Tried cleaning the carriage encoder
The marked part was sometimes not pulled back completely. When printerhead moved to the left position it was stopped there. This caused a horrible sound, caused by the belt.
You could see wear at the area. Flattened the surface with a knife. Tested by tipping domy printer canon pixma mp550 shows error 5100 - 06670015-969d-4727-a5b0-e1a397b78238.jpgs/images/06670015-969d-4727-a5b0-e1a397b78238.jpg" altmy printer canon pixma mp550 shows error 5100 - 1dda54b9-5a76-4de0-883e-34206324d19d.jpgpg" class="h_mi" />
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As a technician, I have worked on tons of printers. This particular error had stumped me for a while, but I finally found the cause. As others had pointed out before, it can have alot to do with some obstruction in the print path, the gears, or ink on the clear plastic encoder strip. You're on the right track - I found the the purge cap (the white sliding mechanism that the print head parks to when it's not in use) was not lubricated well enough from factory. If you lubricate the sliders with some white grease (don't get it on the small wipers or the black caps) the mechanism can now slide more freely, and the unit can park the head properly without giving you the dreaded head homing error 5100 (or E-2-2 on the LCD display) Keep in mind that this repair will probably require you to remove the right panel off of the printer to gain access to the purge mechanism. There are two screws behind the printer, and two in front for each corrosponding side panel (the front screws are behind the grey front panel of the printer - open the top cover to see the clips which hold the front cover on) Hope this helps some of you out.
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i had the same problem. aall i did was open the printer up and moved the thing that holds the cartridges to the middle by hand. mine seems to be working fine. post again if its still not working.
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just replaced the ink cartridges and reset the counters, evrth ok now :-)
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error 5100, this error appears and the problem is your cartridge, please double check your cartridge is connect properly and if it still have the errors change another cartridge, a new one...
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Hi
Error 5100 on canon is a Carriage Home Position Error. Try
reseating the printer cartridges. If that doesn't help make sure there is no
paper stopping the carriage from moving right to left. Try cleaning the plastic
strip (encoder strip, behind the carriage) that runs the length of the
carriage, it may be contaminated. Use alcohol and a swab (Q-tip) to clean.
Before cleaning unplug it from the power supply. Hope this helps...please
post back for further assistance.
Daniel
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