Top 20 Canon i80 InkJet Printer Questions & Answers

look up the printer tray sir.... if you see a lots of paper inside the tray removed it.. then try again printing... or else... try to change the printer mother board...

Is it OEM? Some printers do not recognize off brands or refilled cartridges.

there is a take up sensor at the back of the paper tray. If that is broken off or damaged then the printer will think there is always a piece of paper in the carrier and generate the error. with the cost of new printer today, you are better off going and buying a new one. Dell has color laser printers for less than $300.00.good luck.

http://www.ehow.com/how_6527399_fix-error-5100-canon-i860.htmlplz click this link and find the instruction how to remove this error

In most cases the printer driver software can have errors while being in use or is shut down. So to reset remove your printer from the PC and uninstall the printer software. Now reinstall the printer software and then connect the Printer ONLY WHEN PROMPTED, to be detected as a new hardware as it will be installed. Now check the printer properties to see the ink levels. Activate head cleaning before a test is taken. Sometimes it is possible that the head is not reacting to the need of the PC command or can be an issue with ink drying or poor ink cartridge contacts

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If you are facing Error 5100 then it means that the cartridge can not be detected by the printer.
Actually the printer is not actually loading the cartridge and showing you the error 5100.
To solve this error follow the given steps:-

• Turn off printer
• Remove both the cartridges from the printer
• Use a clothe moistened with alcohol to clean the surface contact on the cartridges where the terminals inside the printers touches
• Return the cartridges
• Turn on the printer.

Error will be removed.

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Try this to reset the error.

1) Close the print head cover, and turn off the printer. While pressing the Resume/Cancel button, press the Power button. (Do not release the buttons. The LED lights in green to indicate that a function is selectable.)

2) While holding the Power button, release the Resume/Cancel button. (Do not release the Power button.)

3) While holding the Power button, press the Resume/Cancel button three times, and then release the Power and Resume/Cancel buttons. (Each time the Resume/Cancel button is pressed, the LED lights alternately in either orange or green, starting with orange.) During initialization, the LED blinks in green.

4) When the LED stops blinking and lights in green, press the Resume/Cancel button the 4 times. (Each time the Resume/Cancel button is pressed, the LED lights alternately in either orange or green, starting with orange.)

5) Press the Power button. The LED lights in green, and the
selected function is performed. (When the operation completes, the printer returns to the menu selection mode automatically.)

6) Power off then back on and test.

you dont need to immerse evrything just slide paint cleaner back and forth / side to side till your arm drops off, lol sorry its 4am do this for 5 mins, also if you have seen track marks in black in the past check it for old paint build up

I do not think this one has a waste ink absorber.

you may need to have a qualified technician to repair your the printer. see if you can manually move the print head with you hand after unplugging the printer to make sure it isn't binding.

http://www.download3k.com/Install-Canon-i80-Driver.html

hope this helps

You need to reset the printer

I know it sounds daft.. i had this on a word document... although the text was showing in black it was printing in white. try changing the text colour to black... hope that helps

There is only one solution to the problem with the i80. Here it is: there is nothing jammed. This problem is the result of the top of the printer being pushed down, effectively crushing the paper feed path by a sixteenth of an inch, right at the center of the machine. Likely this is the result of being carried in a travel bag full of other stuff, like the power supply, or from things being placed to rest on top of the printer. The solution is to open the two top covers, to grasp the main steel bar that runs the entire width of the printer with a pair of long-nosed pliers and to simply apply upward pressure. This will, in turn, lift a black plastic paper guide that has been pushed down into the path of the paper by the slightly bent metal. The printer will happily feed paper after this relatively simple fix. Mark the problem up to bad industrial design (though the mechanisms of the printer are otherwise ingeniously well thought out).

Hi there maximum time we found it is a the head problem. The print head is what the cartridges sit in inside of the printer. For resolve the problem please follow these.

Open the printer and wait for the carriage to slide over. Some how if its not come then Unplug the printer & Manually slide the carriage. Now Remove the ink cartridges from the print head & Use wet warm cotton swab or use alcohol to thoroughly clean the print head. Repeat this until there is no ink residue coming off on the cotton swab. After finished it make the head dry then fix it back. Now Try to print something now
If that does not work then follow the next step.

Remove the printer data cable & restart the PC & printer. Then fit back the data cable & turn on the printer. Hope that's start working , if no luck then Uninstall the printer driver & restart the PC & Printer both again. Now install the driver of the printer and connect it with PC ,Turn on printer & go for a test print from the printer preference. Thanks & waiting for your reply.

Few queries please, is the printer properly detected by the computer? Did you hear the USB connection alert sound when you connect it to the computer? Has the driver/software been installed?
Awaiting..

try using original cartridge...

http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/support/consumer/printers_multifunction/i_series/i80#DriversAndSoftware

Got it..... Tka ethe ink cartridge out and LIGHTLY use an alcohol swab and wipe it over the ink port, this will loosen andy clogged up ink..... Please let me know if there is anything else you might need, happy to help! Guy :)

here is some reset procedure for canon i80 printer

1. Turn off the printer.
2. Press and hold down the Resume/Cancel button
3. Press and hold down the Power button.
4. While holding down Power button, release the Resume/Cancel button.
5. While still holding the Power button, press 3 times the Resume/Cancel button.
6. Release the Power button
(printer will initialize, LED blinks in green)
7. When the Led steadily lights in green, press the Resume/Cancel button 4 times.
8. Press the Power button and wait until the printer initialize again and return to menu selection.
9. Turn off the printer and then turn on again and print a test page.

I hope that is what you needed.
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