Canon i950 printer problem

[TrickyNicky]

Hi

 

My Canon i950 printer gave up working the other night, right in the middle of printing something. I now get 7 orange flashes and a green flash before repeating. Does anyone know what this means? Canon say I have to send it back for fixing. This might be more expensive than buying a new printer by the time I've paid postage, insurance etc. Any suggestions gratefully received.

 

Many thanks

[KenB]

Hi

 

I found this posted by Dazz on another forum:

 

Probably your waste ink counter. Should be cleaned or replaced before resetting but usually you can get away with resetting once.

 

Read this through first ....

 

1. Start with printer OFF

2. Hold down RESUME and then hold down POWER

3. Release RESUME

4. press RESUME twice, then release POWER

5. let green light blink until printhead has finished moving.

6. Select functions below with RESUME, execute with POWER

 

0 presses - green light - Test Print (exit service for i960)

1 press - orange light - EEPROM info print

2 presses - green light - EEPROM initialise

3 presses - orange light - reset waste ink counter.

 

This applies to the i550, i560, i950, i960

[TrickyNicky]

Hi KenB

Thanks a lot for above advice, especially at Christmas! Why is things like this always happen at the most inconvenient times!! I have tried your suggestion twice but sadly it still reverts to 7 orange and 1 green flash whenever I switch the printer back on. I did manage to print something in the middle of all this but the chart I chose came out with a grid of squares across the top of it all. I got a couple of error messages too. One just advising me it was an Operator errror and to Press Resume and if it doesn't clear, cancel and switch off etc. The second error message was a Service error 5200. Cancel and turn off printer. Not sure what that was all about but it is now back to square one again. Any thoughts? Maybe there is someone in Scotland (north of Forth Road bridge) who might be able to fix it to save me posting it to Cannon in Sussex? Happy Christmas and thanks again.

[KenB]

Hi

 

I think this is a waste tank problem.

 

The appropriate selection from above would be :

3 presses - orange light - reset waste ink counter.

 

If this doesn't work then it is a repair.

 

Select functions below with RESUME, execute with POWER

I assume that you have worked out that you press RESUME 3 times then hit POWER ?

[TrickyNicky]

Hi KenB

 

Sorry not to get back before. Have been away and not had chance to give your suggestion another try. Will look at it tomorrow night and update you. Do appreciate your input.

 

Many thanks

 

Nicky

[KenB]

OK - no problem :)

[TrickyNicky]

Hi Ken B

 

Unfortunately my computer has now failed and I can't get it to start up (It never rains but it pours = or should that be snows!). Will try as soon as I can.

[TrickyNicky]

Hi KenB

 

Ended up taking printer to a repair centre. They have tried to fix it for me but no joy. No point spending lots of money repairing this one when new ones are relatively cheap these days. Thanks for your input/suggestions.

[KenB]

As you say - repairing printers is probably more expensive than buying a new one.

 

I once worked out how much a litre of printer ink would cost ..............!!!! ( I can't print what I said :) )