My Canon i80 insists there is no color cartridge

SOURCE: installing canon i80 printer

If you have an old driver installed, remove it from your computer.
Visit a canon site , look for the download tab, enter your printertype and Operating system, look for your driver and download it.
After installation of the new driver : good luck :-)

SOURCE: i80 black cartidge not printing

Im having the same problem!!!

SOURCE: Canon i80 error 5100

Hi antoinette,
Someone has ever asked this problem and I have post a solution for this. Here is my answer:
Service error 5100 indicates that carriage return (CR) operation is not performed successfully. After the printer turned on, printer initialize some operation include CR operation. This error happens when carriage part (carriage unit) has problem when move right and left in initialization process.
This may be caused by:

* Faulty carriage part so thatit cannot read film encoder properly. As a result, carriagepart move on uncontrolled.
* Dirty film timing **** strip (Horizontal film encoder;available only ini series and above) so carriage part cannot read film encoder properly.
* Another material (such as broken paper, etc) present in carriage path, blocking carriage part from moving.

To fix this problem you may try the following tips:

* Check if any material present in carriage path; remove (clear) it
* Check if film encoder is dirty; wipe slightly with moistened clothe.
* At last, if carriage part is faulty you need to replace it.

Hope this will be helpful for you. Best regards,

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Inkjet Printer Forum

SOURCE: My IP90 stopped recognizing the instalation of the color ink tanh

Take to a ink refill store and ask the to test on there machine(cartridge world etc) it will tell if cartridge is good or not! hope this helps!!!

SOURCE: Canon ip 1600 'color cartridge not recognized and/or device not r

Two things. 1. check your cabling to make sure your printer is properly connected. 2. clean your printer's inkwells.
If you send me an e-mail, I can send you a service manual for a Canon Pixma iP1500. Manual is the same for both printers. I can also send you the software service tool. I have both, as I have a Canon iP1500 printer (cheap ink cartridges).
My e-mail address is: [email protected]
Best of luck, -Ric C.