Anonymous Posted on Jan 02, 2010

Double images, error 5100 when printing, copying

My Canon MX700 multi-function printer gives error 5100. Before that, during printing, lines on a document keep shifting right (or left), and sometime "ghost" shadow images appear here and there. All kinds of cleaning and print head alignment procedures did not help.

Since the same issue has been seen when printing from different desktop PCs running different versions of Windows, as well as when copying documents, I conclude that this is the printer itself.

Anonymous Jan 03, 2010

Thanks, assistencia! I did clean the timing strip the best I could without taking the printer apart. I also checked for any obstructions (nothing really). However, the problem still persists. Could this be then the reading part (somewhere on the print head) of the timing mechanism? If so, what would I look for to clean that?

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5100 is a carriage error, check the timing strip for contamination(plastic strip about 1/4" in width)
The unit is not homing, check for obstructions.

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