The printhead is toast. Look on eBay for BC-33e. Quite a few are available
at a low price and some have the ink tanks as well.
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Ron Cohen
"seabat" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Howdy: Got a problem with my folks' S400 Canon printer. Can't seem to
> get the black to work. I've replaced the ink tank, soaked the pad on
> both the tank and the cartridge with alcohol with no success. Ran
> through full ink tanks once on deep cleaning cycle (except for black,
> it's still full). Any ideas short of buying a new print head? The
> three colors work fine.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> The Seabat
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