Canon service tool v2000

[pixmania]

Isopropyl alcohol is not the best printhead cleaner. Much better is a water/alcohol mixture with about 20% alcohol, as the ink is not alcohol based but water based. a window cleaner with ammonia is better or you could use pharmacist's cleaning solution, which I think is just as good as the window cleaner: http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=38818#p38818

You see it is like the printer has a built in flight data recorder, It is hard to hide anything from the Canon service technician or others with access to a service tool.

I don't understand the low DF value, but try to check it again after a month, with no more service mode operations in the meantime. If that doesn't help. I'm out of ideas.

hi pbj,
just pondering over the eeprom read out 4x6+KG=00008, the 00008 does match the df= value and the 4x6 matches the 24 month initial df= value (see page 54/62) so the +KG must be a minus count value. in my case KG must be -16 i.e. 24+ -16 =00008. so dont know if there is a KG value to set in the eeprom or maybe the extra absorber button in v3200 resets to 24 months.
px.

 

[pixmania]

below is another link for download and use of canon service tool v3200, its a long link because that is the translate page as it was a non english site.

http://translate.google.co.uk/trans...X&ei=T1kKUb-_CMXP0QWmx4HYCw&ved=0CHYQ7gEwCTgK

 

[PeterBJ]

Thanks for one more link. It is nice to have in case the other links stop working

 

[pixmania]

Thanks for one more link. It is nice to have in case the other links stop working

hi, does anybody know which service tool is the correct one for pixma mg6150. i believe it is v1.050 but has anybody actually used a tool on the mg6150 and confirmed it works?
my brother tried v1.050 on his mg6150 and said he got error 06?
px.

 

[Tudor]

You can try all the versions and see wich one works. Do an EEPROM print to check. Also, are you sure his printer was in ServiceMode when he used the software?

 

[PeterBJ]

Tudor wrote:

.....Also, are you sure his printer was in ServiceMode when he used the software?

That is also what I think. According to tests I did: An Error 0002 means that a function not supported by the printer was chosen. An Error 0006 means that the printer has not entered service mode.

 

[pixmania]

Tudor wrote:

.....Also, are you sure his printer was in ServiceMode when he used the software?

That is also what I think. According to tests I did: An Error 0002 means that a function not supported by the printer was chosen. An Error 0006 means that the printer has not entered service mode.

yep i think you're right i just fired up my printer normally and not in service mode and when i went to print the eeprom it responded with error 06. he obviously is not doing something correctly.
px.

 

[pixmania]

Tudor wrote:

.....Also, are you sure his printer was in ServiceMode when he used the software?

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some more info on my brothers attempt to waste ink reset on his mg6150, v1.050 just wouldn't work he kept getting error 06. So he decided to try the v3200 which prints out the eeprom on my mg5250 and bingo it functioned perfectly the first time. So you mg6150 users take heed v3200 is the one for you.
Strange though using v3200 on my mg5250 the top line of the eeprom printout reads EUR V1.050 which i gather indicates firmware version???

 

[PeterBJ]

The V2000 and older versions only work with 32 bit Windows. The newer versions 3200 and 3400 also work with 64 bit Windows. Maybe this is the explanation?

 

[smikey]

hi there! does anyone know which service tool can be used for pixma mg2150?