Error 5100 is a carriage error, usually I find grease on the encoder strip, it's the clear strip with black bars behind the carriage assembly It can be cleaned with a Q-tip. Sometimes the purge unit can be jammed on the right side and the carriage can't go all the way to the right.
Printing is splotchy. The page starts off OK, then about halfway down (or 2/3 down), it starts to...
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Printing is splotchy. The page starts off OK, then about halfway down (or 2/3 down), it starts to get all messed up. I replaced both black and color cartridges, and cleaned the heads 4 times. Also cleaned rollers.
My Canon Pixma IP1700 gives me a message saying "the ink absorber is almost full . Contact...
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My Canon Pixma IP1700 gives me a message saying "the ink absorber is almost full . Contact service center." What does this mean?