MX885 - Equivalent overseas models? Service manual, mode, tool?

[benryanau]

Hi all,
Been lurking for ages, waiting for my first issue with the recent MX885... which I'll cover in another post.
Swapped to cheap but well-made/designed clear refillables with auto-reset chips after the horror of the opaque cart refills.
Trying to get to the botom og a U150 (Not recognised) issue, but this model number seems to be APAC/Oceania (and maybe a few other regions).
Would anyone know what the worldwide or US equivalent model is? It would help me a lot.

Basically I'm looking for a service manual, a method for entering service mode, and a service tool.

With those I might be a bit closer to getting things ironed out and also insure against the "waste ink" circus down the track.
Thanks
Ben

 

[turbguy]

I looked up your stated model. Since it is capable of printing directly to CD/DVD's, it probably has no US equivalent, as EPSON owns that patent in the US. Good luck!

Wayne

 

[benryanau]

Sorry mate I should have included a link to it.
The rear tray path is curved so I can't see how it takes a disc.. can you link up the info for this? I actually looked a while ago to see if it would and I had no positive hits.

 

[turbguy]

OOPS! My apologies, the link I read was confusing....it can't print CD/DVD's due to it's ADF (sorry, my bad). I was unable to find the US equivalent.

The link I followed:

http://www.trustedreviews.com/Canon-PIXMA-MX885_Printer_review

Wayne

 

[santer]

Listed on the UK site

http://www.canon.co.uk/For_Home/Product_Finder/Multifunctionals/Inkjet/PIXMA_MX885/

http://www.canon.co.uk/Support/Syst...correct. Install the correct print head. U052

http://www.canon.co.uk/Support/System/Search.aspx?TcmUri=tcm:14-817924

The US site has an 892

 

[The Hat]

Hi all,
Been lurking for ages, waiting for my first issue with the recent MX885... which I'll cover in another post.
Swapped to cheap but well-made/designed clear refillables with auto-reset chips after the horror of the opaque cart refills.
Trying to get to the botom og a U150 (Not recognised) issue,
Thanks
Ben

You problem is duff ARC chip and the best way to get around this is to use your OEM chip and a resetter.

I wouldnt hold out much creditability in your well made/ designed refillables either,
I mean if they cant even provide a good quailty ARC chip on them there is no more to be said about their quality..

 

[benryanau]

Yeah I was a bit disappointed with the dud chip, it happened when I pulled the cart and refilled it.
Physically the card is well made, good plugs, sponge, good outlet flow, clean to fill..
I'll take your advice and grab a resetter, and swap the OEM chips on as the ARCs die.

Are all the resetters the same? I mean, it would seem either they work or they don't. Battery is probably easier than USB if there's no functional differences.

 

[The Hat]

Are all the resetters the same? I mean, it would seem either they work or they don't. Battery is probably easier than USB if there's no functional differences.

No all resetters are not the same they are designed to work with only one type of chip
so make sure you get a resetter specially make for your chip number.

Battery resetters are far cheaper than USB resetters that is usually the only difference between them.

 

[benryanau]

Thanks Hatter, yeah I know each model of resetter is coded to a specific family of cartridges.

I'd love to know what the actual mechanism is, whether the chip is a serial eeprom (they mustn't use fuse bits).. and whether the resetter just burns the chip's ink/droplet memory locations with the values off of a new chip..

Nice to know the USB jobs are just a pricey gimmick, I'm happy with the battery.

I've got a fair few questions still, if you'd be so kind as to educate me I'd appreciate it

Do you know if cartridges that have reached really-empty-empty stage can still be refilled and reset? Or does the printer blow fuse bits in the chip, buggering it for good?
Can chips with "unrecognizable cartridge" errors be "reflashed" with the resetter? Or is it limited to droplet counters only?


I'd also like to get some opinions on the following scenario..
Say the printer has a certain cart (and I assume they have unique ID#s) with the optical ink sensor reading "open" (eg nearly empty). The user refills the cart, now the printer detects that the impossible has occured and the ink level has risen - which means the droplet counters and the optical level sensor are very mismatched.
Will the printer "pop" the chip? I ask because this is what I suspect might have happened to my ARC refill. I didn't power off the printer when I refilled it - I just popped the yellow cart, topped it up and refitted. Pop, error U150.

Anywaythanks for the replies, keep them coming!

 

[The Hat]

benryanau
I've got a fair few questions still, if you'd be so kind as to educate me I'd appreciate it

Do you know if cartridges that have reached really-empty-empty stage can still be refilled and reset? Or does the printer blow fuse bits in the chip, buggering it for good?
Can chips with "unrecognizable cartridge" errors be "reflashed" with the resetter? Or is it limited to droplet counters only?

Lets separate the cartridge from the chip first.
You can do what you like to your cartridge, refill it as many times as you like and it wont let you down,
it just needs a clean out every now and then that is all.

Now I am referring to OEM cartridges here and not your average compatible cartridge which should be disposed of when used up i.e. (Empty).

Again I speak only of the OEM chips that are fitted to your cartridges that came with your Canon printer
and not any other 3rd party chips, all chips are indeed coloured coded.

With the proper resetter you can reset these chips whenever you like, half full, empty or empty empty (A big X )
makes no difference and you wont get the unrecognized error either, the printer itself does the droplet count not the chip.

If your cartridge is showing the yellow warning triangle and you remove it to refill when fitted with an ARC chip then
after refitting the cartridge back into the printer the on screen ink monitor should now show full again and the prism sensor will automatically reset.

Whether the printer is powered on or not during a cartridge exchange the same scenario will still apply,
however if the on screen ink monitoring shows cartridge empty empty A big X ) then in most cases the ARC chip will not reset..