retainer looks like, we can proceed directly to removing the print head itself.

3) After the PG retainer is raised up, the PG no longer holds anything, and it is very easy to remove it. Grasp the PG by either end, tilt it slightly towards you, and pull it out of the printer / MFP carriage.

4) That's it, we have successfully removed the print head of printers / MFPs Canon PIXMA iP3600, iP4840, MG5140, MP970,this is how it looks apart from the printer

How much ink to fill and how long:

Method 1

Method 2 from Vedi

Method 3

Video instruction for refilling Canon PGI-425, PGI-520 cartridges

Video instruction for refilling cartridges Canon CLI-426, CLI-521

GHG clogging is far from the only reason why. However, there is a high probability that this is the problem if on your device:

• across the movement of the paper appear;
• one or more colors are missing;
• nothing prints although the printer does not warn, and the carriage runs properly.

Causes of blockages

Most often, the print head does not want to work well:

After a long downtime

When the ink has dried up corny. In this case, several nozzle cleaning sessions through the printer's utility program can help. If cleaning twice did not help, use the "Deep cleaning" function, you can repeat it after a day. Didn't help again? This means that the problem is much more serious, it may need flushing.

Mixing incompatible paints

Water-based and pigment inks categorically do not want to cooperate, curl up, sediment, quickly clog nozzles. It's good if you noticed the problem in time and the nozzles did not have time to burn out. Also, paint of the same type from different manufacturers may be incompatible. Ideally, ink tanks should be filled with the same consumables. Some experts advise not to print even new original cartridges if you are going to refill them later, but immediately rinse and fill in exactly the paint that will always be used.

As a result of printing with an empty cartridge

Carefully monitor the condition of the ink tanks, refill them on time, as printing with ink residues quickly disables the GHG. First, the nozzles are clogged, and then, if you do not pay attention to the print quality in a timely manner, the nozzles burn out. Here, flushing will not help, such a head cannot be restored.

Flushing liquids

Specialized ink stores also sell flushing fluids. For instance, OCP RSL100 or more concentrated Bursten PDK... But they are quite expensive, and a large amount of means may be needed to wash a very dry head.

You can make an alkaline solution yourself according to the following recipe. For 7 parts of distilled water, take one part at a time:

• ammonia,
• isopropyl alcohol,
• glycerin.

Mix the resulting mixture thoroughly and strain. It does not make sense to use distilled water separately, since it is ineffective for water-based inks and does not dissolve pigment paint at all.

Important: do not wash the blockages with alcohol and vodka. Dry or curdled paint gives off liquid residues to ethyl alcohol, further soaking becomes problematic or impossible.

A glass cleaner has proven itself in the best way Mister Muscle blue or green. Its effect is comparable to the results of specialized flushing fluids, but the price is significantly lower. You can use other window cleaners, the composition of which is close to Mr. Muscle and contains ammonia.

How to remove the printhead

Open the cover while the printer is on to move the carriage out of the parking space. Turn off the printer. Remove the cartridges. The print head is clearly visible, but it's too early to get it out.

In different models of printers, the latch holding the PG looks different, although the principle of operation is the same in almost all models. There is a lever on the right side, or the frame has a certain shape. You need to lift it up.

A slightly different principle in the MG5440 model. The latch here is a bar with the image of ink colors, which does not rise up: you need to pull it towards you until it clicks. The PG is now free, tilt it forward and gently pull it out of the printer.

Flushing

Make sure that the steam generator of your printer has no burnouts near the nozzles, the nozzles are intact, and flushing

Burnouts in the area of \u200b\u200bnozzles (Click to enlarge)

has the meaning. If so, prepare:

1. washing liquid;
2. gauze, napkins or bandage;
3. syringe;
4. low plastic container where the steam generator can fit;
5. a tube from a medical dropper.

Cover the table with newspapers and place under the SG a piece of bandage, rolled several times, soaked in flushing liquid. Use another piece of cloth, also dampened in the cleaner, to gently blot the intake grilles.

Remove the rubber bands, rinse them, and wipe the head body thoroughly around the intake holes. Drying of ink in these places is fraught with depressurization of the system. As a result, air can be sucked in, paint will flow intermittently. It is a good idea to periodically clean the O-rings as a preventive measure, even when there are no printing problems.

Digging

Instillation of PG (Click to enlarge)

A little liquid is instilled into each airlock with a syringe and needle. Once the drop is absorbed, add more. Change the bandage as it gets dirty and keep dripping until the liquid passing through the head no longer stains the color of the ink. If the liquid does not absorb well, heat it up to 50-60 degrees. To enhance the effect, you can use a more aggressive agent, following the instructions for its use.

When each of the sluices begins to absorb well and skip rinsing, set the head to settle. After an hour, the fabric should not have strong ink drips. This means that the flushing was successful and the head can be returned to the printer. Before printing, be sure to clear the nozzles of the cleaning agent using the printer service program.

Soaking the nozzle plate

But flushing is not always so easy. Perhaps one or two sluices do not allow the liquid to pass through: the drop is not absorbed for a long time. For a while, you need to remove it with a bandage and drip again, but if nothing has changed in an hour, it's time to start the next step.

Pour the flushing liquid heated to 40 ° into a plastic container by 2–3 mm, lower the print head there with the nozzles down and put it in a warm place to soak, having previously covered the sluices from above with a wet bandage from drying out and covered the steam generator with a plastic bag. If no changes are observed the next day, reheat the cleaning liquid and leave for another day. In general, flushing the print head is a long process; the part can only be saved slowly.

Soaking the intake holes

If the sluices are still blocking fluid, you can try to build up some pressure from above. It is necessary to put on tubes about 5 cm long on each of the intake holes and fill them with cleaning liquid.

In this form, the structure can be left for a long time, periodically adding flushing. If fluid leaves the tube through the problematic sluices, continue the procedure for two days.

Broaching

When the fluid level in one of the tubes does not decrease, you can try the next technique. Pour a little product into the container, put a piece of cloth and press the steam generator nozzles to it. Insert a syringe without a needle into the tube and, gently pushing the plunger towards you, pull the cleaning agent through the nozzles.

Do it several times, pouring clean liquid into the pan. Pour the used rinse out of the syringe, then refill the tube and leave for another hour. The process can be repeated several times.

Important: the head must be pressed firmly against the wet cloth so as not to draw air into the nozzles.

If now liquid leaves the tubes at approximately the same rate, the steam generator was flushed out.

Pumping

If the liquid still does not go well after two days of soaking, you can

Pumping liquid through SG (Click to enlarge)

try to pump it with a syringe in both directions. Press the nozzles against the wet bandage as before, drawing in the liquid in the same way. Extrusion in the opposite direction must be carried out with a filled tube.

Liquid is drawn into the syringe so that there is an air gap between the piston and the flushing agent. This technique helps to avoid the sharp jolt that could damage the nozzle plate.

Press on the piston very carefully, no more than 2-3 divisions at once, then even more slowly, depending on the fluid withdrawal.

Extreme methods

That, in fact, ended the ways in which there was a high chance of saving the printhead. If the goal has not been achieved, you can apply several more much more risky methods:

1. Squeeze liquid with a full syringe without air cushion. The pressure on the nozzles will increase significantly, as will the risk of damaging them. Do not press the head against the fabric, but slightly raise it. Press down on the piston carefully, as before, the pressure is much higher due to the lack of an air cushion.

Hold the steam generator nozzles over the steam for a few minutes and push the rinsing heated to 40-50 degrees.

Lower the head for a few minutes on the surface of hot water, without dipping more than a millimeter, and pull the liquid through the nozzles.

Printhead flushed (picture taken from www.chernila.com) (Click to enlarge)

1. Use a more aggressive product: mix 9% vinegar and distilled water in a 1: 9 ratio. Such a composition cleans well, but has a destructive effect on internal parts, and after using it, it is necessary to rinse with an alkaline solution to neutralize the acidic environment. Do not use this method unless you are prepared for a printhead failure in two to three months.

If one of these extreme methods helps achieve the desired goal, do not rush to return the PG to the printer. After such extreme measures, be sure to dry it with a hairdryer. You cannot overheat the head: take breaks for twenty minutes. If you doubt that everything has dried well enough, leave it for two days near the battery, and before installing, drip a little flushing liquid into each airlock.

You can also order repair (flushing / restoration) of the Canon print head.

Enjoy printing.