I have a Canon MP360 multi functional printer. Since about a year ago now, it hasn't been printing right. It can print text, but very faintly, and it often misses printing about half way through each line of text. This is for both black and white.
After reading info on the internet, I've come up with 2 solutions. One costing money, and one not, but possibly not safe...
The first solution is to simply buy another printer head, but since it seems to cost £30, I'd rather not unless I need to. This is probably what put me off fixing it before. This would fix it if it's a lack of contact between the metal plates of the printer head and the printer, which is what my dad thinks.
The second way I've read is to put the bottom on the printer head (the ink bit only, not the metal bit) in a tiny pool of water on a saucer. This would hopefully clear out any blockages of ink.
The problem is, is that I don't know if it's a lack of contact between the printer head and the printer, or simply not enough ink getting through. Whilst I'm pretty sure that simply buying a new head would probably fix both causes, I'd rather try the other way assuming it's safe enough, and not going to damage anything.
Has anyone got any ideas? Or maybe even where to get cheap printer heads from?