Canon Pixma MP480

How to Identify and Fix Common Problems ?

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Check1 Press ON button. Check2 Make sure power plug is securely connected to printer, and then turn on again. Check3 Unplug printer, leave it for at least 2 minutes, and then plug it back in and turn on again.
Simply turn the printer off with the power button on the printer. Once turned off, disconnect the printer`s power cord from the back of the printer. Wait approximately 30 seconds before you reconnect it. Once reconnected, use the printer`s power button to turn the printer back on.
Faulty power cords and connections are an uncommon but possible cause of a printer not turning on. Before suspecting a cord failure, ensure that there is power to the wall outlet and there are no conditions preventing the printer from turning on. Testing by substitution can confirm if a cord connection is the problem.
Press the key on the printer`s control panel. If the printer has entered Sleep Mode 2, you can release the mode when [ ] (Power) is pressed.
Press Setup. Press the arrow buttons until you navigate to Device settings and then press OK. Press the arrow buttons until you navigate to Reset setting and then press OK. Press the arrow buttons until you navigate to Reset all and then press OK.
Canon MP280 – Reset Ink Levels on the Cartridges

If you refill your cartridge, the printer will always show an empty cartridge message. You can override the empty cartridge message by holding down the “stop / reset” button on the printer for around five seconds.

The fuse protects your printer from short circuits and power overload. It is placed between the power outlet and the switch on the left side of the printer. If your machine does not start after pressing the power switch, at first you should check if the power cable is connected to a power source.
Turning the power ON/OFF while the print monitor screen is displayed may cause the printer driver to go off-line and make printing impossible. In this case, open the [Printers / Printers and Faxes / Devices and Printers] folder on the computer and check if your printer driver is shown as off-line.
Some of the most common printer problems that most of us have experienced include paper jamming, slow printing, uneven printing, and wrong colour output. If you use your printer frequently, we know how annoying it can be to have persisting problems with the printer.
Sleep mode automatically puts the printer into a lower-power state after a set period of time of non-use. The printer returns to its normal power state when you send another print or scan job. A printer in sleep mode might display some of the following characteristics: The control panel display is dark.
Hard Reset Canon Printers

You can do that with these steps. Step 1: Keep pressing the Stop button until you hear the alarm ring of your Canon printer. Step 2: Press the Start button at least 19 times. Step 3: Then your printer is reset to its factory settings.

Ink may have run out (The lamp on the ink tank flashes). If printing is in progress, you are recommended to stop printing, replace the ink tank, and then print again.
Reset. Resetting the printer stops printing and clears the current print job received from the active interface. You may want to reset the printer when there is a problem with the print job itself and the printer cannot print successfully.
Restoring the factory-set defaults returns most of the settings to the factory defaults. It will not reset the page count, tray size, or language.
About the difference from a hard reset

Hard resets delete all the registered files, such as the form data saved in the RAM of the printer, but soft resets do not delete them. Cancel printing from the computer. Press [ ] ( Reset). Select [Soft Reset] using [ ] and [ ], and then press [OK].

Press the key on the printer`s control panel. If the printer has entered Sleep Mode 2, you can release the mode when [ ] (Power) is pressed.
Press the key on the printer`s control panel. If the printer has entered Sleep Mode 2, you can release the mode when [ ] (Power) is pressed.
Ink may have run out (The lamp on the ink tank flashes). If printing is in progress, you are recommended to stop printing, replace the ink tank, and then print again.
Press the key on the printer`s control panel. If the printer has entered Sleep Mode 2, you can release the mode when [ ] (Power) is pressed.
Ink may have run out (The lamp on the ink tank flashes). If printing is in progress, you are recommended to stop printing, replace the ink tank, and then print again.
Press the key on the printer`s control panel. If the printer has entered Sleep Mode 2, you can release the mode when [ ] (Power) is pressed.
Ink may have run out (The lamp on the ink tank flashes). If printing is in progress, you are recommended to stop printing, replace the ink tank, and then print again.

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