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Most Canon Pixma printers with
individual ink tanks
including MP500, 510, 520, 530, 540, 600, 620,
630, 640, 800, 810, 830, 960, 970, 980, 990, MG5150, 5250, 5350 6150, 6250, 8150, 8250, MX700, 850, 860, iP4200,
4300, 4500, 4600, 4700, 4800, 4850, 4900, 4950, 5200, 5300, 6600, 6700, iX5000, 6500, PRO9000,
9500 etc....are
programmed to stop printing, before any ink tank runs out of
ink.
Note: if your printer uses
two ink cartridges (one black/one colour) or is not listed above, you can
find more ink monitor information on this page: Canon ink monitor (cartridges) - how to disable
Refilling Canon CLI-8, CLI-521, CLI-526, PGI-5,
PGI-520, PGI-525 etc ink tanks doesn't reset the ink
levels in printer software, so the printer may not print - even if
all ink tanks are full of ink. All
the ink information comes from a small IC chip fitted to each ink tank.
There is no connection between
the actual ink levels and the ink monitor (ink gauge) levels and if any
chip reads "empty"...you're not printing anything. Even if say the yellow
ink
tank is "empty" and all you want to print is a page of black text...you
can't.
To make the printer
work again, you have few choices:
1) Fit a new ink tank
2) Reset the "empty" chip
back to full - using a chip re-setter (if
available for your printer model)
3) Use auto-reset ink tanks
(if available for your
printer model)
4) Disable
the ink monitor.
It's easy to disable the ink
monitor...
Simply read and follow the
messages from your printer (on screen) similar to ones shown below. If you
use a multi function (MP) printer, similar messages should also display on the
printer LCD panel (if it has one).
Important: When the ink monitor is disabled, ink level
indicator (for that ink tank) disappears and the printer will not stop printing, even if out of ink. Inspect ink level
in each tank periodically (by removing it) to avoid running
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