Canon Resetters Blogs

* Turn off the printer.
* Press and hold the RESUME button, then press and hold the POWER button.
* While still holding the POWER button, Release the RESUME button, then press and release the RESUME button two more times in succession.
* The printer mechanics will move momentarily. You are now in Service mode. Release the Power Button.
* Pressing the RESUME key will select a function; for example, pressing RESUME 4 times will select the clear waste ink counter function. The lamp will alternate color with each key press.
1. Service/factory test printout, including ink sensor check
2. EEPROM info printout
3. EEPROM initialization
4. Clear the waste-ink counter
5. Printer model setting. (more selections beyond this- leave this alone)
6. After selecting mode, press the POWER button to commit the change, and return to the top of the function selection menu. Pressing the POWER button again turns off the printer for a restart.

Cartridge Canon BCI-60, BCI-61, BCI-62 Refill Ink Instructions :

1. The filling holes are located under the label as shown. Just peel back the label leaving it still connected to the cartridge, do not remove completely.
2. Use the provided eyelet screw to widen the filling hole(s) in the top of the cartridge(s).
3. Connect the needle to the syringe and fill with ink.
4. Insert the needle into the widen filling hole. Note: This cartridge has a sponge so you may feel a slight pressure. Inject about 10 ml. of ink, per color until the ink bubbles up.
5. Pull the label back into place and use a piece of tape to hold it in place.
6. Rinse the syringe with water and dry between each color refill or store for future use.
7. Reinsert cartridge back into the printer and run 1 - 3 cleaning cycles as per printer instructions

First step, start with the printer OFF, then :

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
Number of presses - light color - function
0 presses - green - Test print (or exit service mode on i960)
1 press - orange - EEPROM info print (plus grid nozzle diagnostic on i960)
2 presses - green - EEPROM initialize
3 presses - orange - Reset waste ink counter

Since the CLI8/PGI5 Resetter unit was developed, Canon has revised the firmware in all current printers to make the resetting operation slightly more difficult. This has been achieved by introducing a random element to the way in which the printer accesses each cartridge. This would appear to be a reaction to the introduction of the Resetter.

In turn, this has also added a random element to the reset operation. The reset is, however, just as effective and provided you follow these simple instructions, you can still effectively reset all CLI8 and PGI5 cartridges.

1. Printers affected by the change.

The firmware revision took place around April 2007, so all printers manufactured after this date are affected. This includes iP4300, iP5300, iP6700, MP510 and MP560 although pre April 2007 models of these printers are not affected.

Printers from the previous range such as iP4200, iP5200, iP6600 and MP500 are not affected by this change and if you have one of these printers, simply follow the main instructions.

Our advice would be to use one of the previous range of printers if possible. Although they are no longer widely available, if you visit smaller IT stores or try to buy second hand you should not have too much difficulty getting one.

Alternatively, consider offering a customer a swap-out to a new machine in return for his/her old one. They get a brand new machine with a full set of OEM cartridges and you get the best printer for resetting.

2. Resetting with the new revision printers

Connect the Resetter to the printer as described in the main instructions.

It is essential that both cartridge bays have a cartridge fitted before carrying out the reset. You may wish to keep some spare cartridges for this purpose.

To begin the reset, press and release the printer’s lid switch as described in the main instructions.

As the carriage moves to the middle of the printer, the integral LED on one cartridge will light briefly before the Resetter’s Busy LED lights. Ignore this light.

Once the Busy light is extinguished, only one of the cartridges will have been reset and its integral LED will light. The LED in the other cartridge will stay out to indicate that it has not been reset this time. Exactly which of the two cartridges is reset each time is random.

Leave the cartridges in situ and repeat the reset operation. Either the same cartridge will reset again or the other one will reset. If necessary, repeat until both cartridges have been individually reset. You may then remove both cartridges. Note that once a cartridge has been reset it will stay reset, even if its integral LED does not light on subsequent cycles.

In summary, the Resetter will reset only one cartridge per cycle, and exactly which one is random. If the integral LED in any cartridge is lit after the Busy LED has been extinguished, then that cartridge has been reset during this cycle.

Our advice is to practice this a couple of times and then try the cartridges in a printer to satisfy yourself that you understand how the resetter functions in these printers.

• Turn off the printer.
• Press and hold the RESUME button, then press and hold the POWER button.
• Release the RESUME button, then press and release the RESUME button two more times in succession. (youre still holding the POWER button during this). The printer mechanics will move momentarily.
  

• Pressing the RESUME key will select a function; for example, pressing RESUME 4 times will select the clear waste ink counter function. The lamp will alternate color with each key press.

1. Service/factory test printout, including ink sensor check
2. EEPROM info printout
3. EEPROM initialization
4. Clear the waste-ink counter
5. Printer model setting. (more selections beyond this- leave this alone)
   

After selecting mode, press the POWER button to commit the change, and return to the top of the function selection menu. Pressing the POWER button again turns off the printer for a restart.