Comments on: How to Reset Printers Canon MP140, MP160, MP180, MP210, MP220, MP460, MP470, MP500, MP510, MP530, MP600, MP610, MP800, MP820, MP810, MP830, MP960, MP970

By: AJ

AJ — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 04:26:04 +0000

I have a MP530, it’s the second canon which i’ve owned since i worked with canon, love them. (also have a mx700) I have a problem with the mp530, when it’s turned on it flashes that alarm button and the copy button as well. it never has done anything else and won’t work at all, i’ve also replaced all 5 inks, the window displays “scanner error” and you’ve got no other response and after trying all i could find… i would really appreciate any and all help that you all could provide. i’ve recommended and sold canon printers and still will, this tho is very frustrating and i’ve been working on peripherals for about 20 years. thanks again for all your help.

By: simon

simon — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 11:52:40 +0000

MP220 is easy to sort after refilling your colour ect.

try printing a random page until the error ( cancel print shows up) then
just hold down the resume button for 5 seconds ( button with the triangle in the circle) until unknown ink volume appears.
DONE ! it should start working again.
Enjoy !

By: Alpham4le

Alpham4le — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 04:34:44 +0000

I have a MP210. I have tried all your tricks to get it to recognise a refilled cartridge but none of them worked- sorry!! How I overcame it was to bite the bullet and buy new (reset) cartridges. The secret is, never remove them again!! You have to refill them in situ. The only problem is that the pink well is covered by the plastic frame.
Before you install them, drill a 1/16″ (1 1/2mm) holes in the ink well spots. Turn off the power, making sure that the cartridges are in their park position – far right. and then using a knife or saw ( I used a hot solder iron to melt the plastic ) cut a 1/4″ slot in the coloured cartridge’s install position right up to where the white “C” spot is. This will allow you to access the pink well with your refill needle. Keep an eye on the printing quality and refill before they get empty. Good luck.

By: Duane Lamers

Duane Lamers — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:56:38 +0000

I have a Canon MP210 printer. We do very little printing, but I have to replace the color cartridge at least 2:1 to the black cartridge. We seldom have need to print out anything in color. How can I get the printer to automatically print everything in B/W unless I instruct it to print color?

If you can, please contact me directly at kglamers(at)yahoo.com. I am afraid that I’ll not keep track of your website and will fail to find your answer–or even forget to look for it! Yeah, it’s that bad!

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:20:34 +0000

Thanks! Worked great with MP220.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:25:24 +0000

You are awesome!! Thanks so much! So helpful and now I can print in just black if I need to!

By: Philippe

Philippe — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:17:22 +0000

Thanks a lot for your tricks and website !!
I had my mp470 stuck and in less than five minutes it was repaired.
The bad thing is that I spend one more 10$ ink refill before checking with your website
Now I favorited it.

One suggestion for 2012: could the forum be organized with a wiki ? It would help take only the tricks and the forum would help people talk together.

By: in

in — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:37:51 +0000

(google trad)

hello, I have a problem : I erased my mp210 eeprom with mptool (mptool/erase). Is there someone who can give me the eeprom bin for mp210 (mptoll / read) ?
thank you

By: Foxana

Foxana — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:14:08 +0000

@Smurfmeister – that worked for my MP210i too. It didn’t want to scan anymore and was giving me the 6 error code and the color ink led was blinking. It seemed a bit stupid to me to have a multifunctional that stops scanning when it’s our of color ink.

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By: garry smith

garry smith — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 23:08:06 +0000

Hey, worked great on my MP610 Canon ok !!!!!!!!!!

By: khed

khed — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:54:32 +0000

Thanks for sharing this article. I found it helpful. Good job.
http://www.printerdiary.com/2011/10/canon-error-5200.html

By: aaa

aaa — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 15:49:57 +0000

i have canon Mp210 and its not working. what should i do? i followed the steps but its no use

By: chris

chris — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:25:00 +0000

My mp180 burns – fries the chip of the cartrige!!!

smoke comes out and the chip is fried !!

(scanner error , check printer ) error messages appear and i can’t do anything! not even resetting works !!

Any ideaz?

Thnx!

By: DEXSTA

DEXSTA — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 15:58:41 +0000

Can any1 help me on how to reset my canon mp480, or reset the ink level, It would help me so much, This piece of shit is really getting on my nerves. Thanks!