Well I have had this printer since 2011 and it has had a few problems. I had new print heads and some other work by Canon about 5 years ago and it had been working pretty well, other than the NIC card going bad. Now I am trying to decide to throw more money at it or to junk it.
A couple of weeks ago I received an error - 03800500-2F30 which could indicate a print head problem or many other things. It would print after restarting it however. Now, after investing in about 5 new ink carts, I am getting Error E161-403F, which indicates that the left print head has a problem. I tried removing the print head and cleaning it and now I get a message that the print head has a fault.
I am taking delivery of a new Pro 4000 in about a week, but would love to get some more use out of this monster (especially the ink), so i am considering trying a new print head. But of course that may mean the other print head is ready to go, or maybe a totally different problem may be present in addition to the print head.
I know one can make a decision for me, but what would you do? These seem to be fairly problematic machines and it may be a money pit and I am not ready to pay Canon $1500 to repair it. So, plunk down the cash for a risky print head solution, or junk it?
Thanks