So I recently bought a very cheap used ipf8100 that needed a new print head. In moving it up to my apartment, it was tilted a little too far off-axis for the level 1 move we had set it up for, and it leaked ink from one end (the end away from the display). The ink that came out was green, however, the green ink tank is on the other side. I believe that the yellow and blue ink leaked and mixed together before dripping out of the printer. I opened the printer up, and there isn't any ink outside of the black tray below the ink assembly, and the printer turns on just fine (though it's asking for two new ink tanks, so it won't go online just yet, and I image it will still need a print head, unless all the jostling cleared the jets). My question is this: where could the printer have leaked from? I understand the 8100/9100 have auxialliary ink reservoirs between the tanks and the lines. If it was indeed these that leaked, could they have cross contaminated each other? Will this introduce air into the lines? And if I am totally in over my head, how much will it cost for labor for a canon serviceman to come visit? Is it still possible/ethical to get the canon extended service package? Cheers, Rphotoboy.
