No telling how long it will last, hopefully for several years, during which I can hit the print button without cringing at the cost. I quickly ran a head cleaning sequence and a print head alignment and now it it working very well. So I did a soak and rinse, dried the print head, installed some fresh ink, and after a few tries it came to life. With the troubleshooting lights flashing, there is no way that I know of to do a routine print head cleaning. The problem is: When I have the quality set to 'standard' or 'draught' it doesn't print colour properly.

I have never had any problems with it up until about a month ago. Hi, I have a Canon i560 printer, which is roughly 4 years old. Two of the ink cartridges were empty and had probably been that way for some time. Canon i560 problem - colours printing in stripes. Anyway, this particular printer did not work initially - it gave a troubleshooting code that the print head was defective. Often it is an ink clogging problem that can be corrected with running the head cleaning sequence, or by removing the print head and doing a more aggressive soak and rinse procedure using diluted Windex or other solvent. One problem with these older printers is that the print heads eventually quit working. Confirm the message, and then click the 'Execute' button. Select the ink tank color(s) for deep cleaning ('All Colors', 'Black', or 'Color'). Click the Maintenance tab, and then click the 'Deep Cleaning' icon. I have a newer Canon Multipass that I use for photo work. Click your right mouse button on the listing for your printer, and then select 'Properties' from the menu that appears. These printers are solid workhorses and economical to operate for routine printing.

Make sure that the printer is on and then click OK. Click to display the items you need to check before performing deep cleaning. When the dialog opens, select the ink group for which deep cleaning is to be performed. It also uses the same ink cartridges, which I have a bunch of, and they are cheap to replace. Select Cleaning from the pop-up menu on the Canon IJ Printer Utility. I bought this printer because it is very similar in features and operation to my old Canon i550 which recently gave out on me.

Canon i560 printer cleaning