Canon MP610 Photo All-In-One Printer - Page 6 - Answered Questions & Fixed issues

Hello

OK, the link below will direct you to Canon's official web page. You will need to choose the operating system you are using, and then download the driver and software needed.

Click HERE to navigate.

Kind regards
Andrea

In exactly the same boat. Navigator software worked fine for a long time, now it can't find the scanner driver. The only change I can identify is that I attempted to use Acrobat Pro for scanning and then nothing worked. Help!

Without cartridges installed on a printer, it'll never run unless you install them. You'll see the error message and you'll not be able to do anything. If you have old cartridges, you can try. While there's an error message, you can't even scan or copy or print. So the only solution is to install the cartridges and do whatever you have to do with it.

Good luck..

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your printer has a hardware problem.so kindly take it to servicing centre

First thing I would try and do is delete the printer from the printers and faxes folder. Then reinstall with the latest drivers available online. Follow the link. Click on the drivers and software link then select your operating system and download the driver. If the issue persists let me know and I will try and assist you further.
Thank you,
Lee

check your cartridge if it is not empty.

You should be able to download from the Canon website, just follow links for support and downloads. You may have to enter the details of your operating system to get the correct drivers.

Hi,

6A00 is a problem with the sheet feed unit.
The print head carriage would have been stuck and try manually
moving the carriage a few times and the problem would be resolved.
Try blowing some compressed air around hoping to clear any foriegn objects.
Notice whether some piece of torn paper lodged inside.

Hope it helps.

the papaer jam has left a small sensor open (prob has paper still stuck in it telling the machine its cover is open in most cases this problem is hard to find best way to try to fix it is to bang it hard to try to release the pin sensor

good luck

Check for thin film at bottom side of cartridge, it might be broke. You have to replace color cartidge.

Cannon Pixma MP610 - when the black ink is empty and you receive the replace ink message, then hold down the "cancel" button for 5 seconds or so and it the printer automatically bypasses the problem. It does work but Ive had mixed success in terms of the print quality when doing this.

Maybe it's time to replace the PRINT HEAD

PRINT HEAD is not functioning properly.

the purge unit is located where the print head rest itself.. normally it's under the right side of the printer.
You will need to remove the cover in order to clean the purge unit, you have to be very careful as the purge unit might have small spring and if it's not fitted correctly, it will damage the purge unit.
Easiest way to clean it is switch on the printer, and open the front or top cover...let the print head move to replacement position then pull the power out and clean the purge unit. It's a messy thing as it will be fill with ink. U can clean it using tissue and moist cloth... apart from that, don't think you can clean much of it unless you are able to open the whole printer up then you will have a better view and space to clean it.

That sounds like the ink is coming off the waste ink absorbers. Try blotting the excess ink off the bottom of the printer with paper towels. The ink absorbers are small pads at the bottom of the paper feed path. With work, you can pull them pads and rinse them clean and then reinstall them when dry. Unfortunately, this can take almost disassembling the printer. Simply absorbing some of the excess is a temporary step.

I hope this helps.

Cindy Wells
(there is a counter that indicates when (based on average use) the waste ink absorber is full. The printer will stop working when that number is reached. Unfortunately, I haven't seen a reset for this model that actually works.)

Hello

You may need to clean the printing nozzels or you are out of black ink.

Hi there

This answers with a titch more detail.
The 6A00 is a Canon generic code for paper path jam.
Some where in the paper path a sensor is activated indicating paper jam so the printer will give off a 6A00 code.
As a Canon tech, I usually find the code, almost 90% of the time, is related to the purge unit being jammed with something and not being able to move.
Moving the print head assembly will not clear a purge unit if its jammed with paper, paper clips, push pins, screws, cookie crisp, flower bud pods or the like.

And yes I have found all those things in a purge unit.
The offending item needs to be removed or the purge unit needs replacement.
Incidentally, the 6A00 error pertains to all Canon printers made in the last several years, its not just used in one model.

And it’s always a paper path error or purge unit.

The purge unit, called a spittoon assembly in an HP, Lexmark, and other inkjet printers, is where the print head assembly parks when not in use, also its other job is to clean and make sure the print head is clean and open for printing.

That is where you'll find the print head assembly parked on top of it.
It also has an electrical pump to milk the print heads and test for ink flow.

So clean all under where the heads are parked and on IP6600D models you can take out the heads just by clipping them out, and then clean well.

Also clean the purge unit out make sure all is clean.


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You have to set your printer as the default printer.

Start - Printers and Faxes - Click on the correct printer and "Set as Default".

You should be able to set it in your printer properties.

Select - Advanced - Printing defaults - Main - Check "Greyscale Printing".

or the purge unit needs replacement.
Incidentally, the 6A00 error pertains to all Canon printers made in the last several years, its not just used in one model.

And it’s always a paper path error or purge unit.

The purge unit, called a spittoon assembly in an HP, Lexmark, and other inkjet printers, is where the print head assembly parks when not in use, also its other job is to clean and make sure the print head is clean and open for printing.

That is where you'll find the print head assembly parked on top of it.
It also has an electrical pump to milk the print heads and test for ink flow.

So clean all under where the heads are parked and on IP6600D models you can take out the heads just by clipping them out, and then clean well.

Also clean the purge unit out make sure all is clean.


Please come back and just gave a vote, it will gave me some satisfaction to know am helping some one so I will keep on helping.
All The Best: Pineworks