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Canon Waste Ink Tank Reset Procedures

Use the buttons on your Canon printers front display to reset the waste ink tank.

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When sending a document to your Canon printer, the device uses three components to physically print the document--the print head, ink cartridges and the waste ink tank. Ink enters the print head from the ink cartridges and any leftover ink is removed from the print head and deposited in the waste ink tank. The waste ink tank eventually becomes filled with excess ink and must be emptied. As frustrated users have found, however, once the tank is empty, the more daunting task is often manually resetting the waste ink tank, a necessary step if the printer is to continue functioning.

Canon "S" Series Printers

1. Turn off your Canon printer. Press and hold the "Resume" button on the printers panel display. Press and hold the "Power" button. Release the "Resume" button, but while still holding the "Power" button. Press and release the "Resume" button two times. Your Canon printers print head and ink cartridge assembly will move from side to side. Release the "Power" button. Press and release the "Resume" button four times to reset your printers waste ink tank. Press and release the "Power" button to finalize the process. Press the "Power" button again to restart your printer.
   
   If your printer is a Canon S9000, after pressing the "Resume" button two times, release both the "Resume" and "Power" buttons at the same time. Your printers green lights on the display will flash and then stop. When the green lights are solid, press the "Resume" button four times. Then press the "Power" button once to finalize the process and again to restart your printer.

Canon i320

2. Turn off your printer and disconnect the printer cable running from your computer to the printer. Press and hold the "Power" button on the printers display. Turn on your printer. The printers indicator light should be green. Press and release the "Resume" button. The light will change to orange. Press and release the "Resume" button. The light will change to green. Release the "Power" button. Reconnect the printer cable. Go to your computer and open the Canon "General Tools" application. Click on the down arrow next to the wording "USB Port" and select "Set Destination 1."

Canon i550, i560, i850, i860, i865, i950, i960

3. Turn off your printer. Press and hold the "Resume" button, then press and hold the "Power" button. Release the "Resume" button. Press and release the "Resume" button twice. Release the "Power" button. Your printers print head and ink assembly will start moving and the green indicator will blink. Once the print head stops moving, press and release the "Resume" button three times. Press the "Power" button to finalize the waste ink tank reset process.

Canon BJC 1000, 2000, 2100 Series

4. Open your printers front panel door. Remove the printers ink cartridge. Unplug the printers power cable. Close the printers front panel door. Press and hold down the "Resume/Reset" button. Plug in the printers power cable. Release the "Resume/Reset" button. Press the "Resume/Reset" button again for five seconds. Release the "Resume/Reset" button. Press and hold the "Resume/Reset" button for two seconds then release the button. Press and hold the "Resume/Reset" button again for two seconds, then release the button. Unplug your printers power cable to finalize the resetting process.