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this solution if you have problem with code Pixma MP600 Error Code 5010.
fisrt Please turn off the printer from the mains wall socket and unplug it from your computer. Take the paper out and put it back in, checking its all straight and no corners turned up etc. Then have a cup of tea (ie leave it for 5 minutes) Now plug it back in and switch on.
Allow it to warm up and try printing again.

There is an inner door (which is actually used for printing CD's) that you can pull down and gain more access to the carriage. Get a flashlight and a small mirror to inspect the contacts. Next thing to open the cover and when the head comes to the center, pull out the power cord. Then remove all of the ink cars and then the printhead and clean the contacts on the back of the head and those in the back of the carriage.

The only other thing to do is to take that ink cart back to Staples and see if they have a Canon printer demo there and test the ink cart, or get a new one.

Pixma MP970 that keeps showing Error 5100 have tried resetting with guide from a i550 and hjc4500 but I still have same problem I can only print half of a DVD but I can print all of any pages that I want to Any suggestion to this problem is greatly appreciate.

the 5100 is the carriage error and can be caused by 4 different sensors. First off the "Timing Strip" that passes through the back of the Carriage Assembly can be contaminated with ink spots and this needs to be cleaned. Open the cover and use your flashlight to examine the timing strip as much as you can see. You really don't have much access to this strip unless you remove the covers,..and doing that is considerable work. The other items that can cause this error are the sensor inside the carriage unit, the drive motor for the carriage asm, and of course the main logic card. However, 99.6% of the time it is the Timing strip which is easitly contaminated with splattered ink.

I have created Repair Manuals that can teach you how to disassemble and repair any Canon Printer but I can advertize or sell this product from this web site. If you want more information you will have to click on my USER ID and send me an email and I will provide more information. I don't have a Manual for the MP960 since I have not had one to repair, but I have all other cirtical information including the Canon Service Manual for the MP960.

The error code is standard for many of the late model MPxxx printers. The B200 error is "Printhead Temperature exceeded", What this means that while you were printing some document, either one or more of the printhead ink wells ran out of ink and the printing continued. Printhing without ink in the wells will OVERHEAT THE PRINTHEAD NOZZLES and can potentially burn the out. The printer has a built in temperature sensor to detect the ambient temperature and to monitor the temperature of the head. This data is always collected and monitored and saved in the EEprom data and the Service Test print data.

If the error will not go away once you have unplugged the priner for at least 5 minutes, then there is the possibility that you have already burnt out the head. Remove the printhead and use a 5x magnification glass to look VERY CLOSE at all of the nozzles to see if you can detect any possible burnt out nozzle. It many come down to need a new printhead.

Action
1. Contact
Is any of the contacts of the primary charging roller, developing assembly, or transfer charging roller soiled? Or, is there poor contact?
YES: Clean the contact, and set it once again.

2. Wiring
Is the wiring between the contacts for the following normal: DC controller PCB (J301), composite power supply PCB (J136), primary charging roller, developing assembly, transfer charging roller?
a. DC controller PCB (J301) <-> composite power supply PCB (J136)
b. composite power supply PCB (J130-7) <-> primary charging roller contact
c. composite power supply PCB (J130-1) <-> developing assembly contact
d. composite power supply PCB (FT133) <-> transfer roller contact
NO: Correct the connection.

3. Composite power supply PCB, DC controller PCB
Try replacing the composite power supply PCB. Is the problem corrected?
YES: Yes.
NO: Replace the DC controller PCB.

1) With the printer power turned off, while pressing the Resume/Cancel button, press and hold the Power button.
(DO NOT release the buttons. The Power LED lights in green to indicate that a function is selectable.)
2) While holding the Power button, release the Resume/Cancel button. (DO NOT release the Power button.)
3) While holding the Power button, press the Resume/Cancel button 2 times, and then release both the Power and
Resume/Cancel buttons. (Each time the Resume/Cancel button is pressed, the Alarm and Power LEDs light
alternately, Alarm in orange and Power in green, starting with Alarm LED.)
4) When the Power LED lights in green, press the Resume/Cancel button the specified number of time(s)according to the function listed in the table below. (Each time the Resume/Cancel button is pressed, the Alarm and
Power LEDs light alternately, Alarm in orange and Power in green, starting with Alarm LED.)
4 times- Green (Power) -Waste ink counter resetting

1, Power off the printer
2, Unplug the printer's power cord, wait 5 seconds then replug the power cord in.
3, Hold the Power button for 6 Beeps
4, Release the Power Button

This will reset the printer and should resolve incorrect cartridge detection problems