Inkjet Cleaning Videos
Unblock and Restore your Canon iPF Printer

Print a nozzle check before attempting the technique and keep this next to your printer. You can then keep this next to your printer to gage the level of improvement.

STEP 1 - How to Lift Out The Print Head(s):
Select the cutter replacement option. This moves the printhead to allow easy access. Raise the head cover and move the two blue levers back to gain access to the print head.
Pull both or the one print heads you require out of the printer ensuring your fingers are kept clear of the electrical contacts, the ink inlet tubes and the nozzles.

Once removed, place the print head on a level surface.

STEP 2 - Soaking the Print Head:

Take the magic bullet fluid and pour into a container making this about 1/4 inch deep. Place two cotton buds / q-tips as the picture on the right and place the print head so the nozzle section is facing downwards to ensure:

1) The nozzles do not touch any of the surface of the container.
2) The nozzles are immersed in the fluid.
3) The electrical contacts do not come into contact with the fluid.

Leave the print head in the solution for at least 2 hours (overnight if you have had a blockage for over 4 weeks).

After the print head has been soaked, take this out of the fluid and use the q-tip (soaked in the fluid) to wipe the outer nozzles clear and any ink residue.
The outer nozzles are robust so you can apply a decent amount of pressure to clear away the ink. Please remember to be sure not to touch the electrical contacts

Once the nozzles have been wiped down, dab the nozzles onto a kitchen roll to clear the water away. You will no doubt see a fair amount of ink on the kitchen towel as the photo.

Take the print heads and insert back into the Canon printer and print the large format purge file that is included on the DVD supplied with the fluid. Then print a nozzle check to compare this with the original.

If you have a complete (perfect) nozzle check, you can now return to normal printing. However, if your nozzle check is still not complete, take out the print head as step 1 and proceed to step 5.

STEP 5 - Cleaning inside the Print Head:
Once the print head(s) are out of the printer, hold the print head securely ensuring that you do not touch the electrical contacts. Hold the printhead over a plastic cup.

Take the syringe provided and pull 10ml of the Magic Bullet inside. With the lever of the syringe in the "out" position, insert the syringe into a nozzle (whichever channel is not complete on your previous nozzle check), so the fluid flows through the print head and out through the bottom nozzle and into the cup.

Repeat this process as required (only for the nozzle(s) that are not achieving a perfect nozzle check).

STEP 6 - Remove Excess ink from Print Head:

With the syringe in the "in" position, insert this into a nozzle that has been cleaned as step 5. Pull out on the syringe so that the ink from inside the print head flows into the syringe.

Squirt the ink that has entered the syringe into the plastic cup. Repeat this process for the nozzles that did not achieve a perfect nozzle check.

STEP 7 - Clean up and Re-insert:
As previous, use a qua-tip soaked in the fluid to wipe the nozzles clear of ink and soak this up with kitchen towel. Reminder: Be careful to avoid contact with the electrical contacts.

Once the print head is dry and clean, re-insert into the print head(s). As before, print a complete Canon wide format purge file that is included on the DVD.

Finally, print a nozzle check to confirm you now have a perfect ink flow. Purchase the magic bullet below ...