

It worth a try it worked for me more than ones. Some heads are on the inks them self but some have them inside the printer so I not know your printer so if the heads are inside you need to get them out you may find that some heads will just clip out put some need to be unscrewed so you got to know how they come out so be careful and not push to hard on them, if the heads are on the ink then it is a easy job to clean them, There is fluid cleaner for this but I can never find any in the shops the only ones I seen is when they sell them in Tesco but they come in with the ink refill bottles so I just use worm water by it self on a cloth and dabbing on the heads to clean them, it will not harm the heads but not to much water. Some times it needs a good clean up but this is up to you if you want to do this,īut after you done this prime the printer so it gets the inks back in the heads, it may take a little time for the inks to work. If this does not work, perform Deep Cleaning Click on cleaning sign for regular cleaning. Follow these steps to unclog the printheadġ. Relax you may recover the printhead by unclogging it. What should you do if you get this problem. Usage of compatible ink and leave the printer idle too long may cause printhead clogging SOURCE: Canon pixma mp140 not printing correctly With the printer still open, disconnect the power outlet.ĩ) Close the lid and turn on the printer.ġ0) Refill cartridges and place them back in their nice little abode in the printer. When you print this sheet the value in the display returns to zero.Ĩ ) Open the printer cover cover (not the scanner cover) and remove the cartridges.

I believe that my colour cartridge is clogged which is why I got the green strips. I got some stripped lines and some numbers.

Don’t worry much about the printed material. At this point is feed the printer with paper.ħ) Press the power button twice and the printer will print a some stuff (if it doesn't print by itself, then press the "color" button once and the test sheet will print). One is for plain paper and the other for photo paper. The printer takes about 10 seconds to show the number 0.ĥ) Press + to change the value from 0 to 1.Ħ) When this value is 1, press colour button this will light up two leds. How to reset the Canon MP150 after a refill (Step 10 concerns refill instructions below the steps):Ģ) Press and hold the power button while connecting the power outlet back.ģ) While still holding down the power button, press the reset button twice.(red circle with a triangle) SOURCE: Canon PIXMA MP140 Service error 5100
