My canon printer won't print. It was okay yesterday, but now it's not working right. I changed the ink but it's still not printing. What should I do?

The printer requires both cartridges to have ink before the printer will initialize and operational. Even if you are only printing black and white both cartridge have to contain ink or the printer will error out. This is standard on all ink jet printers from every manufacturer. You will have to get ink before you can print.

Main Cartridge is black it is required for printing it is not possible to print black with other cartridge.

1. Open the Properties / Preferences window for the printer.
   
   

   For Windows 7
   

   • Click 'Start' from the bottom left of the Windows screen, and 'Devices and Printers .'
   • Click your right mouse button on the listing for your printer, and then select 'Printing Preferences...' from the menu that appears.
   
   For Windows Vista
   • Click / Select 'Start' from the bottom left of the Windows screen, 'Control Panel', 'Hardware and Sound', and then click on 'Printers'. Note: If you are in 'Classic' view, Click 'Printers' directly from the 'Control Panel'.
   • Click your right mouse button on the listing for your printer, and then select 'Printing Preferences...' from the menu that appears.
     

   For Windows XP Home Edition
   

   • Click / Select 'Start' from the bottom left of the Windows screen, 'Control Panel,' 'Printers and Other Hardware,' and 'Printers and Faxes.'
   • Click your right mouse button on the listing for your printer, and then select 'Printing Preferences...' from the menu that appears.

   
   For Windows XP Professional Edition
   

   • Click 'Start' from the bottom left of the Windows screen, and 'Printers and Faxes.'
   • Click your right mouse button on the listing for your printer, and then select 'Printing Preferences...' from the menu that appears.

   
   For Windows 2000/ Me/98 (if applicable)
   

   • Click / Select 'Start' from the bottom left of the Windows screen, and 'Settings,' then 'Printers.'
   • Click your right mouse button on the listing for your printer, and then select 'Properties' from the menu that appears.
     
     
2. Click on the Main tab.
   
   
3. Select 'Plain Paper' as the Media Type. If any other paper type is selected, color ink will be used to create black.
   
   
   
   Note: The pigment black ink will only be used when printing on plain paper.
   
   
4. De-Select the box for 'Grayscale Printing'.
   
   
   
   Note: If either 'Borderless Printing' or 'Duplex Printing' are enabled from the Page Setup tab, grayscale will be created using a combination of the color (dye) inks to prevent smearing.
   
   
5. Click 'OK' to save the changes.

The printer will now only use the pigment black ink tank.

ck it carefully

Clearing Canon Pixma Support Code B200 Error Message

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try shaking the ink cartridge then reinstall it again canon pixma ink

Solution

1. Press START - Devices and Printers
2. Right-click the Canon MP258 series - select Printing preferences
3. Click Maintenance - Cleaning
4. Select All Colors BK, C, M, Y - Execute
5. Wait until the process is finished (Do not start another operation until the cleaning has finished).
6. Click Print Check Pattern OK




If the results print out like this, there are two possibilities:
1. Red ink in the cartridge runs out. Solution: injecting with red ink
2. If the red ink has been filled, and check pattern is still not out, meaning the color cartridge error. Solution: replace the cartridges

CL41, this is the one you are using for your cartridge.

Did you change your cartridge with brand new one or refilled one??

If you did with refilled one, the ink level won't go back with full.

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This is the method how printer measures the ink level.

1. Each cartridge has a serial number.
2. As soon as installation in printer, printer recognizes the cartridge by serial #.
3. And the printer starts to count the printing document.
4. After reaching certain print counting, the ink level will show "low ink"

So my answer is even if you refilled your cartridge, the ink level won't change,
since printer cannot weight the cartridge or.....some other technology to measure each color ink level.

Thanks.

Hi Good day!! did you try to print other documents? if yes try to restart your print spooler Click Start- Setting- Control panel- administrative tools- services now you should be on services box find the "Print spooler" click Print spooler and then restart it by click stop and then start
reply to me for further assistant if my solution did not work thanks

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