Greg said:
Hi
I have a Canon BJC 6200. It's blinking 6 x orange and 1 x green et
doesn't want to print. I found a first explain : waste Ink error
(
http://www.uktsupport.co.uk/canon/bj/bjc6200.htm)
I've replace the waste (sponges). impossible to reset the error :
Waste Reset
1: Power off printer
2: Hold Resume button then press and hold POWER, the beeper will sound once.
3: Hold POWER and release RESUME
4: Press RESUME twice then release BOTH POWER and RESUME buttons
5: When the indicator lights becomes steady, press RESUME three(3)
times. The indicator should be ORANGE.
6: Press Power to set data
No beep at the second item !
1 : OK
2 : the LED is Green
3 : id
4 : the LED is orange (1st PRESS), then gren (2nd PRESS)
5 : the LED is blinkind 6 x orange and 1 green (no action when i press
RESUME)
6 : the printer power OFF
Anyone got any ideas?
Nothing I can suggest except to buy new cartridges and help inflate this
greedy companies profits.
You don't have a waste ink tank full (that is another headache which will
come your way soon enough). Six yellow flashes means you have a printer
which won't recognise its own cartridges.
As it happens, I've currently got the exact same problem (which is how I
came to find your post tonight). Like you, I also found the post that
suggests to try resetting the waste ink counter to fix this problem. In
desperation, I tried it. Yes, I reset the counter, but no, it didn't fix
the problem (which was as I expected).
This has happened to our BJC-6200 twice before. The first time I tried
cleaning the contacts on the back of the cartridge (with an expensive thin
strip of rubber backed high quality contact cleaner, usually reserved for
electronics workshops). Bad move, I ended up having to replace BOTH
cartridge holders, when it was almost certainly only one cartridge that
wasn't being recognised.
The next time I got the six orange blinks, I again purchased both
cartridges, but this time I replaced first one, then the other. I found
that only one cartridge was "faulty", so saved the second one for a while
until I used that too, when the heads lost their crispness.
This time, however, I'm not prepared to spend almost AUS$200 (more than half
the cost of the original printer), to buy two entire new cartridges, as the
ones in there now are almost new and have had little work. I believe that
the design of the two cartridges/carriers has been carefully engineered to
maximise Canons profits. For cartridges to fail in this manner with no
maltreatment (and no swapping in/out of different tank types), after short
periods, suggests they have been engineered to have a minimal (and therefore
profitable for Canon) lifespan. I'm unable to determine whether it's a
contact problem or something else. Either way, Canon should be condemned.
We also own a Canon XL1 video camera (circa AUS$9000), which has also had
design flaws in it from the day we walked out of the Canon dealers showroom.
That wasn't a profit thing, it was simply incompetent lens design combined
with poor electronics design in the focus control circuitry. In more recent
years, we found that Sony cameras were a much better option (they're not
perfect either, of course).
The cost of the consumables has been simply unbelievable with the BJC-6200,
at this point I'm finished with Canon inkjet printers. I won't go Epson
either, because of their attempt to force users to use their ink, through
chips on their cartridges (yes, I know I could probably use a resetter, but
this is a matter of principle).
I therefore have no option but to start looking at Laser Printers, also a
costly solution. Probably give me a little more peace of mind, though.
Regards,
Hughy
