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Looking at Ron's other printers,...he has been close with the iP4000 series and the iP4500 is just another version of the same printer,..3 basic colors plus and extra dye black to expand the gamit. Why would he ever jump into the fire with an 8 color wide format printer like the 9000 or even...

Peterbj,...the 6000 error code for the MP600 is a line feed error code,..which is telling you that when the printer issued a line feed command the printer either went too far or not enough. The line feed timing disk on the inside left of the main drive shaft probably has some dirty, ink, or...

@barf12,...Stratman is right,..you need to print something every day or at least 3 times a week. This keeps the ink in the head from drying up as well as the ink carts and the entire chain. I have one printer I have used for 7 years with the same ink carts,..just refilling them as required...

I'm like the old lady that lived in a shoe,... I have so many printers I don't know what to do. At one point I switched over to an MX860 to use Wirelss in my home, but the redesigned tight fit of the smaller ink carts gave me fits. So I got rid of it and went back to a MX850 which uses the...

Now that i see a much better image of the nozzle test I have to agree. Anyone want to guess what changed to bring his printer back from the B200. What shut his system down. Was it over temp of the head,..or over current detection in that power supply,...what was it that took it down,...and...

Websnail,...Long time no See. I've been off to "Never-Never land". Anyway this website has changed so much I can't find any of the things I need. I can't find a way to contact site help. I can find out how to update the information at the bottom of my post,. I looked at my profile and it...

jimbo123,....I want to thank you for proving to many others that this can be done and for mentioning my Repair Manual. Your pictures are outstanding and you must have had some experience in photography as most people never can get a good closeup and keep it in focus. For those interested...

Peterbj,....Wow,...you learn something everyday. I have just about every Service manual up through the MX870 and I've worked on just about all of them,...but since I've always known how to operate in Service Mode I really never read the manual that close. You are right about the MP530,..and I...

Bit head,...This is an interesting problem. Since we don't know what to expect as we look at your pictures we need something different. I suggest you printer a 6 color bar test sheet with the image about 5x7. This will show you any possible clogs, or ink starvation from the ink carts. If...

Aruiz,...first off you are very lucky that the printer came back to life after the B200 error. Now lets talk about the condition of the head. The nozzle test you included above doesn't have that much contrast but the PhotoCyan does show ink in both upper and lower sections. This tells me...

Ron,...thanks for the info,...but did you get this into off of the circuit board or from some slchematic. When you tested them were they all OK. You indicated the printer "Just powered off,..and that is a very common symptom and many times points to a defective AC adapter. You tested them...

Ron,..In your post above you mention the 3 special fuses in the AC adapter. I would appreciate any description, pictures, or instructions that would help with a dead AC adapter. Rather than post you could send me a message. Trigger 37

The reason that I have recommended to never turn your printer off and always print one document a day or at least inside of 24 hour is to avoid these cleaning cycles. Many people don't know what a "Gram" of is. Because I've torn apart and repaired so many Canon printers,..and tested them up...

I think that someone is missing the point of the post. The object is to refill the ink,... and to have the Canon ink monitor keep track of the level. No matter if the power is on or off if you remove and ink cart and refill it (AND RESET IT SO IT SHOW FULL) the printer will detect this and...

I thought I had better update my information on this subject,..not that it would change anything,..but just more useful information. My interest in this topic came up when I decided to get a Wireless printer for my office and puchased a used MX860. It was in rather good shape but of course it...

I know this subject has been posted a 100 times,... and I've made some of them myself. I've been helping people for years to deal with this problem and have sent out dozens of test files to help other isolate the problem between the printhead and the purge unit. Maybe it was Socraties that...

ROX,... The HAT is correct about the new printers. The key thing is that the new ink carts are much more of a pain to refill,..they hold less ink,..and they cost more. In addition the new printers seems to use up much more ink in the cleaning process. All of this puts $$$ out of your...

Rob,... I've posted a few bits about this and I regularly provide detailed PDF instructions to others. First off, depending on the usage of your printer, I don't think the pads would need detailed flushing more than once a year. It kind of depends on how many cleaning cycles are done. If...

barfl2,...I would agree with you point,..but it is not the only consideration. From my experience the best way to keep the printer in top condition is to ALWAYS KNOW THE STATUS OF THE INK,.. and at the same time keep checking on the total condition by printing a nozzle test print WHEN EVERY...

Websnail,...OK,.. now I know.