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Post #3219348

2026-05-13 09:04 UTC

Reading the Canon PIXMA TS6360a user manual, I was disappointed to discover that the “Troubleshooting” section has nothing about removing a full-on ant nest from your printer. C’mon Canon, you’re letting the side down here!

Replies (6)

  • @justkwin@toot.community 2026-05-13 09:04

    Oh, and if you ever find yourself in this situation, a 3 kW household vacuum cleaner with the finest nozzle does a pretty reasonable job. I’ve no idea whether it got the queen though, so I’m still not sure if it’s safe to bring the printer back into the house.

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  • @kithrup@wandering.shop 2026-05-13 09:17

    @justkwin@toot.community You know, Brother laser printers never have that problem...

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  • @ahltorp@mastodon.nu 2026-05-13 10:50

    @justkwin@toot.community My first step would be to scare them into moving everything out themselves. Don’t they have procedures for moving out the eggs when the nest is compromised?

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  • @juandesant@mathstodon.xyz 2026-05-13 11:11

    @justkwin@toot.community I think @futurebird@sauropods.win would find this quite interesting…

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  • @JamesTech@mstdn.social 2026-05-13 12:54

    @justkwin@toot.community a whole new kind of debugging

    Open ##3433192

  • @justkwin@toot.community I had an ants' nest in my keyboard. I seem to remember them trying to set up inside a graphics tablet too, at one point.

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