How to remove printhead Canon MX922, MX925, MX722 Printers
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- Canon made it a bit tricky to remove printer head, but with a little knowledge it is as simple as it was on previous models. This procedure will apply to all Canon Pixma printers that use Canon 250, 251, 270,271, 280, and 281 ink cartridges. Basically all Canon printers that use 5 or 6 ink cartridges and were produced after 2016.
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Fantastic video. This 77 year old managed to put a new printer head in without problem after watching your demo. So thrilled and you saved me getting a new printer. Thank you so much!
You are welcome! Thank you so much for sharing! Have a great day!
Thank you so much!!!!! A number of people give directions on how to take the printer head out, but YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE who explained the barrier that needs to be moved first so I was unsuccessful till I saw your video. The others also did nonsensical things like rinse the toner cartridge and stick it right back in the machine. Thanks again for helping me learn how to remove the printer head correctly!!!!!
With my large black print totally blocked, I was at a loss how to go at trying to clean the heads. Finding this and to find how simple and well designed this printer is to clean the heads, your video saved the day for me. Thank you!
That's awesome that you cleaned the printhead and got the printer to work right! Thanks for your feedback. Have a great day!
Your plain instructions worked perfectly and saved me from having to buy a new printer!
Thank you so much mate, a tech was going to charge me $250AU to fix it. I followed your instructions and it works perfectly now. You are a legend. Cheers, John
Hello, John! I'm glad you were able to do this yourself! Thanks for sharing. Have a great day!
Thank you for this. I picked up the MX922 for $12 at a thrift store and this got it working.
YOU HAVE JUST SAVED ME SO MUCH TIME AND MONEY! Sorry shouldn't yell but I am super excited. Thank you so much!!! I don't need to buy a new printer or even a new printhead. THANK YOU!!!!!
Thank you so much for this video man, printer prices have sky rocketed, was able to remove my print head, clean it, and boom my printer is working just like day 1 again!
WOW!!! You made it look so easy. In practice, it was even easier. Hadn't used the printer for a few years as I have a black and white laser. Now I needed it and the jets were clogged. Didn't even occur to me the print head could be removed and cleaned. You did this video as if we haven't got a clue how to do this (and I didn't). Took only 2 minutes while watching the video. Thanks for the time it took to do the video.
Excellent video, unlike others you show exactly how to remove and replace the head, I washed mine thoroughly under ordinary running water, dried it, put it back and it cured the B200 error
If cleaning the print head doesn’t cure the B200 error then what else do I try? Or am I shopping for a new printer?
About six months after I cleaned the head, the printer completely died, so I bought a new one.
This was a really useful video and helped me avoid buying a new printer. The pigment black had completely stopped printing and I was able to fix the problem by soaking the print head in warm water for a couple of hours.
That's great! I am happy for your success. I know what a relief it is to get printhead to work again. Good work! Have a great day and thank you so much for sharing!
Thanks a Million!! I've been trying refilled cartridges but they don't last as long as originals and the clogged up the ink feed and printheads. I didn't know the printhead was removable,your guide is simple and very well done :)
Thank you very much for the feedback! Have a great weekend!
Thank you so much. It worked - MX922 only had > 2001 pages. My PGBK was totally plugged and no Black copies. Now everything works !!!. Do you mind if I mention you on Canon Community. No body answered me or anyone else with similar problems. Just did a search one how to remove the print head and found you with all the answers. Thanks Again !!
I fallowed your instructions using Q-tips with Denatured Alcohol to clean the print head and I have my printer back. Thank you so much!!!
You're welcome! Thank you so much for the feedback! Good work fixing your printer!
NO help from Canon support. Advised to purchase a new printer. Tomorrow, I will remove the print head as shown. Wish me luck. Normally I am a guy who reads about mechanical stuff. You have inspired me to DIY.
Good luck to you with the printer! Thank you for watching our videos. I hope they help. Let me know what is going on with your printer....
If I didn't see your video I would never know how to get the printhead out. Thanks!
Thanks for sharing! I'm glad I could help! Have a great day!
Thank you. My yellow clogged after a couple of months with no ink in it. I put in fresh ink and orange was coming out pink. Canon made it seem impossible to remove the printhead like it was screwed in, but this video made it really simple.
I'm glad you found it helpful. Thanks. Have a great day!
@@303electronics Just popped it back in after soaking for a few hours in warm water and some dawn soap. Prints coming out perfect now.
@@newphilmz3605 That's great! I also appreciate it when a printhead is easily accessible in a printer. Thanks for sharing.
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You're welcome!
Thank you, this video and the other one about cleaning the print head solved my B200 error in my Canon MX925. It was not too difficult to perform. BTW, I did not just soak the print head but cleaned it in an ultrasonic cleaner that I happen to own. For the record, I did not flush the ink channels because I did not have a fitting hose. But just cleaning and drying did the trick already. Thanks again.
Doing the mesa as we speak in a small tub of alcohol. Amazing how much ink was in the head. Hoping it fixes its B200 error.
Cannot thank you enough! Printer that I believed was history is now operating like new! 👍
That's great! Thank you for sharing!
Awesome! Thank you so much for the video. I have been trying to clean the print head multiple times to no avail. This video did the trick!
That's great! Thanks for the feedback. Enjoy your weekend! 🙂
Perfect! Thank you so much! Got my printer printing again, after 10 minutes of easy effort! You're the BEST!! :D
I'm happy you got it fixed. Thank you very much for sharing! Have a great day!
@@303electronicsI spoke too soon. Stopped printing again this morning. Ugh!
Many thanks for this. The previous time we spent at least half an hour trying to get the print head out and then back. Your clear explanation made it a matter of seconds.
Great! I'm happy to help. Thank you!
me too.
thank u !
Thanks for your video I saved my printer by cleaning the printhead!!
Simple as that! I'm glad you got it fixed! Have a great day!
Thanks, that was really helpful. Once you learn how to do it it's simple and it can really extend the life of your printer.
You don't need to manually move the print head holder. If you press and hold "Stop/cancel" the print head holder will move to the correct position - the display will read "the print head holder is now in the remove print head position" or something similar.
Thanks for the tip. You are correct!
Totally works.
Thanks! I was able to unclog and fix my printer in about 10 minutes and it's working great. Thanks for the tutorial. Saved me a lot of time....and money. ;)
How can I clean it what do I need to do ?
You saved me from buying a new printer, thank you!!
Me too, thank you!
Thank you. Complete and usable explanation. Very helpful.
Thank you so much! Saved me from buying another printer. I bought this used so idk if she ever cleaned it and I’ve done a ton of printing.
That's great! Thank you so much for the feedback! Have a great day!
THANK YOU!!! I thought I'd have to get a new printer but running it under water for about 15 minutes worked! We tried cleaning with alcohol and qtips first but that didn't work.
You're welcome! Thanks for sharing! Have a great day!
Thank you. I was able to follow your directions easily.
Thanks for the feedback. Have a great weekend!
Your video is a big help, witch type of cleaning solution we use?
I know this is an old post, my print head is out of alignment, I'm interested in what solution you used for cleaning your print head please & excellent tutorial as well
Thank you!! I bought a replacement print head. And this video helped me install the new one!! Thanks a bunch!! You rock!! Just subscribed and liked!!
Thank soooooooo much because of you I was able to clean My ink Jet on my 922 Canon and now it work as good as new. Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You're welcome! Thank you for sharing!
great video do you happen to have a video that shows you how to soak and clean the heads?
Hi. Thank you. I have a video you may be looking for:
ua-cam.com/video/DFdM9Z6Nnxg/v-deo.html
Thanks for the helpful video. What was the solution that you used to clean the printhead? Also, did you submerge the printhead in the solution? Thanks again.
Hi. Tha ks for the feedback. I use 50%windex/10% ammonia/40% hot water. Makes a warm solution. I let the bottom of the printhead soak in solution, then rinse with warm water. You don't need to submerge the whole printhead. In any case, dry the back of the printhead before installing it back into printer.
Thanks for the reply. I have always used warm water but I will try your solution. Thanks again.
I had Error B200 and solved, thank you!
You're welcome! Thanks for the feedback!
Thank you mate, you helped me to solve and fix error B200 in my Pixma MX 925!
In less than two minutes you get me the solution not to buy another printer. Thank you!
That was the plan! Glad that worked for you! Have a great day!
@@303electronics What kind of solution did you use? dishwasher and water?
@@vidmarycuevas2921 Just windex or window cleaner with hot water. Or another solution that I like to use is "LA's Totally Awesome " cleaner sold in dollar stores like dollar tree or dollar general
Great video. Going to give it a shot.
Thank you. Soaking in alcohol now for a couple hours. PITA. Hopefully will fix this B200 error code on same printer!
if i don't have cleanong solution can i use warm water ???
Yes
I have same printer and some of the black lines now print out blurry. I use compatible ink. In photo mode it prints correctly. Should I buy a new print head?
Just try cleaning the printhead and you should be good. Run warm water on the printhead nozzles for a few minutes, the wipe with paper towel or napkins.
@@303electronics Cheers for your answer. But how come that in photo printing setting it prints correctly?
@@solarstorm2011 when printing photos, it uses more ink and puts out color in smaller lines. You can notice that it takes so much longer to print a 4x6 photo compared to a sheet of color print on regular paper setting, which is about 3x bigger.
Took the print head out, cleaned it by soaking in water and rinsing in running water. I took it out because magenta went out for no apparent reason. New magenta cartridge didn't fix it. Now I have no color at all, just black and white. I dried it in front of a heater overnight and replaced the print head in the morning. I ran "deep clean printhead" a bunch of times to get ink into the head but still no color. Any ideas? Could the print head not be installed correctly?
great Video - what type of cleaning solution should i use to soak it in please? Thanks, John
Windex or window cleaning solution works good. Mix with hot water 50/50. I also like a cleaner sold in most stores and all dollar stores. Its called LAS Totally Awesome". Also dilute with hot water to expedite ink dissolve process. Thank you for watching our video. Hopefully it helps your printer
@@303electronics I don't have Windex, but will vinegar and water work (50/50)? Will this fix a doubled/shadowed printing image from the black ink cartridges?
Thank you for this. The manual was not so forthcoming.
Very informative, very useful, & very helpful video. Much appreciated. I’m about to check your channel to see if you have more maintenance vids on that exact (MX922) model or similar, including hopefully how to clean the print head. (I may need to rewatch this one, I didn’t hear what solution specifically you planned on soaking printhead in, perhaps I missed it)
I just bought the MX922 used & while it works, it definitely has some issues, including a clear amount of ink staining in the internals (viewed via same method you display here behind cartridges, but on the white plastic roller components, & the horizontal metal bar that traverses the inside from edge to edge (if I’m not mistaken).
I’m wondering how far inside I should venture, (& learning how to access/remove the critical component in this video helps tremendously) &/or whether I should attempt to clean those components as well, if so how well, etc.
Canon doesn’t even seem to offer a true PDF on this model , seemingly only making it available as a .dmg, Or an “installer” for Max (.exe equivalent) as opposed to simple PDF. It further complicates matters that this model is around 5-6 years old now I believe.
Great video. What kind of cleaning solution do you use to soak the print head?
Thank you! I use windex mixed with warm water and a little ammonia. 2 parts windex/2 parts how water/1 part ammonia. Sometimes i use LA's Totally Awesome Cleaner just mixed with water, no ammonia.
Thank you for this. You saved me a lot of time and effort.
You're welcome! Glad to help. Have a great day!
That was super helpful, thank you!!!
I'm glad! Thank you very much for your feedback! 😀
How do you clean the head? What type of solution?
Where is the best place to purchase a replacement print head? Thank you.
Thank you so very, very much. Don't ever feel you are not appreciated. Much love!!!!!💯💥👌💋
Thank you so much! I really appreciate your support. Have a great weekend!!!!
Thank you very much for that good instruction video. It helped me save my printer!
You're welcome! Thank you for the feedback! I'm glad the video helped you. Have a great day!
Perfect explanation. Nice, simple, and efficient.
Thank you!
Just watched the video, and I don't know how to pry the back of the print head up. I'm having trouble getting it up and out. Is there a trick to it? Any instruction would be helpful. Thanks.
I did every thing to clean. now I have an erra code B200. is it time get another one?
Can you go into more details on how you clean it? Beyond "soak it for a few hours in a cleaning solution"
@@303electronics thank you
yes, what is a cleaning solution for this printhead. Somewhere else I read using hot water, isopropyl alcohol and q-tips?
Yes I would love to see a video of this print head soaking I'm a very big stickler for following instructions lol thanks
I just rinsed with hot running water in my utility sink, sprayed the nozzle parts on the gold area with electric contact cleaner, and blotted dry with a paper towel. Reinstalled right away and printed great!
What I did was put it under hot water until it stops leaking any color. It took a good 20 minutes to remove them all and I had to constantly flip the sides and shake it a couple of times in the end. Once it was all gone, I sun-dried it for a couple of hours and reinstalled it. I won't click and will feel loose until the color label thing is pushed inside. Once that's done I turned on the printer, and the B200 error was gone.
This is a great instructive video. Thanks bro
Glad it was helpful! Have a great day!
Thanks for the video! The head cleaning didn't work for me. Still have the faulty code.
FANTASTIC!! this helped. my my printer head was full of gunk and ink and dust. wow But what do you soak it in? is regular tap water ok?
Thanks. It's hot water and window cleaner like windex. Mix 50/50
I did everything you said. Got it done but black is still printing in bands. All other colors are fine. What now??
What kind of cleaning solution
What did you use to clean it once removed?
Just some warm water or you can do half hot water and half windex. See this video for more cleaning:
ua-cam.com/video/DFdM9Z6Nnxg/v-deo.html
@@303electronics Ok thanks. ill check it out. No colours are being printed even after weeks of trying to clean it and brand new ink. Time for the trash i think.
Very Informational. Thank you.
Very good video. I cleaned the print-head in warm water and let it soak in a bowl. I still got the error. I replaced all the ink cartilages with new ones and tried the hack several times. Still the error.
I again cleaned the print-head in warm water and concentrated on the round pads that the ink goes into from the cartridge turning the cartridge upside down some. I did a better job this time and kept soaking it in a bowl and cleaning it until no more ink showed up. I put back the ink cartridge that were removed about 15 hours ago and still got the error.
Is this print-head hopeless and needs replacing or do you think there's something else going on. I've had this printer for about 5 years and never had this B200 error before. I have used it a lot about 5-10 pages a day. Thanks for your excellent help already with this video
You're welcome. I'm sorry you weren't able to fix the issue. Yes, the printhead at this point usually needs to be replaced. Actually, in most cases, when the B200 error pops up, the printhead may need to be replaced.
@@303electronics Thanks so much for your insight on this. I thought I must be doing something wrong, so I did it 2x. But I now feel good about the printhead I ordered from Amazon for $29 and free shipping. I'll get it tomorrow. I hope this post helps others in a similar situation
Thank you. Figured it would help. But now all the colors do not print now, just the pigment black. It's a brand new reputable printhead replacement. Seems the CMY and dye black purge lines are clogged now? Any ideas? Thanks!
Cleaned the squeegees and the encoder strip too.
Hi. Do you have enough ink in the cartridges?
@@303electronics yes. Have tried different ones and also swapped heads with different printers. Seems the printer itself may now be the issue as the heads work on other printers. Something in the printer is not letting the CMY dye black not work now... just the pigment blacK only.
oh. I totally missed the bit where you pulled the locking lever at the bottom front, at first. Took me a few rewinds to get it.
so my printer wont power on. so how do i remove the ink. the ink is brand new. im looking all over for disassembly for removal.
great, precise and quick tutorial, very helpful, thanks!
What if one of the cartridges is stuck? How do you remove it?
my printhead has clips holding it in. Not sure how to deal with these.
Perfect. Just what I needed. Thanks!!
I have MX926. and I have error b200. I done everything, hard reset, clean ink basket. Still same error. I found cleaning or changing drain sponge will help, but I can't find this on You Tube or don't know how to get into it. Any idea?
Thanks very helpful. A few tips on soaking would have been helpful - see below. Thanks all for the additional soaking tips.
Hi. I use LA's Totally awesome cleaner for soaking printhead. It is sold in dollar stores in USA. I mix half hot water, half cleaner. Also, windex and ammonia work. 1/3hot water/1/3 ammonia/1/3 windex.
To move the printhead holder to the remove position just hold the STOP button for 5 sec or so!
What is the STOP button ?
I see only Wifi, Power, Home and Return.
I assume you must do it _before_ pulling the power cord
What can you use to manually clean it? IPA?
Thank you! Worked for me as well. Great tutorial.
If I am to order a replacement Cannon Prixma MX922 printhead, what information Do I need. ? Is there a number on the printhead that I can quote? Thanks
thank you! this was very helpful. I appreciate your knowledge.
This saved the day. Thank you!
You're welcome! Glad to help!
When I tilt the print head forward to remove, it can not be pulled past the roof of that housing. It is too large for it. Any suggestions please?
I had that problem and just used my other hand to apply a small amount of pressure to the upper part of the housing unit above the head while I tilted the head forward and it came out.
Thanks. Super helpful!
Glad it was helpful! Thank you for the feedback! Have a great day!
Thanks, it was very helpful for me.
You're welcome! 🙂🙂🙂
b200 error can be solved replacing the printhead?
The printer is now "printing" pages without ink, i.e., blank pages, and the error message says the toner cartridge needs to be replaced. I can't find anything online about replacing "toner" cartridges, only ink cartridges. Any thoughts?
Hi. If you have a Canon mx922 series printer, they have ink, not toner. Does it tell you on the computer screen or on the printer screen about the toner?
@@303electronics Yes, the message on the Microsoft surface laptop was that the toner cartridge needed to be replaced. This was puzzling, because the printer is probably 5 years old, and I've replaced ink cartridges multiple times, but had never heard anything about a toner cartridge.
I tried doing maintenance/cleaning through the menu yesterday, but there's still no ink being released. I also replaced a couple ink cartridges that were flashing red, and all the cartridges now have solid red lights.
Thanks for Help, very good Video !
Hi, my printer head (Canon MX925) is stuck on the right side..Any suggestions how i can get it into the middle. i tried to move it but it is impossible. The printer is showing the support code b200 and is doing nothing than a wired rattle :( I would appreciate your help.
What is the cleaning solution?
Its is 1/2 part window cleaner with ammonia and 1/2 hot water. In the video below, I mention it.
ua-cam.com/video/DFdM9Z6Nnxg/v-deo.html
Great video, Thanks.
Thanks for watching! Have a great day!
I cleaned it and it still doesn't work, anything else I can do? I just bought a entire set of ink. Get instructions do you sell a new head or what I need? Thanks
How did you clean it? Did you put it under hot water?
I have a MX922 and I can not get the front panel (with colors on it) to drop down. Was afraid to force it. Any suggestions?
mine pulls out. Pull towards you?
Thanks a lot, this really helped and showed exactly how to manage the problem! :))
thanks for this
You're welcome
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Thanks!
When I put the print head back on I received error message saying I have the wrong head.
Did you ever get the solution to this, that's what mine is doing?
Thank you sir!
Thank you. It worked!