Printer grease

[headphonesman]

Thanks, everyone. I did order some from an eBay seller...will post results at a later time.

All I would add to the above helpful advice and information is this:-

About 6 months ago I had the MP600 repaired under warranty for a malfunction in the paper feed path. The repair was carried out at my home by an engineer subcontracted by Canon. The physical fault was found quite quickly but the re-assembly gave further (temporary) faults , during the waiting to "fire up " on each occasion I chatted with the engineer about the Canon machines and their working .

He said that one fault that had been common was that at manufacture some machines had the incorrect grease used on the " lift bar mechanism " (or similar) , this gave an error code of "xxxxxx" , all that was required was that the engineers cleaned off all original grease and used the "replacement" grease indicated by Canon.
They had put out a Service Bulletin to this effect indicating the machines affected and the grease to be replaced, even if the fault was not evident at that particular call out.
Other than that , Canons were " not a lot of trouble." He was a very good engineer , he was here for 3 hours and knew exactly what he was doing, the time was due to having to put the machine completely back together each time to test it.

To summarise my points.:-

a) Even Canon can get it wrong
b) Incorrect Grease can cause a problem with "the lift bar mechanisms correct operation"

I cannot be more specific on the details, I hope you will have no problems in any way with your home servicing, I felt I should pass this on , it may help in your eventual success..

 

[Manuchau]

headphonesman, that is really interesting ...thanks for the additional info.

 

[fotofreek]

What is the function of the liftbar mechanism? I have a friend's ip5000 that had little use before showing the "paper out" error, even when loaded with paper. I haven't bothered to look at it yet but would like to get it functioning for him. I bought an ip5000 for my wife at the same time, and the only paper feed problem that she encountered was from a push pin falling into the feed area from her bulletin board which is directly above the printer. Difficult to see and remove until I held the printer upside down and shook it.

 

[Smile]

AFAIK liftbar mechanism allows cd printing.

 

[Ron350]

Manuchau

Any update on the new grease?

 

[Manuchau]

Yes... It arrived last week. It is called Sleek Silicone lubricant.

I'm using it on one of my older ip3000s which was making a terrible racket. So far, it seems to be working well, and the printer is running smoothly and quietly. I'll post again after a few weeks or so when I give it more time.

 

[lolopr1]

Yes... It arrived last week. It is called Sleek Silicone lubricant.

I'm using it on one of my older ip3000s which was making a terrible racket. So far, it seems to be working well, and the printer is running smoothly and quietly. I'll post again after a few weeks or so when I give it more time.

You won't be disappointed with the results, like I said before I've been using Sleek for over a year now and no complains this grease works like magic and is really cheap.

 

[Bird333]

Manuchau, do you still like the grease?

 

[Manuchau]

Yes...It has worked beautifully.. I have used it on other printers as well and it has been perfect. Highly recommended.

 

[jimbo123]

my "sleek" paintball grease arrived today for my MP830

any pointers on:

- should the bar be cleaned first, if so how ?

- how much and method to apply grease

- power on or off, also how to get the print head out the the way

much thanks

jim


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