Its appear " The ink absorber is full. Contact the service center."

It's called E8 error.

Turn on your MP160.
After that press: Menu - Scan - Copy - Scan.
It will enter in Service Mode.
SERVICE MENU
NVRAM ACCESS
SET ABS-M LEVEL TO 0
OK
Then turn it OFF and again ON and there it is, as good as new.

Do you refill your cartridge by yourself?
Try "ROADINK" inkjet refill kit. No drill or sharp needle are needed.
It

Greetings,

If your ink absorber is reporting full, you need to take it to a Canon service center to have it replaced and have the counters cleared. When you clean your print heads, the ink is stored in this absorber and it gets full over the lifetime of your printer. Go to the following link to locate a nearby service center.

Thanks

http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ServiceLocatorAct&fcategoryid=257&modelid=11993

You reset the ink absorber like that:

1.printer is offline
2.push resume button is red and in the same time push power button
3.do no let resume (red) button,and push the resume button 2 times
4.wait to appears numer zero to the screen
5.them push four times to resume button
6.close the printer and start up

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I have a canon ip1980. It appears that ink absorber is full. Please contact service

Inkjet printer has waste ink absorber inside, sponge alike. The function of waste ink absorber is to localize and keep waste ink safe inside the printer and does not harm the electrical parts.
Waste ink is produced from print head cleaning process and borderless printing. When capacity of the ink absorber raise to about 90% then warning message appears.
You need to bring your printer to the nearest service center to get waste ink absorber replaced.

Source:
Printer Clinic: Printer Tips,tricks,troubleshooting
E-manualshop: Online source of service manual

E27 is the WASTE INK ABSORBER FULL error message. Try send it to service centre to do the WASTE INK ABSORBER replacementjob & waste ink counter reset job.

this the reset wast ink please follow it step by step

how can i get my ink absorber to be unful and work agian so i can print again WANALI

the ink absorber MUST be emptied on a regular basis. check this link(for drivers) and follow the Canon links to support and then user manual.

I've taken this from my manual.
This error message indicates that the ink absorber is nearly full.
The machine has a built-in ink absorber to hold the ink used
during FINE Cartridge cleaning, for example.
You can continue printing by selecting Continue*1
on the display on your camera.
However, because printing is disabled once
the ink absorber becomes completely full
and until the ink absorber is replaced, you
are recommended to contact a Canon
service representative as early as possible.
*1 To resume printing, you can press
[OK] (MP180) / [Black] or [Color] (MP160) on
the machine instead of selecting [Continue].