Product Review: Canon Pixma ip1980

Specification of Canon Pixma iP1980

Printing method : Bubble Jet Printing
Paper feeding method : Auto Sheet Feeder
Resolution : 4800 X 1200 dpi (max)
Number of nozzles : 1472
Cartridge type : PG830,CL831 (Optional: PG40,CL41)
Print width : 203.2 mm (216 mm in borderless printing)


Paper size : A4,Letter,Legal,A5,B5,Envelope,DL,COM10),4”x6”,5”x7”,8”x10”
Paper handling:

Plain paper A4 : 100
High Resolution Paper (HR101N) A4: 80
Photo Paper Pro II (PR201) A4: 10, 4”X6”: 20
Photo Paper Plus Glossy II (PP201) A4: 20, 4”X6”: 20
Photo Paper Plus Semi Glossy (SG201) A4: 20, 4”X6”: 20
Glossy Photo Paper “Everyday Use” (GP501) A4: 10;4” x 6”: 20
Matte Photo Paper (MP101) A4:10 ;4” x 6”: 20
Photo Stickers (PS101) : 1 sheet
T-shirt Transfer (TR101) : 1 sheet
Envelope : 10 sheets or less

Borderles printing: up to A4,LTR
Print Speed: 21 ppm (Black), 21 ppm (Colour)
Interface: USB 2.0 High Speed
OS support: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista,Mac OS X 10.3.9
Detection Function:

Cover open: Available
Presence of ink cartridge: Available
Presence of ink: Available
Presence of paper: Available
Paper width: Not available
Waste ink absorber full: Available
Internal temperature: Available
Remaining ink amount: Available
Print head alignment: Available

Power supply: 100 – 240 V AC, 50/60Hz
Dimension: 442 x 237 x 152 (WxDxH)
Weight: Approx. 3.3 Kg

Review:
Canon pixma iP1980 is successor of pixma iP1880. The print result is completely the same since it use the same cartridge;PG830 & CL831. It has similar parts inside,so no service manual release for this printer.
Improvements: Faster speed than Canon pixma iP1880, more reliable paper feed roller.

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Perform Self Test on Canon pixma ip1200,1300,1600,1700,1880,1980,2200

Do you know that we can perform self test on Canon pixma ip1200,1300,1600,1700,1880,1980,2200,2580 without being connected to the computer. How?. Just do following steps:

* Power ON the printer and make sure that the cartridge are installed
* Set the paper in paper tray
* In stand by condition, press RESUME button 5 times in a row within 2 seconds. Then printer will start printing.

The print out pattern should be like this:

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Error Code: 5100

Description:
Carriage Error

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Canon s300,400,450,4500,520,600,820,6300,9000
Canon i250,255,320,355,450,455,550,560,6100,6500,850,865,905d,950,9100
Canon pixma ip1000,1200,1300,1500,1600,1700,1800,1880,2580,3000,3300,3500,4000,
4200,4500,5200,6000d,6230d,6600d,6700d,ix4000,5000,pro 9000,9500

Summary:
Generally, error code 5100 is error code of blinking error in orange/green 2 times. Both these symptom due to the same problem: carriage error (also known as CR error. CR= Carriage Return).
Please check out the previous post for more details about this problem.

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