To clear error 5100 clean the surface of the copper contact of the ink cartridges with a moistened cloth and let it air dry. Fix the cartridges to the holder and return properly the cover of the printer.
These 2 reset procedures will help you clear the errors displaying in the control panel of the printer and let you print again.
To clear U053,
U051 and U052
1. Turn off your printer
2. Press and hold the
STOP/RESET button
3. Press and hold Power ON button
4. While
holding the Power ON button, release the STOP/RESET button
5. While
holding still the Power ON button, press twice the STOP/RESET button
6.
Release the Power ON button
7. Wait until it display an "idle"
message. It will take about a minute.
8. When "idle" appear, open
the top cover to expose the cartridges.
9. Lift up the cover for
cartridge holder and take out both the black and color cartridges
10.
Return the cover of cartridge holder and turn off the printer
11.
Return the top cover and turn on the printer again
12. After the
printer initialize, return the cartridges.
To clear error
U162 or U163
1. Turn off
your printer an turn it on again
2. After the printer initialize
try to copy or print. The error will appear.
3. When the error is
displayed on the display panel of the printer, Press and Hold the
STOP/RESET button and wait until it self restart.
4. Release the
STOP/RESET button the the printer is restarting.
5. Wait for a few
seconds and the pending print jobs will commence.
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