| | Why | |-----------|---------| | Use alcohol or acetone | Melts plastic nozzles and seals. | | Push hard with a syringe | Blows the internal ink channel seals (leaks forever). | | Remove the print head | L210 head is glued to dampers – removal usually destroys alignment. | | Clean with pins or needles | Scratches the nozzle plate – causes banding forever. | | Run more than 5 cleaning cycles in a day | Overheats the waste ink pump and saturates the waste pad. |
If soaking doesn’t work: