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May 13, 2010

How To Fix Stalled Print Jobs With Stalled Printer Repair

This tips could be useful for those who frequently print documents with many pages. Sometimes, printing process take so long in spooling process. When we print multiple documents,sometimes fail and usually the printer stop printing the documents because of the failure (error) of a queue of data that cannot be removed and we occasionally have to restart the computer to restart the printing process. Obviously this constraint will make us upset because...
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May 09, 2010

List of Maintenance Code of Canon MP198

As I told you in the previous post,we can perform maintenance action on Canon Pixma MP198 all in one printer without being connected to the computer. In other word,we can access maintenance menu from the printer display. To perform maintenance of the machine, press the Maintenance button repeatedly until the desired maintenance code below appears on the LED display, then press the Black or Color button. List of Maintenance Code Maintenance Code...
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May 01, 2010

Self Operation Canon MP198: Printing Nozzle Pattern

Canon Pixma MP198 all in one printer is one of multifunction printer which equipped with self operation (maintenance action) on the printer without connecting it to the computer. In this post,we will perform printing nozzle pattern to check nozzle condition. Preparation: Make sure that the printer is turned on Load a sheet of A4 or Letter-sized plain paper in the Rear Tray Open the Paper Output Tray, then open the Output Tray Extension. Set the Paper Thickness Lever to the left. Print the nozzle check pattern: Press the MAINTENANCE button repeatedly...
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April 29, 2010

How To Reset Ink Level of FINE Cartridge by Using iPTools Software

Our topic today is how to reset ink level of FINE cartridge such as PG40B,CL41C,PG830B,and CL831C by using iPTool universal resetter. iPTools software, as far as I know,is not Canon officially released software. Someone with high creativity has created it. Follow below procedure to reset ink level of FINE cartridge listed above. PROCEDURE Preparation: get iPTools universal reseter Turn the printer on and connect it to the computer Run iPTools universal...
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April 26, 2010

How To Reset Waste Ink Counter Epson CX6500 Manually

At this chance we talk about how to reset waste ink counter Epson CX6500. Epson CX6500 is a multifunction printer for SOHO user. When ink absorber of this all in one printer is full, reset waste ink counter is needed. There are two method that we can use as usual to reset waste ink counter Epson CX6500 multifunction inkjet printer: manual reset by button pressing combination and by using SSC software. To reset waste ink counter of this printer manually,please check the following steps. PROCEDURE Press and hold B/W + COLOR + STOP button Press...
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April 25, 2010

How To Reset Waste Ink Counter iP1000: Repost

This is an old topic I had written few years ago in this blog actually. Never mind,who knows it will be useful for new people who follows this blog. When Canon Pixma iP1000 inkjet printer shows message 'waste ink absorber is full' it needs waste ink absorber replacement. But,under urgent situation you can only reset waste ink counter without replacing waste ink absorber. Please check the following steps to reset waste ink counter Canon iP1000. PROCEDURE I....
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April 24, 2010

What's New on Printer Clinic?

Time to time I try to keep this blog simple and friendly for visitors of this blog. That's why I make some changes today. Look arround!. You see that no more download links for software like printer drivers and EEPROM resetters on the right side bar. I move these download links to the pages on the header menu. Visitor who need EEPROM Resetters for their printer may go to EEPROM Resetter page and you can find download links there. While other who need some printer drivers can directly go to Printer Driver page. Please read tips for downloading first...
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April 22, 2010

Useful Tips Before Loading The Paper in The Paper Tray

In the printing process, paper jam more frequently occurs on bad paper handling rather than mechanical failure of the printer. So,to ensure that printing process runs smoothly please pay good attention to the following tips before loading the paper in paper tray of your printer. Align the edges of paper neatly before loading. Loading paper without aligning the edges may cause paper jams. If paper is curled, hold the opposing curled corners and...
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April 17, 2010

Legal Limitation on Use of Image Reproduced by All in One Printer

Today all in one printer takes important role on reproducing colorful image due to its functionality: scan,copy,print. But,please be careful of legal limitation on use image reproduced by this multifunction printer. Note that it may be unlawful to make copies of, scan, print, or use reproductions of the following documents. The list provided is non-exhaustive. When in doubt, check with a legal representative in your jurisdiction. Document List: Paper money Money orders Certificates of deposit Postage stamps (canceled or uncanceled) ...
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April 12, 2010

Why Genuine Ink Cartridge and Paper?

Actually, there are some reasons why major brand printer vendor such as Canon,Epson,Lexmark,HP,etc recommend genuine consumable to inkjet printer user. Inkjet printer genuine consumable such as ink and paper are developed specifically for use with certain inkjet printers. In order to maintain the performance of your printer,it's strongly recommended that you use genuine ink cartridge. Using compatible ink cartridge (including ink cartridge refilled...
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April 10, 2010

Tutorial How To Reset Waste Ink Counter MX308 and MX318

Applicable Models: Canon Pixma MX308,MX318When ink absorber of Canon Pixma MX308 or MX318 is full, the printer will show error message 'Check Printer 5B00' on the printer display while 'Waste Ink Absorber Full' shows on the monitor. Do you know how to clear this error?. To fix this error you must reset waste ink counter of the printer. The procedure is listed below in chronological  order to help you perform the reset procedure correctly. PROCEDURE I. Enter Service Mode: Plug in power cable Hold down STOP/RESET button Hold down POWER...
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April 07, 2010

Canon Pixma iP4500 Printer Driver Add On Module for Windows 7

Canon iP4500 add on module  is driver update needed for running the printer on Windows 7 OS. The printer driver's functionality will be expanded with this driver update. This add on module officially support windows 7 both windows 7 versions 32 bit and 64 bit. First of all, you need to download ip4500 driver add on module  the software in the self-extracting form (.exe format) and save to your computer. Double click on the exe file that you downloaded and the installation will be started automatically as soon as self-extracting process...
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April 04, 2010

Printer Driver Add On Module for Windows 7

Some of inkjet printer user use windows 7 OS nowadays. May be you are one of them. As we know that windows 7 accommodate more device so it can be automatically detected on windows 7 (Plug and Play). The problem rise when user try to install their printer on that OS. The printer did not work. That is common problem used to happen to printer user. For example, you use Canon Pixma iP1880. In order to work properly the printer need an add on module to...
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Brother MFC-6490CW: Wireless All in One Printer Which Support A3 Paper Size

Currently, a printer is not merely have to be connected through a USB port. For instance, Brother MFC-6940CW all in one (multifunction) printer have another solution to connect the printer to the computer set. MFC-6940CW can be connected via a wireless device well known as WiFi that can be used without connecting cables. You are also free to place it where you want as far as it is still reached and connected to the wireless device. However, USB ports...
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March 28, 2010

Hewlett Packard Offers New 2 in 1 Large Format Printer

Most of the designers working in the field of engineering, sometimes prefer thinking about the design of drawings more than how to print the printer. Seeing this, Hewlett Packard (HP) offers their large format printer which is very easy to use. The three HP DesignJet T series are T1200, T770 and T620. Especially for T1200, printer designed for users of Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Geographic Information System (GIS) with the number of users of...
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March 22, 2010

Canon Introduced Highly Energy Saving Laser Printer

Canon Inc introduced a highly energy saving and environment friendly printer, featured with high speed printing capability and standard duplex: Canon Laser Shot LBP7200Cd and LBP7200Cdn. This energy saving printer only take the amount of power as required by its performance. In sleep mode position, the printer only take 5W-7W of power. However, when the printing process, power is taken only for 385W-395W. With that amount of power, the printer does...
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March 19, 2010

Canon Released 2 New Laser Printer LBP3310 and LBP3370

To meet the comfort and satisfaction in print, two new laser printers from Canon are Canon Laser Shot LBP3310 and LBP3370 really reliable. This printer is designed to speed up the process when printing in many, both at home and at work. With a print speed of 26 ppm (A4), business printing needs of small and medium scale can be fulfilled. These printer also featured with Quick First Print, ensure the response is very fast in printing with First Page...
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March 17, 2010

HP Uses Recycled Plastic To Produce New Printer Cartridge

As one of major brand of printer manufacturer in the world Hewlett-Packard (HP) announced a new breakthrough in the process of recycling plastic that allows consumers to recycle HP old inkjet cartridges to a new original one. HP announced a new breakthrough in the process of recycling plastic that allows consumers to recycle HP inkjet cartridges new original. HP used more than 5 million pounds of recycled plastic in production of its inkjet cartridges...
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March 16, 2010

Canon Pixma MP258 Product Review

Among those who are careful when using the printer, Canon brand may always be remembered. Canon printers are excellent refine economic value, including operationally. One of the latest Canon product which is claimed is economical multifunction inkjet printer, all-in-one printer Canon PIXMA MP258. This series of compact, but still serve the function of printing, scanning, copying in one machine. Support nozzle 1472 Full-Photolithography Inkjet Nozzle...
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March 14, 2010

Dell Stops Manufacturing Their Super Slim Series Notebook

A great featured stuff not often end tragically. And this happens to Adamo XPS, Dell's super-thin notebook that was launched in November and sold in December last year. As of this March, Dell no longer produce XPS Adamo. Line of products will continue, but the thickness of the XPS series 0.4 "with standard 128GB Solid State Disk (SSD) and 4GB of RAM is over. Dell PR parties argued that the XPS is intended as a proof of Dell engineers and design,...
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March 13, 2010

Canon Selphy CP770 Compact Printer

This product categorized as a compact photo printer. With the ability to print photo quality and compact size is very appropriate if called like that. Evident from the form that such sales package bucket (bucket), where at the top of the printer itself, while containing equipment such as cables, manuals, CD driver, ink, and so on. But like most compact printer with printing techniques such as sub-dye this product, it requires a space slightly larger...
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March 10, 2010

Canon Launched 3 New Large Format Printers

Large format printer market seems still very attractive. Proven, Canon launched the new product of large-format printer with high quality. There are three new printers Canon launched. Namely, ImagePrograf IPF IPF 750 and 755 for the print size A0, and IPF 650 for A1-size. The three printers are designed to meet the segment of Geographic Information System (GIS), Computer Aided Design (CAD), Architecture Engineering and Construction and various...
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March 06, 2010

Canon Pixma iP100 Printer Driver Update for Windows 7

Canon Pixma iP100 Setup Utility Ver. 2.4.0 (Windows 7/7 x64/Vista/Vista64/XP/2000)Last Updated : 02-Oct-2009OS SupportWindows 7 Windows 7 (x64) Windows Vista Windows Vista (x64) Windows XP Windows 2000 OutlineThis product allows you to configure settings for printing via infrared or Bluetooth connection. Update History- Officially supports Windows 7. System requirementsWindows 7(32bit) Windows 7(64bit) Windows Vista(32bit) Windows Vista(64bit) Windows XP SP2 or later Windows 2000 Professional SP4 or later Caution1.When a passkey is input...
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Continous Ink System On Canon Pixma iP1980

What will you do when you need an inkjet printer with high load printing capacity?. Keep using original cartridge or using refill ink instead?. Continous Ink System (CIS) could be a wise solution for this.  CIS make it simple to do more printing jobs by it's bigger ink tank outside.  Actually,this system adopted from large format printer of major printer top brand of the world (canon,hp,epson,rolland,etc) which used this printing system before. Are you interested in modifying your printer with this inkjet printing system?.  This...
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February 28, 2010

Canon Pixma MX338 Driver Update for Windows 7

Does your Canon Pixma MX338 support Windows 7 already?. Canon has released the latest the printer driver update for almost all their printer models (single function,multifunction,and laser printer) which support Windows 7 OS.  The update packet include Windows XP,Windows Vista, and the latest OS from microsoft: Windows 7 OS. MX330 series printer driver support Windows XP,Vista,and 7 OS. Download now!...
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February 13, 2010

Auto Print RX Setting of Canon Pixma MX328: Keep Printing Received Fax Document in Conditon of Low Ink or Refill Ink is Used

Likewise the previous all in one printer models, Canon Pixma MX328 has Auto Print RX feature to define if received fax document in condition of low ink or refill ink is used will be printed or saved to memory. Default setting of this feature is OFF. In order to keep printing the document we need to change the setting. To change this setting please follow below procedure: Press MENU button until Fax Setting appears Select User Setting by pressing right arrow button and press OK button On Auto Print RX press OK button Make sure Auto Print RX setting...
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January 23, 2010

Canon Pixma MP170: Check Ink U161

Related Models: Canon Pixma MP170,MP180 Error Message: The following ink cartridge has previously been used Error Code: U161 The message 'The following ink cartridge has previously been used: Color' appears when I installed CL41 cartridge into a Canon Pixma MP170 multifunctional printer while 'Check ink U161' appears on printer display. What's wrong?. The printer detects that the cartridge has been used before. Okay. Keep reading. Installing used cartridges into a Canon Pixma MP170 (and some models of Canon inkjet printer) will make the ink level...
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January 14, 2010

Error Message: Some Ink Catridges are not Installed in Place

Related Models: Canon Pixma iP6210D,iP6220D,iP6320D Error Code: 1486,1487 Have you found the problem on your Canon Pixma iP6210D inkjet printer showing message 'some ink cartridges are not installed in place'?. This error message appears when the printer detects the cartridges are not installed in the correct position. As we know, Canon pixma iP6210D inkjet printer series uses color cartridge CL41 or CL51 and photo cartridge CL52 that has the same lock position on the cartridge that allow us to install the cartridges in the wrong position. When...
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Stands Alone Printer Operations of Canon i9950 (Self Test)

Related models: Canon i9900,i9950 In the most of Canon inkjet printer we can perform some operations without connecting to computer. This feature called stand alone printer operation (self test). Follow the following procedure. PROCEDURE Power on the printer Press and hold RESUME/CANCEL button until the green LED blinks the specified number of times as listed below and release it. Then the operation starts. LED Blinks: .....................Operation 1 time : ........................... Print head manual cleaning 2 times:...............................
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January 12, 2010

Ink Cartridge Specification: CL41C

How many of us use the color cartridge of Canon inkjet printer CL41C?. And how far we know the specification of this cartridge?. Well,here I post the CL41C specification for detail to help us know our printer better. Cartridge Specification: Technology: FINE (Full-photolithography Inkjet Nozzle Engineering) Type: Ink-tank-integrated print head Nozzle: 192 nozzles in 3 vertical line Ink Droplet: 5 pl & 2 pl Ink Color: Super dye-based Weight:...
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January 10, 2010

Canon Technology: Easy Scroll Wheel

The latest models of Canon multifunction printer (all in one printer) are equipped by helpful button 'Easy Scroll Wheel'. With the OK button in the its circle, this button help us access various menu of the printer more easily than before. To make the operation easier,Easy Scroll Wheel button work together with HOME and NAVI buttons. HOME is the starting point for easy-to-understand operations. You can just push this button whenever you want to...
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January 08, 2010

Reset Waste Ink Counter Canon Pixma iP6210D

Applicable models:Canon Pixma iP6210D,iP6220DBelow is waste ink counter reset procedure for canon pixma iP6220D,iP6220D as state in canon pixma iP6210D service manual. PROCEDURE I. Enter Service Mode Plug in power cable Press and hold RESUME/CANCEL button Press POWER button Release RESUME/CANCEL button Press RESUME/CANCEL button twice in a row II. Reset Operation Press RESUME/CANCEL button 4 times in a row Turn of the printe...
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January 02, 2010

Printer Part: Sensors

In an inkjet printer,sensors take important role in printing process. Sensors check all over the system;mechanical and electrical,to detect other parts, operations, and condition of the printer itself.  Feedback from the sensor is used by the printer to control all over the printing process. In this post I take Canon inkjet printer model as an example. Sensor present and name may vary  due to model and brand. I hope,after reading this post...
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Error Code List: Canon S100SP

Related models: Canon S100sp,S200sp Canon S100sp and S200sp do not have LED indicator to help us identify an error.   We can  find the information about the error at maintenance menu on printer driver properties. When an error occurs, the printer will shows an error message. The following error  codes tell us what the problem is. Error Code and Description 5000 : Home position error 5100 : Carriage control error 5200 : Head temperature sensor error 5400 :...
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Reset Waste Ink Counter Canon i550

Applicable models: Canon i550,i560,i850,i950 The following procedure is used to reset waste ink counter Canon i550. It's also applicable for the printer models listed above. PROCEDURE: I. Enter Service Mode: Plug in power cable Hold down RESUME/CANCEL button Hold down POWER button Release RESUME/CANCEL button Press RESUME/CANCEL twice in a row II. Execute Waste Ink Counter Reset operation: Press RESUME/CANCEL button 4 times in a row Turn off the printer by pressing POWER button You get your printer works normally when you turn on your printer...
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January 01, 2010

Reset Waste Ink Counter Canon i450

Applicable models: Canon i450,i455,i470D,i475D PROCEDURE: I. Enter Service Mode: Plug in power cable Hold down RESUME/CANCEL button Hold down POWER button Release RESUME/CANCEL button Press RESUME/CANCEL twice in a row II. Execute Waste Ink Counter Reset operation: Press RESUME/CANCEL button 4 times in a row Turn off the printer by pressing POWER button until the printer is completely OFF. When you turn on your  printer it already works normal...
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Reset Waste Ink Counter Canon PIXMA MP150

Applicable Models: Canon Pixma MP150,MP160,MP145 This is the procedure how to fix waste ink absorber full error (error code E27). Please check carefully this following procedure to reset waste ink counter Canon Pixma MP150. PROCEDURE I. Enter Service Mode: Plug in power cable Hold down STOP/RESET button Hold down POWER button Release STOP/RESET Press STOP/RESET twice in a row II.Execute Waste Ink Counter Reset Operation: Press STOP/RESET button 4 times (Indicator lamp will blink alternately Orange/Green each time the button is pressed) Turn...
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Print Template Pattern By Using Canon PIXMA MP638

Happy New Year 2010!. This is my first post on this year. Again and again I would like to share my knowledge to all my blog visitor. Check it out. One of new features of Canon PIXMA all in one printer MP/MX series is template patter printing. We can now print various pattern such as: note book paper,graph paper,check list,etc. I will lead you step by step to perform this helpful feature.:) Steps: Scroll the Easy Scroll Wheel to select Template Print,press OK button Select the pattern you want to print: Note book paper 1 8mm spacing Note book paper...
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