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 | Canon i550 by deco-cat (10/1/04 11:10 AM) reply | + / - | Ihave a Canon i550 that has worked beautifully..until a few months ago. It still does a wonderful job printing images and scanned documents. The problem is that when I try to print a document from MS Word, or I try to scan and print a document, the printer seems to want to blur and skip every fourth line. It doesn't do this at any other time. I've deep-cleaned the heads, follwed the trouble-shooting guide, and contacted Canon, with their solution being that I need to pack it up and send it to them. Before I do that, does anyone know anything that might help?
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 | Re: Canon i550 by Jeff P. (10/1/04 1:18 PM) reply | + / - | I currently have a Canon Multipass MP360 and I had the same problem about a month or so ago.
What I did to my printer was to open the top, you know when you are ready to replace the cartridges? But instead of taking out the cartridges remove the cradle that holds the cartridges. On the bottom of the cradle is where the ink is released from cartridge onto the paper.
You need to wipe the bottom of the cradle with a paper towel, this will clear up any ink buildup on the unit. After doing this my printer worked fine, no more skipping every 4th line,etc. Let me know if this helps your problem.
P.S.
Depending on the printer you might be able wipe the bottom of that cradle without having to remove it. If so, I'd recommend that before removing it from the printer.
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| Re: Canon i550 by deco-cat (10/20/04 11:37 AM) reply | + / - | Thanks for the help, it did just the trick!
Maybe you should let Canon know about it?
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 | Re: Canon i550 by Jessica (10/24/04 10:21 AM) reply | + / - | I have a Canon 1550 printer also and it has just started to do the whole skipping lines deal. I was happy to see some other people had the same problem and were actually able to fix it, but I still got a little difficulty. I know how to remove the ink cartridges but not the cradle itself. That is if its even able to be removed. Please, someone help me out.
Thanks
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| Re: Canon i550 by Sean (10/25/04 5:30 AM) reply | + / - | Remove all the ink cartridges, lift the grey lever on the left hand side, and pick the cradle up. It should just lift by itself without much effort. If it doesn't, just squeeze the two sides first.
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| Re: Canon i550 by Claudia (10/30/04 2:27 PM) reply | +3 + / - | Hello, its been 4 months since I used my canon i550 printer. I bought all new cartridges and when I send any document or photo, the black ink will not print. I performed two to three Print Head Deep Cleanings and the problem remians. I tried cleaning the print head my self with a Qtip and it did not work either . Can someone please help me. I'm about to give up on canons and go buy a new printer. Thank you in advanced.
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| Re: Canon i550 by Jim MacCallum (10/30/04 6:25 PM) reply | + / - | I have had a canon i550 printer for about two years and was very happy until suudenly it started flashing the code indicating that the print head is faulty. To replace this part after having printed less than 100 8x10 prints seems outrageous, Cost is $60.00 canadian. For a machine that only cost about $250.00 this replacement part cost seems at best to be excessive and at worst, just a **** rip off by what I thought was a reliable manufacturer. I have used Canon cameras as a full time photographer for over 30 years.
Has anyone out there got a solution.
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| Re: Canon i550 by sharni (11/8/04 7:44 PM) reply | + / - | My Canon i550 refuses to print text documents from either of my word processing programs (WORD and WordPro). The page comes out blank.
If I change the text to a dard colour, then it prints OK. If I print a document (black text) but choose a high res print (photo quality), it prints OK too.
I am confident that it uses the black ink, because it runs out eventually and black prints in photos etc.
Have cleaned the print head cradle thingy as described above and tried the deep clean function, but still not printing.
I do notice that when I send the document to print (black text) that it spools quickly. When printing in a dark colour, spooling takes significantly longer time but that may be because it is in a colour.
Any ideas?
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| Re: Canon i550 by Laura Wright (11/10/04 11:23 AM) reply | + / - | My printer suddenly stopped printing and doesn't respond. What do I need to do?
Laura
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| Re: Canon i550 by kenjo (11/10/04 6:47 PM) reply | + / - | my canon i550, waste ink tank full, anyone help pls . i need the reset code
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| Re: Canon i550 by Sean (11/12/04 4:55 AM) reply | + / - | Seems like a lot of people have problems with this printer with very little help. Must avoid Canon in future :)
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| Re: Canon i550 by Lili (11/13/04 5:51 AM) reply | + / - | After not being used for 6 months, printer won't print anyhing in BLACK. Color is fine. Cartridge has been replaced, cleaning,deep cleaning,system
check ect. Nothing seems to help!
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| Canon i550 - Gift from the GODS by Wonka (11/15/04 6:48 PM) reply | + / - | I have just one problem with the dear old printer, it seems to stop wanting to drag in paper when it needs to print, the problem comes and goes.... i even lubricated the whole shitz nit but it seems to be a gravity problem i suppose, if i stand the paper straing up (not rested on the paper tray it works fine...
Any ideas besides my own of the paper gravity? it happends with just one or many sheets of paper, light and/or heavy...
Odd. printer indeed.. But it does remind me of elder days when computers and printers used to stop working just becuse... ^_^
Cheers
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| Re: Canon i550 Printer head by Tello (11/17/04 5:41 PM) reply | + / - | I recently received the wrong ink tank cradle from Canon to replace the one in my S520 When I called Canon to tell them that they sent me the wrong ink tank cradle I think, it is called the printer head cartridge, for which they apologized and sent me the proper Printhead for my S520 I asked them if they wanted me to send it back and they said to keep it and sell it on ebay. So before I do, and this forum is concerning the i550, I thought I would mention here to alert you that it will be on Ebay in a short while that is If anyone responds to my post. Just tell me you wouuld be interested and I will place it on Ebay for a nominal fee for shipping and handling.
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| Re: Canon i550 by Troy (11/17/04 6:01 PM) reply | + / - | I would be interested in the print head for the i550. i tried to clean mine and now I get seven flashing lights saying the print head is malfunctioning. Let me know when you place it on EBay.
Thanks,
Troy
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| Re: Canon i550 by tello (11/18/04 8:05 AM) reply | + / - | Hi troy I am sending you an Email advising you about the Printhead you are interested in.
Tello
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| Re: Canon i550 by Dragon (11/19/04 2:53 PM) reply | + / - | Hi
I also have a Canon i550 which was working fine until I replaced the black ink cartrige, then it printed anything black very badly, colour was fine. I cleaned the printer heads as suggested & it has improved greatly, I can now read what is printed.
I had tried the Canon website but could get no info good or bad there.
Thanks.
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| Re: Canon i550 by Sean (11/20/04 5:07 AM) reply | + / - | Dragon,
I have EXACTLY the same problem as you. Everything was fine until I replaced all the ink cartriges, now black prints out very weird, and when I do a nozzle check, only the black ink seems out of alignment but other two colors are fine.
Anything else you did to resolve the problem?
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| Re: Canon i550 by tello (11/20/04 11:39 AM) reply | + / - | Hi Sean, I tried at first to deep clean a couple of times and that worked for a while. One other suggestion is to take out the cradle that has the print head on it and try to clean the bottom with a dampened soft cloth with some Hydrogen Peroxide solution and wipe the bottom where the ink comes out, wipe very gently and try that . I also have found some great tips on how to clean your print head as well as other helpful hints on a site at www.netwares.com I hope this is of some help to you as well as to anyone else on this forum
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 | Re: Canon i550 by Arnold (11/22/04 11:20 AM) reply | + / - | OK i am so angry that the printer is working but when i print words like my essay it wont print only blink paper comes out !!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 But the good thing is that pictures does print but words does not print what is rong with the printer>!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| Re: Canon i550 by liz (11/22/04 3:46 PM) reply | + / - | when i try to print the alert pops up "the appropriate print head is not installed". i know i probably sound illiterate, but i really have no idea what that means. anyone? i just need to print!
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| Re: Canon i550 by Liz (11/22/04 3:48 PM) reply | + / - | p.s. for some back information, i've never used the printer before. it's just sitting here, pissing me off. even though it is DEF my fault that it's out of comission.
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| Re: Canon i550 by deco-cat (11/23/04 4:12 AM) reply | + / - | Wow....I'm almost sorry I asked. Much useful info and help, but, the i550 is starting to sound like the printer from Hell, and I'm about ready to drag my 8 yr old Lexmark out of the cupboard.
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| Re: Canon i550 by Josh (11/23/04 10:46 AM) reply | + / - | Ok so this is a common problem, I started by cleaning then deep cleaning the black, now slowly but surely it is fading away, I now adjust the intensity and colour balance on the black to max, and select the higest print quality, and I can jut make out lovely faded grey writing. All the other colours are perfect, I've, cleaned, deep cleaned, removed, cleaned,replaced and prayed, all to no avail, I know wher Mr Canon can stick any product of his!!!
Unless any one else has a solution
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| Re: Canon i550 by Jeff (11/30/04 9:44 PM) reply | + / - | New problem
The paper is fed into the printer - it is grabbed and turned to the right a bit and then jams. I found it both interesting and frsutrating that the screen help dialogue box doesn't address jams. Prior to this evening i the machine has worked fine.
Any help is appreciated
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| Re: Canon i550 by Jeff (11/30/04 9:44 PM) reply | + / - | New problem
The paper is fed into the printer - it is grabbed and turned to the right a bit and then jams. I found it both interesting and frsutrating that the screen help dialogue box doesn't address jams. Prior to this evening i the machine has worked fine.
Any help is appreciated
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| Re: Canon i550 by Jeff (12/1/04 4:38 AM) reply | + / - | New problem
The paper is fed into the printer - it is grabbed and turned to the right a bit and then jams. I found it both interesting and frsutrating that the screen help dialogue box doesn't address jams. Prior to this evening i the machine has worked fine.
Any help is appreciated
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| Re: Canon i550 by Dave M (12/2/04 8:18 PM) reply | + / - | My Canon I550 stopped printing and I was getting the seven yellow blinks. Canon wanted $45 shipping tax for new print head. But they suggested I take it to a service center. Part labor 4 40 mile drives.
Removed the print head and soaked it in plain alcohol. Blew down thru the pads were the tanks seat and blew it out thru the nozzles.Blew it dry with duster. Works fine now.
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| Re: Canon i550 by Nancy (12/5/04 4:37 PM) reply | + / - | Hi, My usually good printer just threw a fit and now refuses to print anything in black, when I do a test print all colours come out fine but black remains absent....any ideas how to fix this ???? Thanks
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| Re: Canon i550 by Taylor (12/9/04 4:16 AM) reply | + / - | Where does one order a new print head for the i550. I have tried cleaning mine many times and still the yellow will not print. So far I have not found a place to order a new head.
Thanks
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 | Re: Canon i550 by Dave M (12/9/04 10:58 AM) reply | + / - | New Canon I550 print head: www.inkjetrefills.com has some Canon print heads for sale on their site. Don't know if it is the one you need tho. They list them by print head model numbers, which do not correspond to printer model numbers. Most likely you will either have to go to Canon parts on their web page and pay $43 plus tax and shipping or one of their repair shops and pay $50 plus tax and labor.
Read my 02 Dec post before you do either.
After having given the above some thought it may be better to just take an eyedropper and put the rubbing alcohol on the tank pads and let it soak it's way down to, thru and out the nozzles. That way you don't risk destroying the print head by imersing it in the alcohol. Only the ink path is affected. Then using a duster or compressed air blow out the remains.
And for the long term health of any ink jet printer: Make up a document with large letters in different colors. Run it thru the printer maybe at least once every 10 days to keep the ink from drying up in the nozzles. Kinda a waste of (overpriced) ink, but cheaper in the long run.
And all of the above is the reason I will not pay much more than $100 US for a printer. I wait until they have been out a few months. By then they are ready to be discontinued and discounted for the new, soon-to-be-obsolete model.
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| Re: Canon i550 by Lyubaka (12/11/04 5:41 PM) reply | + / - | I want to print only dox when color cartridges are empty, but it does not work, how do I set up for black only when colors are gone and I still want to print. Thanx.
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| CANON I 850 by EKRIS (12/13/04 8:10 PM) reply | + / - | HELP!
HOW TO CLEAN BY MYSELF WASTE INK TANK? WHERE IS IT LOCATED?
PLEASE,HELP!!!
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| Re: Canon i550 by dan shirai (10/25/05 7:09 PM) reply | + / - | does anyone know how to fix this? canon i550 won't print Adobe PDF files from my mac. WHY??? thank much.
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| Re: Canon i550 blank ink won't print by mbeckman (12/20/05 4:48 PM) reply | + / - | So it seems as if no one's given a clear concise fix here. I had the problem where the black ink just stopped working and nothing I did would make it work. So, I removed all four cartridges. That left the thingy that whizzes back and forth which I couldn't pull out. But, the seat in which the cartridges sit -- the thing with four dots on the bottom -- can be gently pulled out (just under the handle that swings down on the cartridges, grab one side of the seat and you can pull that forward and lift it out). It reveals a bunch of copper spikes on the vertical surface of the thing that whizzes, and matching copper squares on the back of the seat. This seat thing may be called the printhead -- I don't know.
Anyway, I flipped over the cartridge seat and ohmigod there was a black chunk of muck and goo and hair (I have two dogs and two cats) on the right hand side (looking down on it). So I took isopropanol and cotton swabs and Q tips and cleaned off as much of it as I could. (My first move was to *scrape* the gunk off.) Then I ran the "clean printhead" utility a bunch of times -- probably half a dozen, with a couple "really clean printhead" thrown in. I'd run the "print test" utility every so often to see if I was making any progress. It took a couple cleanings and then I could see the black faintly. Eventually, the black came out just as dark as ever. Problem solved. Yay!
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| Re: Re: Canon i550 blank ink won't print by mbeckman (12/20/05 4:52 PM) reply | + / - | Forgot to mention -- before I took the seat out, I tried cleaning the silver circle under the black cartridge with a Q tip and hydrogen peroxide. Didn't help. But then, I had a *lot* of goo under there.
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| Re: Re: Canon i550 by Anonymous (1/26/06 12:48 PM) reply | + / - | If you're having problems printing a PDF file, either a:
select "print as image" (from advanced under print options)
or b: go to print options, then properties, under main you will see "print to grayscale" - check that box and it may work
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| Canon i550, the black cartridges is not working by Anonymous (2/7/06 8:45 AM) reply | + / - | I have a Canon i550 printer and recently the black cartridges is not working (the color ones work fine). By the way, I have just replaced my black cartridge.
I have deep-cleaned it following the trouble-shooting guide and things remain the same.
Can anybody help me with this?
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| Re: Canon i550, the black cartridges is not workin by mbeckman (2/7/06 9:30 AM) reply | + / - | Read the message dated mbeckman (12/20/05 4:48 PM), 3 above yours. I had just put in a new cartridge myself before I decided to take the thingy apart. Good luck! You should be able to tell quickly if that's the problem, for example, if there's black gunk under the seat.
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| Re: Canon i550 by hrb (2/14/06 2:06 AM) reply | + / - | Hi...I'd appreciate any advice.
I have been pleased with my canon i550, not had any problems.
Yesterday the light on the top started flashing orange...7 blinks then back to green.
It won't print anything now.
Does anyone have any ideas what I should be doing, keeping in mind I am technology challenged in a serious way.
Thanks.
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| Re: Canon i550 by gordonA (2/20/06 1:37 PM) reply | + / - | My Canon i550 is delivering poor quality colour printing: test print shows that exactly half of the cyan nozzles are not firing. It doesn't appear to be blocked nozzles - no amount of deep cleaning / water cleaning / compressed air blowing will change the situation. I guess one complete group of nozzles are not firing. Question is, is it worth replacing the printhead (at £60 or so...) on the assumption that the fault is in that unit, or is it likely that the fault is in the electronics that drive the printhead - in which case I'd be wasting my £60. Is it time to bin it and get a new printer...?
Has anyone had any similar experience?
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| Re: Canon i550 by guest (3/21/06 9:46 AM) reply | + / - | for replacement printhead try looking on U.S. ebay, I saw some at £32 equivilent including postage which makes the decision to try or not a bit easier.
Not sure how environmentally friendly it is to get posted from the states mind!
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| Re: Re: Canon i550 by Anonymous (4/8/06 1:54 AM) reply | + / - | hi gordon i have a friends i550 that has the same fault, i believe that the problem is a resistor problem in the machine and i am going to advise her to throw it to the tip. i am using an i560 and when it packs it in i'm going to a brother mpc.seperate tanks and the ink tanks are not on the print head my son has one and has not had a problem less vibration on the parts.
regards rod
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 | Re: Canon i550 by dejudicibus (4/9/06 7:08 AM) reply | + / - | OK. Same to me: twice. Black stopped printing. Printer did not print only 10 days... :( I will clean printhead, crossing finger, but I think Canon should take its responsibility for such a bad piece of device. I found Interne plenty of people complaining that black stopped printing abruptly. Too many.
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| Re: Canon i550 by Anonymous (6/11/06 5:18 PM) reply | + / - | I have had luck with cleaning the heads on my i550 and i560. The ink cartridges do indeed sit inside the head assembly. Remove all the cartridges first. Then flip up the big gray lever and carefully coax the head assembly out of it's holder. Dont touch the gold contacts or the actual printheads underneath. They are delicate and easily damaged. Run it under warm (not hot) tap water until you can't see any more ink coming out. I filled a bowl with SOFT paper towels and water and soaked the heads over night, the soft wet toweling wont damage the heads. I rinsed away the softened ink and dried the whole thing with towels and an air blaster before I put the unit back into the printer. Then a few nozzle tests and cleanings and all is swell. I use my printers daily and often all day long. The less you use them the more likely they are to clog. Another problem I have noted is that the first printed sheet of the day is too dark, as if the black or blue ink slowly leaks down and gets on the other heads. I have to print a sheet of full of colors before I print anything else and then it's fine.
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| the appropriate print head is not insta Canon i550 by Anonymous (6/22/06 5:19 AM) reply | + / - | hi , I found your message in this forum and I have got the same message problem on my canon i560 "the appropriate print head is not installed", can you tell me , if you remember , how you have resolved your problem?? thank you for your answer
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| Re: Re: Canon i550 by sadaalex (6/22/06 5:21 AM) reply | + / - | hi Liz , I found your message in this forum and I have got the same message problem on my canon i560 "the appropriate print head is not installed", can you tell me , if you remember , how you have resolved your problem?? thank you for your answer
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 | Re: Canon i550 by BenC (6/22/06 2:17 PM) reply | + / - | my canon has been algood for ages, but all of a sudden its printing everything really dark. i hate this because it sucks up the black ink and all my pictures turn out dark. i didnt change any settings for this to happen, and i would like not to have to keep turning down the controls, if anyone could help. please and thank you.
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| Re: Canon i560 by John R (1/2/07 1:40 PM) reply | + / - | I recieved an error message paper thickness lever position: what causes this and how do I remedy?
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| Re: Canon i550 by Junior (1/4/07 9:55 AM) reply | + / - | My i550 had been working beautifully but recently has stopped using the color yellow. You can imagine my results when I print a picture! I've tried most of what was recommended above - taking out cradle holding cartridges and cleaning/washing but no luck. I even bought a new yellow cartridge even tho the old one seemed to have ink but still no success. Any suggestions/ideas you'd like to share? Or should I just give up? Thanks in advance...JR
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| Re: Canon i550 by Mary Stiller (10/8/07 8:13 AM) reply | + / - | Everything I print is GREEN. I have followed all the i550 instructions--cleaned and deep cleaned the jets but green, green , green is all I get. Do you think it would help if I reaplaced all the colors. There is no indication that I am running low on any ink except for black. Thank you.
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| Re: Canon i550 by Mary Stiller (10/8/07 8:18 AM) reply | + / - | Everything I print is GREEN. I have followed all the i550 instructions--cleaned and deep cleaned the jets but green, green , green is all I get. Do you think it would help if I reaplaced all the colors. There is no indication that I am running low on any ink except for black. Thank you.
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| Re: Canon i550 by Mary Stiller (10/8/07 8:20 AM) reply | + / - | Everything I print is GREEN. I have followed all the i550 instructions--cleaned and deep cleaned the jets but green, green , green is all I get. Do you think it would help if I reaplaced all the colors. There is no indication that I am running low on any ink except for black. Thank you.
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| Re: Canon i550 by wicked_bug (10/8/07 1:41 PM) reply | + / - | My canon i550 don't want to print anything. It say a problem occured whilte trying to print. ( but don't say what problem ). Turn off and on. I did this 100 times but still nothing. This light it's orange not green and resume botton doesn't work at all. What can i do?:(
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| Re: Canon i550 by trigger1937 (10/9/07 11:53 AM) reply | + / - | Junior, Mary, etc.,, If you want to try and fix your printer, check out my "Canon Printer Repair Manual" on eBay. If you have some technicl skill you can fix it.
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| Re: Canon i550 by BAB  (10/10/07 6:19 AM) reply | + / - | A solid orange light is a ram error on the main board. Sorry not much you can do unless you can get it in service mode. Try getting into service mode and do a waste ink reset or destination reset.
To reset destination, in service mode click resume 5 times then power once, wait a sec then click resume two times and then power once. Then power again and that should turn off printer, then restart. If it fails, donate the printer the the locale garbage bin.
Sorry
BAB
Canon Authorized Tech
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| Re: Canon i550 by Anonymous (10/10/07 11:23 AM) reply | + / - | Thks BAB. I think i only have the last option:(
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| Re: Re: Canon i550 by Anonymous (10/21/07 11:40 AM) reply | + / - | My Canon i550 has ran fine until the other day it said I was running low on yellow. I changed it and it would not let me print. The orange light flashes 7 times, then the green once. I have disconneted several times and tried cleaning heads ect. I shut the computer down for a couple of days and turned it on, and it worked 1 time and after that the same 1 flash green and 7 orange. Please Help.
di
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| Re: Re: Canon i550 by Anonymous (11/25/07 4:33 AM) reply | + / - | Hi Kenjo,
I have been getting a warning window that the waste tanks are almost full on my i550 printer.
I note you are also having difficulties with this feature. I enquired at the shop where I usually buy my inks and was told that the printer needs a service however the expense of having a service might justify getting a new printer. I would be grateful to learn if you have received any help and what is the reset code to do with this? It has just occurred to me that there might be information on the disc - I'll get back to you if I find anything.
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| Re: Canon i550 by Dell (11/26/07 7:07 AM) reply | + / - | Just changed all cartridges of my i550 - printed one photo without problem but then it refused to print further any color. Black still prints but all attempts at cleaning, aligning, etc. failed to bring back color. Price paid for full set of Canon cartridges (54Euro) would have gotten me a new printer. Sorry if I offer no solutions, only another problem. Any ideas?
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| Re: Canon i550 by Stitch12345 (7/1/08 7:35 PM) reply | + / - | i have been getting the same problem as hrb and anonymous as my printer is blinking 7 orange, 1 green and it refuses to print anything. can somebody please advice us what this signal means and what we can do about it? appreciate if you can reply to my thread so i can be notified. thanks. :)
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| Re: Re: Canon i550 by Anonymous (7/1/08 11:41 PM) reply | + / - | I originally posted a questions about a waste ink tanks full warning. However, was able to solve this myself by searching the web. It seems that this is an error and is resolved by switching off, then holding down the continue button and restarting. Best Bill
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| Re: Canon mp600 by alnajar (5/25/09 3:06 PM) reply | + / - | my canon printer mp 600 only black color is not working ireplace to original cartridge.
thank you
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| Re: Re: Canon i550 by Anonymous (9/21/09 2:36 PM) reply | + / - | I have the identical problem today, Sept. 21, 2009.
Have you gotten an answer to your problem? I too would appreciate any advice; thanks.
The light on top started flashing organge - 7 blings then back to green. It won't print anything at all now! Please, help.
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| Re: Canon i550 by rancsr (1/27/10 3:44 AM) reply | + / - | I have a problem in that my printer only prints red, previously it was printing black but skipping lines. lhave pulled out everything l can but cannot fix the problem. any help would be great.
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