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Hi, do you have any details on how to access the pads/box i.e pics or diagrams. I bought this printer assuming that the print head was easily removable as in earlier Canon models, this appears not to be the case with the mg7550. Is that correct.

hi, the service tool i used on the mg5250 was version v320. Is the tool not specific to just that printer or are you saying its compatible with the whole pixma range. i've heard that if you use the wrong tool you can freeze/brick the printer.

Hi, anybody out there know of a service engineers reset utility for resetting Canon pixma mg7550. I have a couple of service engineers versions that i used on the pixma mg5250 but i dont like to try those in case it bricks the printer.

Well i've been refilling jet tec carts for the pixma mg5250 for some time now and can report on no problems to date. The chip resets o.k with my resetter and to date i have had no problems. The ink monitor seems a little adrift on ink remaining, but if you refill when the guage hits the 2 bar...

my pixma mg 5250 makes a similar noise, i think its cleaning the rollers. go to the menu on the lcd display and run the clean rollers cycle from the set up menu, if you hear the same clicking then you'll know.

no mate, that's more likely to be me!:ep my brother has only had his mg6150 a year before he got the dreaded absorber full alarm. so i thought i'd get well ahead of the game...

at the moment i dont want to reset my counters but i have verified that the service tool i have is the correct one and works. when the time comes i'll be ready and not have to spend time faffing about for info and method. i have reset my counters to see if the tool functioned o.k, but have now...

hi, if you're talking about the printer firmware my 5250 eeprom readout says eur v1.050. i dont know where to get an update from and you'd have to be careful that you dont load in thw wrong one and crock your printer. i assume you've tried looking on canon sites for firmware updates. just found...

Great to see a little more info flowing into this thread.

Refilling the canon printer range has become more difficult with the newer printers as Canon have decided to make the carts completely opaque to make level assessment difficult. However with the mg5250 and the mg6150 and maybe other models which use cli525/526 carts you can make use of empty...

Hi, thought i'd kick off this new thread which is dedicated to the newer Canon's such as the mg range etc. i will start the post by repeating some info that i posted on another general thread. this is the link to the v3200 service tool which i know works on mg5250 and mg6150 and maybe other...

you're welcome mate, i just love it when we find ways of getting round manufacturers restrictive attempts to force expensive services upon us when it is well within the scope of the average user and also the fact that servicing generally costs more than replacing the printer. Where's the green...

this is the amended eeprom use, use button 2 to reset absorber D= and DF= and printout all in one click make sure you have paper loaded in cassette and rear tray. only need to use button 3 if you wish to reinstate a previous reading that was above zero%, in fact it is impossible to use buttons 2...

just sussed how v3200 works, i've just used the button marked 2 to reset ink counter and it spat out an eeprom readout instantly with D=000.0 and DF=01000. i then used button 3 and set the % to 20% i then had to click button 1 for readout which was D=020.0% DF=00004 i beleive to completely reset...

o.k, but what puzzles me is why 2 absorber resets. i only used the button numbered 3 and it altered the D= and the DF= values. what purpose does the button numbered 2 serve? :idunno

Hi, this post is directed to peterbj but anybody who has the answer is welcome to comment. I recently used service tool v3200 on my pixma mg5250 just as a trial run. Using only the bottom button ink absorber set I reset from 13% to 10%, on printing the eeprom the absorber D= did indeed change...

well today i bit the bullet and ran service tool v3200 on my pixma mg5250. i only used the bottom absorber reset and set it from 13% to 10% so as to confirm it altered. on printing out the eeprom the d= value changed from 13% to 10% and the df= changed from 6 to 9. so to reset the absorber...

octoinkjet doesn't at the moment produce a waste ink tank mod kit. for pixma mg5250. has anybody done a diy version for this printer as surely an external collect tank and relevant tubing cant be that difficult to improvise. have successfully mod'd this printer or know of a retail waste ink kit?

Yep i think so but i didnt touch that as it has a steel ball pressed into it and doesnt seem to go directly into the ink resevoir. i drilled a suitable hole directly into the resevoir and fill through that with no problem at all.

The orange plug on the top is where i drilled a fill hole for top fill method. i dont have any problem with top fill method. the plug is from a jet tec kit but now i use octoinkjet ink and their plugs. they have to be low profile plugs so as to clear the printer internals when the carrier goes...