My Canon MP530 leaves an ink strip on the back of the paper I print. I have followed the instructions for cleaning without success. After about 4 pages the strip disappears until you stop printing for a while then it reappears.

The error code 6A00 on the Canon MP530 printer indicates that the auto-purge unit of the printer is not functioning properly. The unit consists of squeegees that remove excess ink from the print head nozzles after printing. When this mechanism of the squeegees fails, the 6A00 error will be displayed on the printer's control panel. Paper jams can also cause the error. Understand the steps given below to fix the issue.
Clearing paper jam
First, make sure there are no paper jams or obstructions inside the printer.
1. Shut off the printer and remove the paper from the ASF.

2. Pull the jammed paper out slowly using both your hands.

3. Open the scanning unit and clear any torn paper bits remaining inside the printer.

4. Clear any jammed paper from the cassette area.

5. Power on the printer and try to print.

Cleaning the auto-purge unit:
Raise the printer lid to access the ink cartridges. Let the carriage move to the center. Unplug the printer and move the carriage to the left.

1) Pull the pads (color and black ink) out using your fingers. Do not drop the pads into the printer.

2) Rinse the pads.
3) Wipe the squeegees. Clean the top and front edges of the squeegees.

4) Use a clean damp paper towel to wipe off the inks on the guides and blades.

5) Make sure the squeegees can easily move.

6) Clean the rails using the paper towel.

7) Check for any clogs in the two holes below the pad position. Clear the clog so that the holes through which the hoses suck the ink from the pads and release it to the large absorbent pads at the bottom.

8) Place the pads back in their positions.

9) Lift the pad trays and clean the ink on it.

10) Close the lid. Try to print.
Hope the issue is resolved.

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Run a "print-head-cleaning" cycle -- the "jet" part of the printer stucks (omit the 't' -- FIXYA would "*****" the word without the 't') ink from the ink-cartridge, and when *NOT* "clogged", should spray the ink onto the paper. Being "clogged", it needs to be "unclogged".

What you can do is take the ink cartridges out of the print head and remove the printhead. Hold the print head over a trash can and take some 409 cleaner and spray the little pads inside the print head til you start noticing the colors dripping into the trash can. You will them want to dry off the print head as much as possible and litely wipe off the outside and the bottom of the print head with a paper towel. Then reseat the printhead back into the printer and the inks. You will then want to run a nozzle check from your printer software or from the printer properties. If the inks still are not showing up run one or two cleanings. If the issue still persists then you might have to replace the printhead. If this is the case you can look up part number: QY6-0059-000 online to replace the print head.

It's not the cartridges, the waste ink is coming up thru the bottom to the exit rollers. The only fix is to have a shop open it up, clean up the ink mess and install a shield that stops the ink from coming back up when it should go to the absorbers. The new machines all have this shield and the ink tube cut back to make the ink go where it should.

That's ink from the cleaning station backing up thru the exit rollers. You need a shop to clean up the extra ink and install a shield that will prevent that in the future.

The exit rollers need to be cleaned, but whats happening is ink is coming from the bottom onto the rollers. It needs to come apart and be cleaned and a mylar strip put in to keep the ink from coming up. A shop repair usually.

OK. It sounds like there's something on the carriage bar restricting the movement of the ink carrier. Perhaps some ink got on the bar.
Try taking a clean lintfree rag dampened with rubbing alcohol and clean the bar. This may have to be repeated a number of times to get the foreign matter off the bar and the ink carriage.
Let me know if this helps. iF it does not we can try something else.
Thanks.

But some time when you get the chance do clean the waste tank out.
　

1. Start with printer off


2. Press and hold resume Button (triangle in the circle) and click "Power" button. Green led should be on


3. While holding the Power button, release the Resume Button.


4. Without releasing the Power Button, click "Resume" button for two times and release Both Buttons.


5. Click "Resume" for four times then soon click "Power" button, to confirm the selected action (reset counter absorber).


6. Turn off the printer and turn on again

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Hi,

it is not directly coming from the head. Probably you are printing your photos without borders. This means that the printer prints slightly beyond he paper. As a consequence is sprays ink on the mechanics and after a while it starts to smear on the back of the paper.

This phenomenon is even mentioned in the printer manual (kind of caution when selecting borderless printing).

There is a menu item in the printer utilities that lets you clean the printer mechanics with a folded paper. I tried this, but it helps only little.

I have the same effect on a pixma IP 4500 , and I live with it.

Cheers

Critter

I had a similar problem. I replaced all the ink cartridges and cleaned the printer.  I checked the nozzles to be sure that they were clean and cleaned the area where the cartridges set.  It took a little while but my printer is working again.  Mine makes a clicking sound after you push the copy button but still pulls the paper through.  Does yours pull the paper through at all?