A lot of people search for it so I thought that I'll post it here. It
works with i850, i950, etc.



Start with the printer OFF

1. Hold down RESUME and then hold down POWER
2. release RESUME
3. press RESUME twice, then release POWER
4. Let green light blink until printer is done futzing

Select function with RESUME press POWER to execute:

presses - light color - function

0 - green - Test print (or exit service mode on i960)
1 - orange - EEPROM info print (plus grid nozzle diagnostic on i960)
2 - green - EEPROM initialize
3 - orange - reset waste ink counter

Michael typed:

> A lot of people search for it so I thought that I'll post it here. It
> works with i850, i950, etc.
>
>
>
> Start with the printer OFF
>
> 1. Hold down RESUME and then hold down POWER
> 2. release RESUME
> 3. press RESUME twice, then release POWER
> 4. Let green light blink until printer is done futzing
>
> Select function with RESUME press POWER to execute:
>
> presses - light color - function
>
> 0 - green - Test print (or exit service mode on i960)
> 1 - orange - EEPROM info print (plus grid nozzle diagnostic on i960)
> 2 - green - EEPROM initialize
> 3 - orange - reset waste ink counter

Many thanks! Saved and notified for the future!
(Oh, it also works for i550!)

Thanks!!!

-Larry

"Michael" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> A lot of people search for it so I thought that I'll post it here. It
> works with i850, i950, etc.
>
>
>
> Start with the printer OFF
>
> 1. Hold down RESUME and then hold down POWER
> 2. release RESUME
> 3. press RESUME twice, then release POWER
> 4. Let green light blink until printer is done futzing
>
> Select function with RESUME press POWER to execute:
>
> presses - light color - function
>
> 0 - green - Test print (or exit service mode on i960)
> 1 - orange - EEPROM info print (plus grid nozzle diagnostic on i960)
> 2 - green - EEPROM initialize
> 3 - orange - reset waste ink counter

On 19 Jun 2004 06:01:04 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) (Michael) wrote:

> A lot of people search for it so I thought that I'll post it here. It
> works with i850, i950, etc.
>
>
>
> Start with the printer OFF
>
> 1. Hold down RESUME and then hold down POWER
> 2. release RESUME
> 3. press RESUME twice, then release POWER
> 4. Let green light blink until printer is done futzing
>
> Select function with RESUME press POWER to execute:
>
> presses - light color - function
>
> 0 - green - Test print (or exit service mode on i960)
> 1 - orange - EEPROM info print (plus grid nozzle diagnostic on i960)
> 2 - green - EEPROM initialize
> 3 - orange - reset waste ink counter

Do you know if this works for the i990 as well?


Cheers . . . JC

"A lot of people search" for what?. Please clue me in on the thread. Thanx.

SleeperMan wrote:
> Michael typed:
>
>
>>A lot of people search for it so I thought that I'll post it here. It
>>works with i850, i950, etc.
>>
>>
>>
>>Start with the printer OFF
>>
>>1. Hold down RESUME and then hold down POWER
>>2. release RESUME
>>3. press RESUME twice, then release POWER
>>4. Let green light blink until printer is done futzing
>>
>>Select function with RESUME press POWER to execute:
>>
>>presses - light color - function
>>
>>0 - green - Test print (or exit service mode on i960)
>>1 - orange - EEPROM info print (plus grid nozzle diagnostic on i960)
>>2 - green - EEPROM initialize
>>3 - orange - reset waste ink counter
>
>
> Many thanks! Saved and notified for the future!
> (Oh, it also works for i550!)
>
>

herbzee typed:

> "A lot of people search" for what?.


For what it says. For waste ink tank reset. All printers have waste ink tank
(a sponge under the heads, where they rest while no tin use). And printer
counts number of cleaning cycles, number of prints and when it reaches
certain limit, printer won't print anymore until you replace waste ink tank
and reset it. Now, you can take it to the service and pay about 80% of the
price of new printer, or you can do it yourself (but usually you hve to take
WHOLE printer apart). Now you decide.

>
> SleeperMan wrote:
>> Michael typed:
>>
>>
>>> A lot of people search for it so I thought that I'll post it here.
>>> It works with i850, i950, etc.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Start with the printer OFF
>>>
>>> 1. Hold down RESUME and then hold down POWER
>>> 2. release RESUME
>>> 3. press RESUME twice, then release POWER
>>> 4. Let green light blink until printer is done futzing
>>>
>>> Select function with RESUME press POWER to execute:
>>>
>>> presses - light color - function
>>>
>>> 0 - green - Test print (or exit service mode on i960)
>>> 1 - orange - EEPROM info print (plus grid nozzle diagnostic on i960)
>>> 2 - green - EEPROM initialize
>>> 3 - orange - reset waste ink counter
>>
>>
>> Many thanks! Saved and notified for the future!
>> (Oh, it also works for i550!)

JC typed:

> On 19 Jun 2004 06:01:04 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) (Michael) wrote:
>
>> A lot of people search for it so I thought that I'll post it here. It
>> works with i850, i950, etc.
>>
>>
>>
>> Start with the printer OFF
>>
>> 1. Hold down RESUME and then hold down POWER
>> 2. release RESUME
>> 3. press RESUME twice, then release POWER
>> 4. Let green light blink until printer is done futzing
>>
>> Select function with RESUME press POWER to execute:
>>
>> presses - light color - function
>>
>> 0 - green - Test print (or exit service mode on i960)
>> 1 - orange - EEPROM info print (plus grid nozzle diagnostic on i960)
>> 2 - green - EEPROM initialize
>> 3 - orange - reset waste ink counter
>
> Do you know if this works for the i990 as well?
>
>
> Cheers . . . JC

It's easy to test (of you have it): just follow instructions and make EEPROM
info print. That's what i did. If it will print it, it works.

Don't get me wrong but if some of you get a waste ink tank error I
really recommend taking the printer to a Canon authorized service.
Otherwise you can have problems with the purge unit and therefore with
the printhead.

This code should ONLY be used TEMPORARILY.
________________________________________________________________________________

The intresting one is the EEPROM inf. print; it tells you a lot of
things about the printer: the exact number of pages you have printed,
printhead temp., env. temp., the exact date of first printer
activation, eeprom version, number of cleaning cycles, number of
nozzle checks printed, ink tanks status, how many times you replaced
ink tanks, when your waste ink tank gets full and a LOT more...

Hope it helps.
________________________________________________________________________________

TO JC: I haven't tried it on the i990 but if you have one, you can try
to print eeprom inf. print. If it prints, it'll mean that it also
works with i990

Mike

(E-Mail Removed) (Michael) wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>...
> A lot of people search for it so I thought that I'll post it here. It
> works with i850, i950, etc.
>
>
>
> Start with the printer OFF
>
> 1. Hold down RESUME and then hold down POWER
> 2. release RESUME
> 3. press RESUME twice, then release POWER
> 4. Let green light blink until printer is done futzing
>
> Select function with RESUME press POWER to execute:
>
> presses - light color - function
>
> 0 - green - Test print (or exit service mode on i960)
> 1 - orange - EEPROM info print (plus grid nozzle diagnostic on i960)
> 2 - green - EEPROM initialize
> 3 - orange - reset waste ink counter

> >> A lot of people search for it so I thought that I'll post it here. It
> >> works with i850, i950, etc.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Start with the printer OFF
> >>
> >> 1. Hold down RESUME and then hold down POWER
> >> 2. release RESUME
> >> 3. press RESUME twice, then release POWER
> >> 4. Let green light blink until printer is done futzing
> >>
> >> Select function with RESUME press POWER to execute:
> >>
> >> presses - light color - function
> >>
> >> 0 - green - Test print (or exit service mode on i960)
> >> 1 - orange - EEPROM info print (plus grid nozzle diagnostic on i960)

How is this information deciphered?

> >> 2 - green - EEPROM initialize
> >> 3 - orange - reset waste ink counter
> >
> > Do you know if this works for the i990 as well?
> >
> >
> > Cheers . . . JC
>
> It's easy to test (of you have it): just follow instructions and make EEPROM
> info print. That's what i did. If it will print it, it works.
>
>

Ray R typed:

>>>> A lot of people search for it so I thought that I'll post it here.
>>>> It works with i850, i950, etc.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Start with the printer OFF
>>>>
>>>> 1. Hold down RESUME and then hold down POWER
>>>> 2. release RESUME
>>>> 3. press RESUME twice, then release POWER
>>>> 4. Let green light blink until printer is done futzing
>>>>
>>>> Select function with RESUME press POWER to execute:
>>>>
>>>> presses - light color - function
>>>>
>>>> 0 - green - Test print (or exit service mode on i960)
>>>> 1 - orange - EEPROM info print (plus grid nozzle diagnostic on
>>>> i960)
>
> How is this information deciphered?
>
THAT is a really good question...
God knows, and maybe some other earthly person, too, but certainly not
me...but still, it can show if above system works for your printer.