A One-Stop Guide for Resolving Your Canon Printer Error and Problems

Canon is a Japanese multinational company. The founder of the company is Goro Yoshida Saburo Uchida Takeo Maeda. Its headquarters are in OTA, Tokyo, Japan.

Printers are the output devices, which convert electrical images documents into hard output form. The types of printers produced by canon are laser printers, Solid ink printers, Dot matrix printer, Business inkjet printers, LED printers, Multifunction printers, 3D printers, and LED printers.

Canon printer error 

Whenever the error occurs in the canon printer, such as the machine required paper or paper is jammed, the canon printer automatically displays a troubleshooting message. It describes the appropriate action that should be taken in the form of a message. Whenever the error occurs, the machine automatically flashes the alarm lamp orange, and a support code (error no.) is displayed on your computer screen. To take the appropriate action against the error, you should check the status of the message.

Given below are some of the example of the number of flashes and their cause:-

Two flashes:- It is because the machine requires a paper.

Alternatively, the paper’s size in print settings does not match that of the loaded paper.

Three flashes:- when the paper output tray is closed.

While performing automatic duplex printing, the paper is jammed.

At the transport unit, the paper is jammed inside the machine.

Four flashes:-The FINE cartridge is not installed correctly.

Canon Printer Problems

Printers are now essential for our day-to-day operations. As the printer is a machine that humans can perceive prints, the electrical images, documents are hard copies. The printers can be even used at businesses or even at home. It is just the frustrating issues that arise when a printer starts giving problems that can be quickly resolved without a professional’s help.

Given below are some of the solutions to the printer problems:-

• Canon Printer Not Printing

It is one of the parts of the printer problem.

First, check if the printer is properly plugged in and turned on. When the ON lamp is not flashing, the machine begins its printing.

When the printer is printing a lot of photos or graphics, then the delays are experienced.

Just check the ON lamp, whether it is flashing or not. If it is flashing, wait for the ON lamp to stop flashing because printing starts once it is steady.

Sometimes print jobs that are present and undeleted create the problem. First, remove these print jobs from the queue then try again printing the material.

•  “No Paper” Alert

Sometimes “no paper” error appears even if the paper is on the printer. There could be other objects on the rear tray.

Please turn off your printer and then unplug it and then remove the rear tray’s objects.

Sometimes this alert appears when the paper is not appropriately loaded into the machine. Make sure that the edges of the paper are adequately aligned while loading the paper into the machine.

In portrait orientation, the paper should be loaded.

This problem can also arise when the paper is curled, wrinkled, or too thick. Replace the paper and make sure that the paper you are loading matches the paper size in the settings.

• Very Light And Faded Print

Very faded print or light print or a poor-quality print issue usually arises due to clogged printhead. The primary cause of the blockage is dried ink. This problem mainly occurs in inkjet printers, which are not used frequently.

With the problem of printing too light or faded, prints are too sporty and may also have horizontal lines.

The dried ink can be cleared using the printers’ utility program. To check the problem is resolved, print a test page after running the program.

Sometimes the very light or faded prints happen because the ink is about to run out. The printer gives an alert for this, but if this is the problem, make sure to change the cartridges.

• Paper Jamming in Canon Printer

Well, the printers do alert you when the paper is jamming. To solve this, turn off the printer and unplug it, then without touching film or reel, pull out the jammed paper.

• Slow Printing

Printing slow is one of the most common problems of printers. This happens when the printer prints the high-quality output. The solution for this is to change the settings to the draft mode or reduce the print quality. This will increase the speed of the printer but also save ink or toner.

• Canon Printer Not Printing Correct Colors

The printer is not printing color colors due to corrupted printer drivers.

• Paper jamming issues
• Using duplicating ink
• Improper installation of printer firmware
• Compatibility issues
• Empty ink cartridges

The solution to this problem is to check your end cartridge, update printer driver, check color-printing settings and restart your printer.

Canon Printer Error 5100

The 5100 canon printer error indicates a problem in the ink carriage. The problem is with the cartridge carriage having hammed by paper clipping or some object. Error 5100 is the error related to the cartridge. The solution to this problem is to turn off your printer and unplug it.

Open the printer cover and check for the orange-colored protective tape and remove it if it is necessary. Now check for no foreign object in the printer and remove it if you find a foreign object.

Close the cover and reconnect and turn on the printer, and now the problem is resolved.

Canon Printer Error 5200

5200 Canon printer error indicates low ink

levels or some fault in the cartridge or a problem with the printer’s logic board. It means the ink cartridge installed in a Canon printer is either empty or close to empty.

The solution to this problem is-

• Turn off your printer and press and hold stop/reset button
• Hold the power button on and release the stop reset button
• Press twice stop/reset button while holding the power button on
• Wait till an ‘idle’ message appears and then open the top cover to expose cartridges
• Liftoff the top and take out both black and color cartridges
• Return cover of cartridge holder and turn off the printer and after the printer initializes, return the cartridges.

Canon Printer Error Code

The printer has automatic configuration settings that report problems in the printer directly through ON lamp and display error codes such as error code b200, code 6c10, etc.

Cannon support code 6000-

The canon printer error 6000 occurs when the paper feed tray of the printer blocks it from opening.

To solve this error user need to make sure of the following steps-

• Clean the paper feed roller, and in case line feed is either scratched or smeared, you would need to clean the LF or EJ slit with a very non-corrosive solution.
• If particles are left over, then remove the jammed object carefully and adequately.
• Remove all of the print jobs and queue and restart the printer.

Canon Pixma Troubleshooting

The following are the steps for canon printers troubleshooting Pixma-

• First of all, perform the hard printer reset and the power off the printer.
• Unplug from the wall socket and remove the cable.
• Now leave the printer to reset for a minute and then power on the printer and wait until it becomes silent.
• Perform a test print and check if the printer responds.