#CANON PIXMA MG5220 PRINTS BLANK PAGES HOW TO#
#CANON PIXMA MG5220 PRINTS BLANK PAGES SOFTWARE#

I saw both units on Sale at Officemax for $200 to 250. Epson makes a letter size with the same features. I am currently buying generic ink tanks and have really good results. I went back to an inkjet when my Canon tabloid size color printer gave me more grief than it was worth.Д«ought an Epson All in One that has two paper trays, prints, scans, copies 1 or 2 sided up to 19 x 13 paper. That printer only printed decent copy when using the expensive Brother supplies.

Then when through a really good Laser color printer that mechanically broke (wouldnвЂ™t feed paper) then tried Brother all in on color laser. I was sold on Canon for years but then got tired of print head issues like you are experiencing. You will see lots of colored ink flowing out when doing that. Then place under the hot water spout in the kitchen sink and let the water run into the holes where the cartridges attach. Place in a container of hot tap water and let set for a spell. I have used Hot water, rubbing alcohol and even Lacquer thinner on Canon print heads. Note that steps 5-7 are not always necessary but it does force the printer to go through additional boot-up sequence and seems to be neccessary sometimes.I wouldnвЂ™t worry about getting the PCB wet. If test page is showing some or all test bars then the memory problem has been solved.If still blank then try the above again or call canon support or just give up on this printer. Navigate to setup menu and print a nozzle test page.(at least 1 minute should have elapsed since step 4.) Replace printhead and return retaining bar to lock position.Check for damage or foreign objects like pieces of paper just in case!.Pull or lift the retaining bar from the printhead cradle and remove the printhead.Press and hold the power button to clear any remaining charge from the powerpack.Pull the power cable and USB cable from the printer to trun it off leaving the printhead in position.Open the access to the cartridges with the printer on.Note this does NOT apply if printhead is blocked with dried ink!

#CANON PIXMA MG5220 PRINTS BLANK PAGES SOFTWARE#

This appears to be a software issue and I have rectified this many times on multiple printers using the following method to 'reboot' the software after clearing the internal memory. Printing out a nozzle test also results in a completely blank page. By suddenly, I mean one printjob prints perfect and the next is totally blank. The symptom is that the printer suddenly stops printing ink onto the page even though the cartridges all contain ink and the print-head is not blocked. I have seen this problem with many of the Canon 5 & 6 cartridge inkjet printer models. time will tell, I'm glad I found this forum and will post any updates I can as we give this one some good runs. so far so good, makes some strange noises on startup, but seems a solid unit. doesn't use the same cratridges as this pixma did, but still has the separate cartridges and is a multifunction piece. and from personal experience I would also NOT touch another hp unless it was gifted to me. Kid has a nack for taking things apart, and being as printers are so cheap these days, we gave this one to him for a good 2-3 days worth of disassembling electronics to see what makes them tick, and then discarded it all.ДЄs many issues as this one seemed to have towards the end, at work I have had even more issues with brother and hp ones. nothing we did could bring it back from this. Wife was trying to print something for our son (remote learning crap) and the printer came on, as it usually did then just died. Only to report that a week or so after this fix, the printer finally died. So, the question is open to this fine forum: has anyone actually fixed the problem of a Pixma MX922 printing blank pages? IfВ you'd be kind enough to share the solution,В I'd sure appreciate it, asВ I'm sure many others would as well. IВ don't want to throw good money after bad, especially sinceВ I've yet to read of one user who replaced the print head and fixed the problem. As I said, I removed and cleaned the print head and still got nothing but blank pages. I've talked to Tech Support and they suggested a new print head. WhatВ I'm trying to find out is if anyone has ever solved the problem, or whether this is another $85 down the toilet. I've Googled the problem andВ I'm really surprised how wide spread it is. I'm astounded that it has stopped working, especially since I thought Canon was a premium brand.

#CANON PIXMA MG5220 PRINTS BLANK PAGES HOW TO#

I went on YouTube to learn how to remove and clean the print head. I've done a dozen deep cleanings to no avail. It doesn't matter whether I try and print on letter or photo paper. My Pixma MX922 has suddenly started printing nothing but blank pages.

Canon pixma mg5220 prints blank pages