> I'd say do not give up so easily on it.

I won't. But right at he moment I shouldn't be looking at anything 
except key project or going on holoiday tomorrow :-).
If a head turned upo at the right price I'd probably buy it regardless 
as I value this printers pre-chip capability and large tanks compared 
to some. (Not large, just relatively). IF it lives I may buy it a 
continous inking system. Having a spare head would not be a disaster. 
Someone else has a IP4000 here with claimed head problems.

> Unless your compressed air tore one of
> the contacts to the id chip inside it is most likely that the 
> printer 'thinks'
> that the head got unprimed (very likely) and that it is/may be a 
> refurbished
> head as it has 'seen' it before. You could try swapping heads with 
> another
> identical printer if you have access to one.

> I'd put the head in lukewarm alcohol+dest. water for a few hours and 
> see what
> happens then (do not dry the head after that, just wipe the outside 
> dry).

I'll try all the tricks I can in due course. Thanks for the 
suggestions.




        Russell 

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