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Anonymous Posted on Jan 31, 2013

My canon Pixma MX340 is telling me it is jammed. I have turned it off, turned it upside down, blown air into it, and cannot find anything jamming it.

I printed on fabric the other day and it jammed. I succesfully got out the jammed fabric but I still get the jammed message. Have shut it down, unplugged, turned it upside down, and keep getting the message.

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You may have damaged a paper path sensor when you removed the fabric

  • Anonymous Jan 31, 2013

    And what do I do about that?

  • Anonymous Jan 31, 2013

    So what does this mean?

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Apr 12, 2008

SOURCE: Dell 924 Inkjet Printer False Paper Jam

Got rid of my problem!

In an act of despair I started to poke around the inside of the printer with a wooden match. Especially I found a small black lever mentioned on a Dell web site (general paper jam help page) that could be pressed a little. It is placed just a little bit right of center behind the carriage and just above the roll that feeds the paper beneath the printer heads. I'm not sure if this was what finally did it, but now the paper jam problem has gone away.

Another thing I noticed is that my carriage is now moving to center when I open the top. When the paper jam error was present it always moved to the far left (so I could remove any jammed paper, I suspect).

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 23, 2009

SOURCE: Canon PIXMA MP160 showing paper jam, but none

hi
just recently had these problems
symptoms:
LED flashing E3 code and alarm light was solid. But dissapeared when opened the coved and came back on when closed the cover.
Also the when the cover was open the inks did not slide out to the left and stayed to the right side.
There was no paper jam, but error said paper jam.

Solution:
1. I took a thick piece of paper, from like a paper folder ones, thick enough to go in the printer and not curl up when pushed..
2. turned off the printer and turned it back on.
3, while printer was turning on,and makings sound as it does normally when turning on, I pushed through the piece of paper and the rotors stoped for a millisecond.
4.the rotors started again and pushed out the paper by it self with out my force.
5. I let the printer get started. and then turned it off and then on.
6. this solved all of my problems.
this was the first problem ever with this printer in 3 years.,preety good printer.

good luck...

doubee

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  • Posted on Nov 01, 2010

SOURCE: Canon pixma mx340 4-in-1 wireless

error 6000 is a paper jam, which means there is something in the flag that senses whether or not there is paper in the path. Look very carefully in the area just before the paper comes out before the printing area. You will likely find a small piece of paper stuck, or a small object. Often a small inspection mirror helps.

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Victorman

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  • Posted on May 31, 2011

SOURCE: Canon PIXMA MX340 All-In-One InkJet

Open the cover so you can see the glass plates. Look up into the cover where the document exits from. There is a white flat bar with two small white tabs hanging down. Look at the tab that nearest to the front of the machine. In the slot to the left of it there should be a small black plastic arm hanging down. it is probably stuck in the up position. use a paper clip to bring it down and see if it is free to swing. DONT spray anything near it if it is stuck. Use tweezers to pull it down and it should click back into position and swing freely.

Good luck.

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