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August 10, 2008

Reset Waste Ink Counter (Clearing Waste Ink Absorber Full Error) for Group B

Related models:
canon i250,255,320,350,355
canon pixma ip1000,1200,1300,1500,1600,1700,1800,1880,2200,2580 etc.


Hi everybody! In the previous post I have told you how to reset waste ink counter for group A. Now I will explain how to fix Waste Ink Absorber Error for printer categorized in Group B (see also ..). One of type of this group is ip1000. Well, here is the procedure.

To reset waste ink counter for group B, perform the following step:
  1. Enter service mode.
  2. Connect USB cable (you may also connect USB cable before entering service mode, no problem).
  3. Run General Tool for each series from your computer; select below procedure which appropriate with your printer model.

For i320/xnu i320

  • Select USB port
  • In destination set: choose 1 for xnu i320, or choose 2 for i320.
  • Exit general tool and run your printer as usual.

For i250 series (255/350/355), ip1000,ip1500

  • Select USB port
  • Mark EEPROM clear check box.
  • Click Test Pattern button, wait until a pattern completely printed.
  • Exit general tool and run your printer as usual.
Note: ip1000 & have the same procedure with i255 series.

For ip1200 series (1200/1600/2200), ip13000 series (1300/1700), ip1880


  • Select USB port
  • Click waste ink counter: Main & Platen
  • Exit general tool and run your printer as usual.
If you dont't have EEPROM resetter (general tool) yet, you can follow the link provided in this blog.

Related posts:
Entering Service Mode
Reset Waste Ink Counter for Group A
Reset Waste Ink Counter without Replacing Absober
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3 comments:

admin said...

Update:
Here are download links for General Tools support for this post:
Canon i250,255,350,355
http://www.ziddu.com/download/3061459/Canoni255_355GeneralTool_Win98.rar.htmlhttp://www.ziddu.com/download/3061511/Canoni255_355GeneralTool_Win2kXP.rar.html
Canon i320
http://www.ziddu.com/download/3061410/Canoni320GeneralTools_xp.rar.html
http://www.ziddu.com/download/3061305/Canoni320GeneralTool_98.rar.html
Canon pixma ip1000
http://www.ziddu.com/download/3061229/CanonPixmaiP1000GeneralTool.rar.html
Canon pixma ip1500
http://www.ziddu.com/download/3061195/CanonPixmaiP1500GeneralTool-xp-98.rar.html
Canon pixma ip1200,1600,2200
http://www.ziddu.com/download/3061121/nonPixmaiP1600_2200GeneralTool_EEPROMRestore-xp-98.rar.html
Canon pixma ip1880
http://www.ziddu.com/download/3063183/GeneralToolsforCanonPixmaip1880-xp.rar.html
For Canon pixma ip1300 series will be coming soon

admin said...

To download, just copy and paste links above to your browser

Anonymous said...

LIFESAVER!!! thank you!