Top 10 Canon MX300 Office All-In-One Printer Questions & Answers

hi i am a certified Canon repair tech for this printer. if you follow the link below this will take you to Canons support site where you can download the software for your printer. hope this helps

http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=DownloadIndexAct

Press and hold the 'Reset' button down for 5 + seconds.

Forcing a piece of cardstock as far into the feed as I could, then removing it fixed this problem for me.

Hopefully it will work for you!

If you right click the printer in the Printers section of the control panel and select printer preferences, there should be a tab called maintenance. In this tab, you should find a setting called Ink Cartridge Settings. Once you click on this setting, click black cartridge only. This should allow the printer to only use the black ink and therefore you won't need color.

If you have any other questions or this doesn't solve your issue, let me know.

I have the same problem - every time I turn on my printer now, the alarm signal shows up with "Paper jam" but when I check for jammed paper, there is none. So I think there's something faulty with the printer. Is there any way to reset it? I've looked everywhere but can't find it.

You might try a hard reset of printer along with uninstalling and reinstalling the software for the printer.
If nada, you might give Canon a call and ask their techies for their feedback on situation.

The link below is for your all in one.
It will ask your operating system.
You can dowload the drivers need as well as the manual.

http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=123&modelid=15601#DownloadDetailAct

If this helps let me know.
Mark

Firstly I suspect you are not using genuine cartridge or you have refilled the cartridge.
To fix this you need to disable the ink checking procedure.

Do you know that low ink or ink has run out message appears once cartridge empty. If you want to use refill ink in that cartridge then you need to deactivate ink level to get your printer run as usual. Check the following tips to fix low ink error message in case of refill ink usage. Below some methods to deactivate ink level detection function for some models due to its similarity.
METHOD I:
Press RESUME/CANCEL button once

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METHOD II:
Hold down RESUME/CANCEL button for 5 seconds or more

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METHOD III:
Press START button once, select COLOR button for colour cartridge; BLACK button for black cartridge

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Pixma MP150,160,170,180,450,460,475,etc


METHOD IV:
Hold down STOP/RESET button for 5 seconds or more

Applicable models:
Latest models of Pixma MP/MX series: MP145,228,245,520,800,850,970,MX308,318,7600,et

Try it works for most Canon
Hi you can try
Solution:

1. Turn on the machine
2. Press MENU
3. Press SCAN COPY SCAN to enter service mode
4. USE > to got to NVRAM ACCESS
5. Set ABS-M LEVEL to 0
6. Set ABS-P LEVEL to 0
7. Press STOP to EXIT

Hi You can Try 2 things.

ERROR 5100 means that there is some foreign object blocking your cartridges carriage that disables it from moving. Generally when this happens, something has fallen into the printer, or a piece of paper has been jammed in there.

First step, remove the ink cartridge, and turn the printer upside down and gently shake it, see if anything comes out.

If nothing goes, or you can't hear anything rattling around, get a piece of cardstock paper (60lb or heavier) and gently push this through the printer, to see if it will help push out what might be stuck in there


Next try.

It may be a piece of paper or a scotch tape or a staple wire.
Solution 1:
Clean the timing strip.

Solution 2:
The purge cap (the white sliding mechanism that the print head parks to when it's not in use) may be not lubricated well enough .

Lubricate the sliders with some white grease (don't get it on the small wipers or the black caps); this repair probably require to remove the right panel off of the printer to gain access to the purge mechanism.

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All The Best: Pineworks