How do you reset ink levels on a Canon pixma mp190 printer?

you can't solve it by yourself. even if you clean the pads or rinse it with water. the ink absorber counter was still in error, so has to be reset. but no reset software for MP190 to date exist.

but to start, the same logic apply for MP160, that will hold true for MP190, the eprom chip holding the ink counters has to be erased or overwritten.

btw, some IC's are marked QK1-3696 obviously the MCU. TPC8778, K824Q, SN0507087 and more. MP190 main board is QK1-5045-02. and there one more IC. so one of this is the eprom chip holding MP190 's ink level,counters that need to be preprogrammed.
oh, that has to be in low level printer mode. see google for procedure on putting the printer into low level mode, same with MP160.

For Canon MP190 ONLY it worked that software but I used a software named Resetter Canon MP198. First put the printer in service mode. Press and hold the RESUME button (Is the red one ), then press and hold the POWER button, wich became green.
While still holding the POWER button, Release the RESUME button, then press and release the RESUME button two more times. Ast the first press the green power button turns off and a orange led turns on. At the second press the orange led turns off and the power became green. Now the printer is in Service Mode. So with printer conected to PCstart the software and reset the ink absorber level. It worked for me.

even if you clean, rinse the ink pad absorber the error will persist. so it has to be reset. but no reset software for MP190 to date exist.

btw, some IC's are marked QK1-3696 obviously the MCU. TPC8778, K824Q, SN0507087 and more. MP190 main board is QK1-5045-02. and there one more IC. so one of this is the eprom chip holding MP190 's ink level,counters that need to be preprogrammed.
oh, that has to be in low level printer mode. see google for procedure on putting the printer into low level mode, same with MP160.

This is a problem that frustrates many people. I found that there are two ways to defeat this and they are both shown hre.

http://www.fixya.com/support/r3845491-ink_cartridge

On some (just a few epsons and dell) there are ways to get around it but printer manufacturers are getting better at stopping this.

Anyway I hope the help from that link will let you dind somthing that gets round the problem for good

In printer utility settings, you have to modify the ink cartridge settings and specify that printer should use only black ink cartridge. Click apply. Then press "stop\reset" button for 5-7 sec. and then release
it. Then it will work!

well, you need to get NEW cartridges because there is a NON-resetable ink level sensor, once that detect no ink is left in the cartridge, it reports a empty cartridge to the printer, no way to change that, the only fix is to replace the cartridge with a new one, on epson printers you can reset the sensor, most other brands you cant

The waste ink take is actually just a felt pad that sits under the printer mechanism inside the case and absorbs the ink from your cleanings.
From what I gather, it’s both a time consuming and expensive proposition to take to Canon to fix.
And they won't tell people how to do it themselves.

Remember of course, you've got to cycle the cleaning process a huge amount of times to get this to occur.

But when it does, there is a fix-it-yourself solution that is both safe and effective for the printer, and free.
You have to be slightly mechanical to do this.
If you you've never used a screwdriver and are all thumbs, but give it a shot or give it to someone halfway coordinated to do this for you.

You may RESET the printer code first if you like or do it after you clean the pad

Here this step by step to resetting waste ink counter printer Canon Pixma MP130

1.You will include printer
2. Press button MENU, then SCAN, COPY and again SCAN - they entered
into the service regime
3. Select NVRAM ACCESS and further BY OK.
4. Select SET Abs- m level and advance value equal to zero
5. Select SET Abs- r level (if there is) and also you will establish into zero
6. You will turn off printer by button POWER.

Hi there ok

1. Start with printer off
2. Press and hold resume Button (triangle in the circle) and click “Power” button. green led should be on
3. While holding the Power button, release the Resume Button.
4. Without releasing the Power Button, click “Resume” button for two times and release Both Buttons.
5. Click “Resume” for four times then soon click “Power” button, to confirm the selected action (reset counter absorber).
6. Turn off the printer and turn on again

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I refilled my MP190 Black cartridge PG-37 by drilling a hole in the top (roughly in the middle) and using the syringe supplied with the ink refill kit. To make the printer work again, press and hold down the Stop/Reset button (on bottom right hand side of printer) for at least 5 seconds until the display reads 1 again. This bypasses the ink level detector and is explained in the trouble shooting section of the on screen manual supplied on the printer installation CD. It works. It then happened again with the colour cartridge, so I repeated the process. It worked again. This should also work for the PG40 and CL41 cartridges.

I have a canon printer MP190. How do I do the reset after completing my ink cartridge to the syringe?