My gripes with the Canon MP530 - anyone else? I already started a discussion on the faulty ink cartridges, but since then have come across other major problems... anyone else have this many issues?I've had this printer for over a year, and have never gotten the scanner to work. I have a Dell running Windows XP SP2. I've reinstalled the drivers, software, everything that I could think of.It won't do anything (fax, scan, etc.) if any of the ink cartridges are out. If a color cartridge is out, you can't print in Black and White. This is crazy. I think I'll buy an HP printer next time, even though I despise that brand. My gripes with the Canon MP530 - anyone else? I already started a discussion on the faulty ink cartridges, but since then have come across other major problems... anyone else have this many... » Read More My gripes with the Canon MP530 - anyone else? I already started a discussion on the faulty ink cartridges, but since then have come across other major problems... anyone else have this many issues?I've had this printer for over a year, and have never gotten the scanner to work. I have a Dell running Windows XP SP2. I've reinstalled the drivers, software, everything that I could think of.It won't do anything (fax, scan, etc.) if any of the ink cartridges are out. If a color cartridge is out, you can't print in Black and White. This is crazy. I think I'll buy an HP printer next time, even though I despise that brand. « Show Less
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i'm having those exact problems now...can't scan without cartridges, and can't print black without color cartridges. there MUST be a solution...anyone?
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I've been going to Office Max, which sells their own brand of cartridges for this printer (they're actually repackaged and refilled Canon cartridges with an Office Max sticker over top of the Canon sticker). I also wait until Office Max sends out those 20% off grocery bags in my Sunday newspaper and stock up like crazy. I think if you buy the multipacks its cheaper too.
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There definately is something not right with the ink system. I have owned this printer for over two years. First of all it is barely alive, never when new printed from bottom tray. Long Story short I ordered ink through amazon. I made the merchant rfeplace the ink for it evaporated in my machine in lil over a month. I am in the market for a new one!!
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It sounds like a bad idea to leave your ink slots empty anyway. If there is no ink flow through any of the slots for a long period of time the ink inside the ports will dry up and clog the print heads. Also, I wouldn't spend $80 to $100 for replacement ink. You can buy a brand new printer (with ink) for that price! I buy my replacement cartridges for $1.68 each and they work perfectly. Of course the printer companies don't want you to do that so they are going to tell youit's bad for your printer, and perhaps even tell you it will void your warranty.
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I think this is a ploy to force customers to buy color cartridges even if you are only printing in black & white. There's no solution that I know of except to buy store brand ink cartridges. I still don't understand why you need cartridges in the printer in order to scan and fax - that still has me stumped, but I think it's a design flaw.
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thanks, cannonball (clearly a jazz fan!)...i've had this canon since 2007, and this is the first time i've hated it...any thoughts as to who offers the best online deal on cartridges? staples and office depot want almost $90 for the color and black...price has gone up $40 in 6 months. insane.
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If it doesn't want to print try pushing the OK button which acknowledges that you got the error message.I buy my ink from CarrotInk.com Total for all 5 cartridges $76.75I'll have to check out Office Max.
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where? WHERE do you buy replacement cartridges for $1.68 each??? please share details.
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Funny, Kodak wanted to replace mine with a refurbished printer costing to much for what it is when the printhead would not move after trying all the suggestions for fixing the problem. My husband did get it working again by taking it apart but I had already bought myself an HP Officejet which works great. And the Office Hero 6.1 quit working again so I am sorry I can't help but my suggestion to you is stay away from the Kodak and throw it in the trash. Kodak is not an American product any longer. The only good thing about the printer I thought was the cost of the ink. The HP ink is expensive but it seems to last me a lot longer! Funny, Kodak wanted to replace mine with a refurbished printer costing to much for what it is when the printhead would not move after trying all the suggestions for fixing the problem. My husband did get it working again by taking it apart but I had already bought myself an HP Officejet which works great. And the Office Hero 6.1 quit working again so I am sorry I can't help but my suggestion to you is stay away from the Kodak and throw it in the trash. Kodak is not an American product any longer. The only good thing about the printer I thought was the cost of the ink. The HP ink is... » Read More Funny, Kodak wanted to replace mine with a refurbished printer costing to much for what it is when the printhead would not move after trying all the suggestions for fixing the problem. My husband did get it working again by taking it apart but I had already bought myself an HP Officejet which works great. And the Office Hero 6.1 quit working again so I am sorry I can't help but my suggestion to you is stay away from the Kodak and throw it in the trash. Kodak is not an American product any longer. The only good thing about the printer I thought was the cost of the ink. The HP ink is expensive but it seems to last me a lot longer! « Show Less
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I agree with the two previous people who posted comments about the Canon MP610 printer. It has been working flawlessly since Feb. 2008 after I purchased a new iMac running OSX 10.5.2 (Leopard). I am also using a USB cable. Last week I finally had to replace two of the color ink tanks. Either Canon has more ink in their tanks or it uses less ink than my previous EPSON printers. And I'm not using my printer any less than before. I also like having individual tanks for each color, CMYK plus pigment black for text only documents. Naturally, I ordered new ink tanks from Amazon because of "best price" and free delivery. I agree with the two previous people who posted comments about the Canon MP610 printer. It has been working flawlessly since Feb. 2008 after I purchased a new iMac running OSX 10.5.2 (Leopard). I am also using a USB cable. Last week I finally had to replace two of the color ink tanks. Either Canon has more ink in their tanks or it uses less ink than my previous EPSON printers. And I'm not using my printer any less than before. I also like having individual tanks for each color, CMYK plus pigment black for text only documents. Naturally, I ordered new ink tanks from Amazon because of... » Read More I agree with the two previous people who posted comments about the Canon MP610 printer. It has been working flawlessly since Feb. 2008 after I purchased a new iMac running OSX 10.5.2 (Leopard). I am also using a USB cable. Last week I finally had to replace two of the color ink tanks. Either Canon has more ink in their tanks or it uses less ink than my previous EPSON printers. And I'm not using my printer any less than before. I also like having individual tanks for each color, CMYK plus pigment black for text only documents. Naturally, I ordered new ink tanks from Amazon because of "best price" and free delivery. « Show Less
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Can't help on that, because I have a hard time making it work period. I have Windows XP, and it worked well for awhile, then started smearing, fading, skipping and otherwise giving me trouble. It still looks beautiful as a piece of furniture, though; I'm too "thrifty" to pitch it. Tried to have it scan a page an hour ago and it refused. I don't print very often, so the ink cartridges refuse to obey the printer, being dried up. With all the time I spend trying to get it to work, I could write documents in long hand quicker. Best of luck to you, Tom! George Strella, Tulsa
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James,I am trying to decide between the canon 830 AiO and the epson artisian 800. If you look at the negative comments both printers receive high marks for being ink pigs!have you tried more pages with the epson? is it still using as much ink? I wish thw=ere was some way to tell which printer is worse.
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I'm having the same problem with 14 month old printer. Seems as if thousands of users are having this issue. HP not responsive about it. Avoid this printer.
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I have a Dell with Windows 7. I plugged the Printer into my Computer and it only "partially" loaded the Driver. So I initially couldn't use Windows 7 Print/Scan software as plug and play. You simply load in the provided Canon CD (I installed everything and later on uninstalled programs I didn't want) Now everything works great including Windows 7 Print/Scan software too.
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I received this machine for Christmas and I am having the same problem. I even exchanged the original HP 6310 that I got thinking that it was broken, and the new machine is doing the same thing with images scanned through the autoloader. Have you contacted HP regarding this? I tried and they told me to try cleaning my scanner (which is brand new). I think I'll probably return it.
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Same thing happened to us, and we had to replace the printer. We changed the ink out for first party manufactured cartridges, and it still didn't work. We were lucky they covered it under warranty, but it still doesn't make sense as to why it happened. Good luck.
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I've got a Canon iP4300 which uses the same cartridges as the MP600. When I replaced my ink with generic cartridges (and moved the chip to the generic), I had to hold down the reset button for 5-10 seconds which tells the printer to ignore the error. On the PC, it shows an empty cartridge with an "X" above it, but it prints fine. I would imagine it would work with an empty cartridge in the same manner.
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I had same problem. There was no fix after working with Kodak technician. Printer had worked flawlessly for two years. Technician offered a free refurbished printer (same print cartridges but no fax) with 90 day warrantee...I pay shipping cost...$10. This print head jam seems to a common problem. It is not a paper issue.
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I wish I had a solution for you but unfortunately I had to scrap my HP Officejet for the exact same issue. We tried changing all of the cartridges, including the black twice, just in case it was just a bad head and we even updated the software. After dealing with this ink-guzzling monster for over a year we junked it and got the Epson Workforce printer. We're having much better ink use with the new printer.
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You're not particularly clear on exactly what isn't working. For example, does the button not respond or does the page come through without anything on it? A good debugging step would be to see if it prints in black/white and gray scale. Then you would know it isn't in the cartridges. Another potentially stupid suggestion...have you tried googling the specific problem to see if others have already solved it?
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As a former technology manager, I would have a lot more questions for you. Has the printer worked before? If so, does it not print in any application. There's also the classic - turn EVERYTHING off (PC & printer). If still no good, what about making a copy - pull the USB cable and make a copy - if it doesn't copy - it's either the printer or possibly the ink cartridge is not snapped in properly.
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that is a very good question. I have an mp470. which uses only canon non-refurbished ink and just a few weeks ago, someone mistakenly gave me the 41 instead of the 31. my printer worked just fine (as far as canon ink seems to go, which is revolting in my opinion). but that's the gist of it.
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I just read this post from the product review section on amazon from "Traveler". Hope this section of his review helps with your problem as well. DJ UPDATE JANUARY 23, 2012: After over 5 hours with the HP Help Center, not arriving at a solution to the printing errors and scanning problems, I was ready to return the printer to HP. However, I persevered. The printing was perfect as long as I did not let the error messages bother me. The scanner was not functional. Then a few days ago, I came up with an idea. IPv6 has been in the news lately due to the lack of internet addresses under IPv4. I wondered if my laptop and desktop were using the same IP versions. Sue enough, the laptop that did not have problems was using IPv4 and the desktop had IPv4 and IPv6 activated. So, I disabled IPv6. Ever since, the printing errors have disappeared and the scanning functions perfectly! YEAH! I am not ready to declare 'VICTORY' yet, but after a few days, everything is still good. So, I will raise the product rating from 3 to 4. Too bad that the HP Help Center and their diagnostic software could not have saved me so many hours of frustration.
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Its to funny that you'd say that about compatible replacement cartridges. I have a small Canon i560 printer and used compatible cartridges in it - since then, no matter that I've since replaced them with Canon cartridges - it prints 2 brownish lines at the end of the page. Pretty aggravating - have tried everything to fix this - looks like the only fix there is is to buy a new printer - would you buy the Pro 9000 again if you had it to do over.