20 Most Recent Canon PIXMA iP4600 Color InkJet Photo Printer - Page 5 Questions & Answers

Solution 1:

• Switch the printer OFF
• Press buttons 1 + 2 + 3 and 4 (simultaneously using four fingers)
• Keep pressing this four buttons for 10 seconds
• Release the On/Off button (number 4) (Keeping pressing the others)
• After a few seconds (when the printer go ON), release buttons 1, 2,

Solution 2

• I discovered that the head was blocked from moving all the way to the right by a white nylon lever and discovered that there was a thin, small pad that had come loose and was blocking the mechanism to activate the head motion.
• One pad was about 1/2 inch by 1/2 inch and a second was a narrow 3/32 x 1/2 inch pad both about 1/16 thick.
• I removed these pads and the printer returned to normal.

Please download the Canon "My Printer" Software. It will help you to reset your printer. You can download it here: http://software.canon-europe.com/software/0038012_0010649.asp?model=

I had the same problem and I finally FIXED IT. I first tried replacing cartridges - no good, I then took the print head out, dismantled it and washed every component, no good. I then noticed that there were small streaks of blue on the paper when I tried to print a blue image so I worked out that the blue ink is getting through, but very slowly (yours might not be getting through at all but don?t worry this should still fix it). So I got a very thin pin and pushed it into the cyan pad on the print head creating a thin channel for the ink. Tried to print again, perfect, blue now working. Hope this helps - remember, you do this AT YOUR OWN RISK, there is no guarantee this will work for you, it worked for me but there is the obvious risks that you may break your printer. I did it because it was broken as far as I was concerned and I had nothing to lose if it broke completely, you must make that choice yoursel

Yea it definetly cable

If the printer making louder and louder noise you need to replace the purge unit,the purge unit is in the rirth of the printer.An advice...i telling you to go to someone who specializes printer is very difficult to change this part.

If you are not going to use the printer for a number of months, you will need to clear the printhead of ink. Remove the ink cartridges and stretch electrician's plastic electrical tape to seal the ink outlet. Put the ink cartridges in a zip lock plastic bag for storage
Remove the ink cartridge carrier clean with warm water and put in a zip lock plastic bag for storage.
Remove the printhead and soak the printhead, printhead down in warm distilled water overnight. After the printhead has soaked, replace the water with another warm distilled water bath and soak for a couple of hours. This should clear the ink from the printheads. Let the printhead dry and one it is dry, store it in a zip lock plastic bag.
Clean your printer with a damp cloth and wrap it in a plastic bag along with your installation disk and installation instructions.
Your printer and components are now ready to be stored.
Let me know if you have any more questions.

Inkjet printers need to be used frequently to prevent inkdrying out in the print head nozzles.
If the print head cleaning maintenance routine does not clear the blockages,then print head needs replacing, but it may be expensive.
It may be more cost effective to buy a later model and better printer thanreplace the print head.

Daca face de 15 ori cel portocaliu nu recunoaste cartusele,daca fac alternatic ledul verde cu cel portocaliu este placa logica defecta.

replace the print head

the problem is purge unit drive,if the problem persist change the logic board

6c10 the solutin is to replace the purge unit drive

first you proper installed software by original driver cd deliverd by cannon after if problem still continue then check cartridge but cartridge should be ok , specialy in cannon cartridge demo cartridge working for very short period replace new one originally cartridge, or if your printer sensor ribbon deeply scrached it should be replace.