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Canon printer fault
Hi all,
Has anyone had experience repairing canon printers ?
I've got an i80 portable printer here that when it's turned on it :
Pulls 2 sheets of paper through.
Carriage moves quickly to the left and hits the end fairly hard.
Pauses for a few seconds.
Moves quickly to the right just past centre and stops.
Then the green power led repeatedly flashes orange twice.
The printer is quite clean and I have cleaned the clear plastic carriage position strip.
Last edited by loopyloo; 11-04-13 at 05:54 PM.
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Printer paper problems.
I'm just shooting from the hip, but did you get this fault after cleaning the strip.Originally Posted by loopyloo
I thought they used a servo motor for position.
More than one sheet usually caused by electro-static charge on paper or rollers.
To fix, always bend the bundle of paper back and forth while holding alternate ends to offset each sheet.
Then fan each end to get rid of the charge.
Yeah I've done all the google searches.
The printer was faulty when I got it.
Yes they use a stepper motor for position but also an encoded strip for feedback.
and I meant 2 sheets of paper, one at a time. Not both together.
Last edited by loopyloo; 11-04-13 at 06:35 PM.
And I always thought you fanned the paper to break the inter-twined ends between sheets caused by the guillotine used to cut the reams...
Anyway, I'd agree that the feedback strip is at fault, but most likely to caused by dirty sensors in the optics in the print head - and best of luck cleaning them! I am going to take a punt and guess it's an inkjet printer, may I suggest throwing it and getting one of the newer cheaper laser printers? Although a little more complex - laser printers where sooooo much much easier to repair and had a much better life span and expectancy.
Canon's always had a weird tendency to weird things like feeding multiple sheets of paper when something went wrong. From memory, the idea was to use the paper of the cleaning / scrubbing medium...
Last edited by Gitch; 12-04-13 at 02:30 AM.
beer4life (12-04-13)
Yeah the i80 is a portable inkjet.
I did already run a metho soaked piece of rag through the strip reader horseshoe shaped package but maybe the sensor/transmitter is recessed into the package so that the rag didn't touch it. I will take the top off the printer again later and check the sensor part number to see if it's available for replacement.
In the mean time if anyone has more info ?
Update.
I just tried turning it on with the carriage in the home position and found that the carriage doesn't move at all during initialization. It still pulls the paper through and gives the same 2 flashes though.
When I got the printer the carriage wasn't in the home position and I didn't want to put it there as most printers will lock the carriage there, and they can be difficult to move manually. this one doesn't lock.
Maybe the printer has been set to heavy or thick paper type? Have you tried a reset to factory default?
Yes but reset doesn't work. It does have a slider at the front for paper thickness but no go on changing that either.
I wonder why during power on initialize that it wants to pull paper through. Any normal printer wont do that unless it's actually told to print something. It should initialize successfully even without paper in the feeder.
any more ideas ?
Last edited by loopyloo; 14-04-13 at 04:08 PM.
Metho next to useless.
Metho is useless, requires:Yeah the i80 is a portable inkjet.
I did already run a metho soaked piece of rag through the strip reader horseshoe shaped package but maybe the sensor/transmitter is recessed into the package so that the rag didn't touch it. I will take the top off the printer again later and check the sensor part number to see if it's available for replacement.
In the mean time if anyone has more info ?
Isopropyl alcohol is a common name for a with the C3H8O. It is a , with a strong . It is the simplest example of a , where the carbon is attached to two other carbons sometimes shown as (CH3)2CHOH. It is a structural of .
Instructions
- 1 Look at the lights on the front of the printer. If the power light flashes orange three times in a row that is an indication of a paper jam.
- 2 Remove the paper from the tray and pull out any paper that has been pulled partway into the printer. If the printer is pulling more than one piece of paper at a time it can be an indication that moisture has accumulated in the paper stock.
- 3 Fan the paper thoroughly to remove any excess moisture that may still be present. If you have additional paper available, try loading that into the tray. Do not fill the tray more than halfway until you make sure that the paper is feeding correctly.
- 4 Make sure the paper guides are adjusted properly. If the guides are not tight against the paper, it will not feed properly.
- 5 Open the cover of the printer and wait for the cartridges to move to the center. Pull the cartridge forward and lift it up. Turn the cartridge upside down and look for any paper dust or dried ink.
- 6 Dip a cotton swab in some warm water or isopropyl alcohol. Swab the bottom of the print cartridge until all ink, paper dust and debris have been removed. Place the print cartridge back into the printer.
Last edited by beer4life; 14-04-13 at 06:45 PM.
Metho is not useless.
In fact it works very well. Just depends on what you're cleaning.
Last edited by loopyloo; 15-04-13 at 09:55 AM.
Windex blue glass cleaner.
This is another tried and proven method.Metho is not useless.
In fact it works very well. Just depends on what you're cleaning.
Isopropyl alcohol is rubbing alcohol.What would be the proper solvent in cleaning a printer head? Some sites say use alcohol, but other sites say that alcohol would turn the ink to jelly. One site says to use Windex. The cleaning method involves injecting the solution either where the cartridge seats on the print head, or into a used cartridge to use as cleaning cartridge. Has anyone tried either approach?
You only want to use a solvent on your print head when you are down to the point where you either scrap the printer or unblock it. If you have a partially working print head, use the cleaning utility included with your printer's software. Any time you use a solvent on a printer, you run the risk of permanent damage to your printer. 1. remove all the cartridges. 2. With an eye dropper, place three drops of blue Windex (doesn't have to be Windex has to be blue glass cleaner, ammonia content is important) on each one of the openings of your block ink port cones. 3. Wait 30 minutes 4. Reinstall printer cartridge. 5. Run three print head cleanings. 6. if this method fails the first time repeat. Please note it is advisable to leave a period of 24 hours in between print head cleanings, so do this every day until you have a working printer. although rubbing alcohol may work for some printers it will not work for unblocking an epson. rubbing alcohol evaporates quickly and it is important that the solvent used remains a liquid long enough to dissolve any ink and blockages in the print head.
lsemmens (15-04-13)
Any alcohol is no good for cleaning print heads. Including windex.
The best head cleaner is a couple of drops of palmolive dish washing liquid and very hot water in a saucer.
But my problem is NOT about cleaning the print head.
Another likely problem is that the waste ink tank / pad is full, again, good luck fixing that also...
It's not the waste ink tank.
Given up on it now.
I put it in the cupboard.
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