Friday, March 2, 2012

How to reset waste ink pad on Canon Pixma MP520

How to reset waste ink pad on Canon Pixma MP520

Solution for error code 5B00:



  1. Switch the printer OFF

  2. Press buttons 1 + 2 + 3 and 4 (simultaneously using four fingers). See picture bellow

  3. Keep pressing this four buttons for 10 seconds

  4. Release the On/Off button (number 4) (Keeping pressing the others)

  5. After a few seconds (when the printer go ON) you can release buttons 1, 2, 3



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    Thursday, March 1, 2012

    How to clean the printhead on Epson AcuLaser C1100, CX11N and CX21N

    How to clean the printhead on Epson AcuLaser C1100, CX11N and CX21N

    Procedure to clean the print head:

    1. Remove the cleaner cover on the right side of the printer. Then, open Cover A.


    2. Fully extend the blue lever on the right inside the printer.

    3. Fully extend the blue cleaner, and move it slowly in and out five times.

    4. Wipe off any loose toner on the blue cleaner.





      Ensure that the cleaner is moved out until it stops and then pushed back in. Otherwise the printer may not be cleaned effectively.



    5. Push back the blue lever inside the printer.

    6. Close Cover A, then the cleaner cover.

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