CANON I Fix It? | MG5750 Printer That Doesn't Recognise INK!

This Canon Pixma Printer refuses to accept the yellow ink (error code 1684). Initially, I thought it was just going to be a case of cleaning the cartridge contacts... but it turns out, I was wrong (for a change!)
Let's see if we can FIX It?!
Hope you enjoy!
Steve
PS. I'm not an expert in repairs at all. I do this for fun, and it may not be the best or safest way to go about repairing broken stuff. I'm pretty good at melting plastic though. Please don't copy me - I'm an idiot.
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[@shadoom]

I'm really impressed in how calm you stayed during that. I've attempted to fix a lot of printers in my life time. I'm a pretty calm guy but printers make me lose it. It's like they purposefully made it extra hard.

[@moonblitz9923]

They do make it purposefully hard to try and force you to buy a new one if they start playing up. Modern tech companies should be hung up.

[@andrasszabo7386]

They make it hard to fix because printer repairmen need their money, too.

[@fritzcolburn]

@@moonblitz9923 100% agree. I feel like the "Right to Repair" movement should somewhere down the road push for these things to be made more easily repaired. Their engineers could easily do it and it would also reduce production cost. If it's easy to assemble it's easy to repair.

[@fritzcolburn]

@@andrasszabo7386 Nobody takes these to repair men. People just toss them and buy a new one. The damn printer is cheaper than the ink. You'd pay double the price of a new one to get it repaired.

[@andrasszabo7386]

@@fritzcolburn it was MY job to repair printers for Epson here in Hungary. A lot of crap came in for service.

[@Joeyjojo3108]

I am a Printer/Scanner engineer and I do fix similar canon devices... I must say you did well getting it apart without a service manual. Absolutely amazing job there getting it working again, We normally just replace the ink unit for this fault. 😄

[@goku445]

So the issue was just oxidation on the pins?

[@ahndeux]

@@goku445 Did you even see the cartridge? I'm surprised it got any contact at all. He could have cleaned that cartridge and the tips of the pins to make sure he gets good contact and call it a day.

[@fraenkiboii]

Kudos for pulling this through! When I first saw the thumbnail of you trying to fix an ink printer and the fact that the video is "only" 10 minutes, I thought you'd probably given up. You proved me wrong. It surprised me, because ink printers are basically the definition of modern planned obsolescence. +1 for human society - nil for the machines.

[@sonnyjimm23]

I can't believe how calm you were during this, the fact that the printer survived at all means even your off camera moments of frustration were exceptionally well controlled. All of these printers are literally throw away items, here in Australia when your printer runs out of ink, it's cheaper to buy another complete printer then it is to replace the full set of ink cartridges. In 2020 during the full on pandemic + my final year of uni turned upside down, sadly my HP inkjet printer died due to complications brought on by a ball hammer 🤷‍♂️. Great channel 👍

[@tjmarx]

You're a really good friend going to this much trouble to repair a cheapo £70 printer for your friend... You're a better man than me Steve, I would have just bought a new one and told my friend I fixed it.

[@jinxnatorx]

As soon a I started watching this it's like you got busted doing something you shouldn't be doing and the then print starts playing by its self had my crying with laughter 😂😂😂😂 keep them come bro absolutely brilliant ❤️

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks Jinxy, really appreciate that mate! 😊

[@jinxnatorx]

Ya welcome buddy 😊

[@Mymatevince]

I didn't thINK you would fix that. Looked painful but well done on the last minute switch over Steve 👍

[@StezStixFix]

😁 Thanks Vince! Still not sure why it didn't like the yellow cartridge contacts, but was happy to work with the black cartridge contacts. Still, my tINKering made it work fine now, so I'll take it! 😊

[@Mymatevince]

@@StezStixFix 🤣

[@jonathanlittle8393]

Great video well done i worked at canon for 10 years so I know what a nightmare some of the printer's can be to take apart

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks Jonathan. Yeah, it was a real pain! Really happy to get it going though! ☺

[@warwagon]

The fact you got that thing back together in one piece makes you a god damn miracle worker

[@peachpiano]

Best video I have watched in ages. My cannon Pixma has stopped due to waste ink pads being full and Despite cleaning them, the error code won’t clear. Then my back up HP Photosmart needed a new black ink cartridge and no ink will flow from it. I even bought another £15 black cartridge. I feel like destroying them, this video gives me plenty ideas to wreak revenge on them!

[@paulturner5208]

My initial reaction is "why does it need a microchip in the ink container" and of course, it's a money grab to make sure you don't use ink from anywhere else but themselves so they can flog a cheap printer and have you over a barrel on ink costs. Anyway, rant over, great fix !

[@StezStixFix]

Yeah, you're spot on there Paul. They all claim to "work better" with original cartridges, but it is just so they can sell you them at 3 times the price of aftermarket ones! Always been a bugbear of mine, glad it annoys you too! 🤣

[@MrVestek]

@@StezStixFix Thing is... A lot of Canon Printers work fine with refills. I have refills in mine at the minute and the only thing is, is that the software constantly reports that my inks are low even when they're not... because most refill companies don't see the point in reprogramming the chips in the carts. It'll be pretty evident in my printouts when certain colours start running out! Also, most printers are sold as a "loss leader" in the same way that games consoles are, so they're hoping to make a return on profit for the inks! Sneakers feckers!

[@DalmaTon-Records]

@@MrVestek Yeah, but original Cannon inks are way better then chinese replacements. For example, their UV and enviromental resistance is way superior than replacement ones. Try to print some picture on a inkjet glossy photo paper with replacement and with original inks, and you will notice after some time that picture on these printed with replacement inks start to fade out and becomes very very pale, but picture printed with original ink catridges stays strong and vivid in colors even after many years... And second thing that I can think off right now is the fact that some cheapest replacement inks can allegedly clogg the printhead out... But, I never bought original inks for my canons before and probably never will because of their rip off price. They are as Steve said at least 3x more expensive than replacement ones. I've had 2 Canons, one some years ago (pixma ip4850), and the other (pixma ip 7250) bought a few years ago, still sitting here on my desk next to me. Both with errors where orange led flashes a few times. I've looked online and found that orange led on my canons flashes out a printhead error. And on both printers the same - printhead error. Now I don't know what to do, it turns out that is better to just buy a new printer because the new original printhead costs almost like a full new printer. Crazy, I know, but it is like it is... Anyways, in my experience inkjet printers are generally one big pain in the ass and to maintain and to own. Cheers!

[@goku445]

Printers are the worst when it comes to this kind of tricks and planned obsolescence. One printer had a chip that would make it stop after a hard coded number of prints. They should go to jail for that.

[@adamgrimsley2900]

Did you know that printer ink is more expensive than vintage champagne.

[@SiAnon]

20 years of inkjet printers are the reason i bought a laser printer. Not had any stress or lost my temper with a printer since lol

[@NiebaumCurran]

I picked up a cheap hp 1320 laser a couple of years ago and wouldn't go back to ink jets.

[@SiAnon]

@@NiebaumCurran I convinced a few of my friends to go the laser route too. THey asked "But what if i want to print a photo" so i asked them when was the last time they printed one and when they realised it was years ago they bought a laser printer hahaha

[@Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co]

For the three times a year I need to print something, I just walk up to the local library and do it there.

[@douglasjeffries4647]

it might've been a complete and utter *BEEP* *BEEP* *BEEP* but you stuck through to the end and managed to get it to work again. You've got my respect when it comes down to it, LMAO 99% of the repairs that you do I'd never be able to do myself due to my shaky hands.

[@belzebub16]

I really admire your stamina, when our printer broke down, I tried to fix it, but seeing that a replacement part would have been half the cost of a newer, more advanced printer I gave up...

[@bigdoghu]

You da man. Many would have given up long ago but you stuck with it and fixed it. You have my respect.

[@JoeyDoesTech]

Great video pal. One of those ones that ends in 10 minutes, but SO much has gone into this. I'll make sure I stay clear of printers, INKase it drives me crazy 😁

[@StezStixFix]

Yep, printers are the work of the devil himself. This one took me the best part of a full day to fix and I had to edit about 6 hours of footage in to 10 minutes! INKredible 😊

[@victorarcos6178]

Lol INKredible

[@boborbob7579]

Ok so I had this error for a set of new cartridges, mine was the cyan so I tested in in another slot and it picked it up fine. I tried reseating several times then watched this video, went back to the printer and re-seated the cartridge and its fine now. Thanks just watching this resolved my issue great work

[@brooknet]

PC Load Letter! Need I say more? Yes. Okay. Printers are horrible to repair, so I'm glad that you got this one working! I have a Canon MG3650, which is similar. Someone had stuffed a lot of margarine in it, so it needed to be taken apart and cleaned, after which the paper feed mechanism stopped working - so after another taking-apart it worked and has been fine since. The build tolerances of these things must be so fine; it was made by a machine and probably designed by one too. Humans are intended to be users only.

[@matario2758]

same problem , but please do not be depressed guys , you don't have to do all those steps , for me after few attempts of taking it off & getting it back in & turning it on & off , it just worked !! so yes thank you for the trick & for the ones already thinking of throwing it just give it one more attempt . good luck everyone

[@andrewgratton7225]

Had exactly the same problem with the same model. Been at the front door to get thrown out all today then thought id research and found this vid, great help but i found a shortcut lol. put a tiny bit of white tak on the top of the cartridge clip so when it is clicked in place the cartridge is pushed down a tiny bit further and its working fine :) sadly will have to use pennies worth of whitetak each time cartridge needs replaced and wont get to get angry and messy for a permanant fix 😂

[@Richie_]

Comedian too.. Nice one. Probably the best repair channels I've found.👍👍

[@dogastus]

I like the subtle "subscribe" messages dotted about. Hey, they worked!

[@TheBrewdonkey]

The real star of the show is that Body Count shirt! Excellent taste in music.

[@alh8764]

Wow great job - same model and same problem - having watched my solution is the top floor window as I don't have your skills or patience - thank you great vid for those who can

[@558vulcanxh]

You did very well there 👏, now if you ever get a fix for error B203, it would be brilliant to see your findings, I've just replaced the print head on my MG5750 with a cheap one and the printer doesn't recognise it 🤔

[@ChrisHalden007]

I am so impress you succeeded to put it back together 🤣

[@hanspaulavisser855]

Loved it, entertaining and educational in one package. I've pulled one apart ending up using 4 letter words to them give up. Thanks.

[@jesperhalvarsson5199]

For me working as a service technician on mostly HP and Kyocera laserjet printers i enjoyed watching this! Well done, will store the fix in my head if i ever stumble upon an Canon inkjet machine with the same fault!

[@joerivankallo]

Do you even try to fix broken printers? You almost get them for free, and they rip you off with the ink.

[@jesperhalvarsson5199]

@@joerivankallo Well, the ones i work on daily have a price range from 2000-10000 euro, as long their is warranty we most fix them :)

[@joerivankallo]

@@jesperhalvarsson5199 That's a different kind of device than what this video is about :)

[@jesperhalvarsson5199]

@@joerivankallo Absolutely..mostly MFP machines, but that dosen't mean we don't stumble upon small InkJets and LaserJets worth only a couple of hundreds sometimes!

[@nathan5315]

Before I watch any more, can I just say, good luck! In my experience, printers are notorious for being different to repair.

[@scouse1967]

Great fault finding process again, Steve. I have a Cannon Pixma TS5150 AIO printer (which i bought brand new from Argos last year) Which i'm debating on opening up to give it a good clean out of "Old Ink" from the ink tank but watching this video i'm having second thoughts now lol

[@mattskinner5432]

😂😂😂😂 accurate description of device. Great fix Steve 👏👏👏👏

[@DanBird]

Had me chuckling watching you get angry trying to repair this haha. Great video as always.

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks Dan! Yeah, I was angry with this one alright! 🤣

[@ayikymahluv]

Crikey!!! I’m gonna try this! I’ve been trying to troubleshoot the same issue, even the same color - stupid yellow! Thanks!!

[@chris-pike]

Good to see you attempt to fix your Canon Pixma Printer there Steve but printers can be a pain to fix and the price of the ink cartridges are just as pricey as the printers them selves but good to see your fix it - Nice 1 👍

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks Chris! Yeah, the ink cartridge prices are crazy! It was a real pain to open this printer up, but I'm happy with the result! 😊

[@azraelzarcard8908]

My model is MG7720, and it showed the same problem, I want to clean the cartridge holder(the dock with colored label), but I didn't find the process you remove it from the printer, would you please give some detail?

[@thatcrazyguyjay]

Our survey said ❌ love your videos buddy keep it up I’ve learnt a lot from watching you also 😊. And I love your senses of humour you always make me laugh buddy top guy id love to meet you one day

[@Chrish1981]

Cool shirt! Great album

[@flibble666]

Welcome to the Club of I've taken a printer apart I'll never do that again. Also nice fix.

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks Mr Flibble! Yeah, I'll definitely not be doing another printer if I can help it! 🤣

[@nukedathlonman]

Hmm.....Well, I can see I'm in for some fun... Though this video shows this is going to be easier then the Epson & HP printers I've cleaned out in the past. My 8 year old MG5720 has a code I can't clear (B204), so I'm going to replace the head (there is a super easy way to pull that that doesn't need the whole printer pulled apart) as well as clean out all the ink absorber sponges (which I've decided it would be best for me to pull the right side panel off allowing me a little more access to all that stuff).

[@ctg8563]

I have an Epson wifi printer and when I got it. It would leave blobs of ink when I printed. I spent about a week or 2 to flush it out and get it working. It was a long and messy project but I eventually got it working.

[@victorarcos6178]

I missed out on how to remove the carriage. I am trying to fix an error on the magenta right now, two of the 5 pins are pushed down, and printer is not recognizing the cartridge "tank"

[@StezStixFix]

Hi Victor! I remember it being really difficult to remove, I guess I had to cut most of it out to edit the video down to something watchable! Hope you can get yours working again. Good luck 👍

[@victorarcos6178]

@@StezStixFix Success! I ordered the carriage, waiting on it to swap the connector. Thanks man. Greetings from TX

[@massumking6498]

Steve, i have just been in the loft 6 printers coming your way

[@victorg7036]

My HP printer has a factory defect, where it randomly decides to freeze on boot up. It happens because this printer was made the year HP decided to not use leaded solder on they motherboard(can't remember what year that was off the top of my head). So basically the solder joints Crack on the board and it can't get a good enough connection. So the easiest way to fix it, is by reflowing it by putting it in the oven at 200 Celsius for about 8 minutes. I've done it before and if works, but its probably not the best solution to fix it.

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks Victor. Yeah, that's an unfortunate fault. i think it would need the unleaded solder removing and replacing with leaded to eliminate that completely. 🤔

[@kennethbarker852]

1st class video to watch thank you take care kind regards from me kenneth

[@chess0101]

I have this printer mg5750 and it has error 5B00 indicative of print absorber needing replaced I believe.can you advise how to clean or remove this absorber and clearing error message? Thanks for great video

[@Foolercze]

4:29 how did you removed that part?

[@Jasmine2024]

I really love my Canon printer! Canon always is the best! today it's stopped to recognize my black color I changed 3 black cartridge and still couldn't recognize then I find out maybe its a problem with the pin and I checked for pins I tried to put all of them in one line but one of the broke down so I tried to test again the black cartridge with one broken pin and amazingly it works ! The good thing for Canon printer is that no matter how many times you opened it and close it. It made like she can working in any condition that she is. Canon is the best!

[@oldguy8177able]

i have a very cheap hp printer used it once would not go,so left it for 2 years saw youtube video on different things you can do there 7 things i tried all of them the one that worked was clean contacts in printer i did and it worked.

[@electrickal1]

I replaced the print head in my all-in-one HP (which was very similar), they would try the patients of a saint. BUT, I got it apart, back together and working like new. What pissed me off the most was the cartridge vacuum motors that hoover up all your expensive ink and dump it inside on blotting pads. That got the swear words rolling off the tongue I can tell ya.

[@fuwingpang5445]

Why did the black worked, if you swapped with the "faulty" one?

[@rrrohan2288]

when i worked for canon we would trick printer into thinking in cartridge wasnt empty by putting electrical tape where optic sensor shinned through. if light didnt penetrate cartridge it assumed it was because there was still ink blocking it

[@MrRobarino]

Canon stopped using optical sensors years ago. Now they use chips with counters in them to measure the ink. Fortunately you can buy resettable and re-fillable 3rd party ink cartridges.

[@gbwomble1570]

oh my god so funny people please send him more printers with the telly going bang and this one has made my day lmfao

[@paulorobertoelias8425]

Hi, I stumbled into this video yesterday, and I couldn't help myself laughing out loud when looking at your reaction of the printer's noises, because I too have the same reaction with my Canon MG7510, This MG7510 is working for 6 years in my work station, many times producing these strange noises before printing or scanning. It so happened that a couple of weeks ago a strange behaviour started to creep up: I would turn the printer on, and after a few moments it would turn itself off. A technician from Canon told me that this glitch was affecting many of their printers, and to my surprise, he advised me to turn off my local router and disconnect the printer from my LAN. Instead, I should use a USB cable for the time being. At this point I was rather intrigued and had difficulties understanding what was going on. The technician did not explain anything, he only said Canon engineers were looking into it. I searched for some info on the Internet and I read people claiming that by going to the printer's web service setup and inserting a fake DNS IP address the printer would work on-line again. Apparently, when working on-line these Canon machines would resort to a web site of their own, and only later print whatever the user requested. However, the final solution to this glitch was being made in a new firmware release, which would update the printer via the afore mentioned USB cable only. I was later given the link to the new firmware installer, which did the trick as promised. Still, no clear explanation was available to me why this DNS error managed to affect a number of Canon machines. Go figure! Be as it may, having the Canon (or any other printer for that matter) offline, is a complete waste of local resources, and, needless to say, I haven't used a printer USB cable for decades now. Congrats on your video, it shows how unexpected these things are.

[@charrowool]

I had a paper jam and when I cleared it and continued to print something, the paper goes through and the sound of it printing can be heard, but nothing has been printed all I get is a blank piece of paper. How can I resolve this problem?

[@I_RacooN_I]

Been there before Steve, I will never work on another printer again in my life...

[@thamzhu]

Techy but fun.... Keep up bro

[@welshknight3878]

Hi buddy I've got wind-up lamp seem not to light up after winding up can you get new dimo

[@Anthony-qt8wv]

I have one question. Did you take the black ink out and put it back in? I have a strange feeling if you do that that it will start doing the same thing but on the Black ink cartridge. It is just a thought that came to me. If it does that then can a person buy a replacement part for it? The reason i ask is I buy Canon ink jet printers an really like them an it would be good to know if it happens to me.

[@Wabajck]

I have a different model Pixma and have tried to repair it myself before. They are an absolute pain and ultimately just not worth the effort for me. So I just bought an entire new one and tossed the previous one.

[@creator343y2]

Mine has the 5th pin broken and it went inside I can't get it out how can I fix it?

[@StezStixFix]

Hard to tell you without seeing it, but you'll probably need to take it apart, which is a pain. I don't ever want to have to take one of these apart ever again, it's not fun. Good luck. 👍

[@creator343y2]

@@StezStixFix thank you for replying! I think I'll have to replace the pin because I tried taking it out with tweezers but it didn't work, so we'll see how that goes :)

[@StezStixFix]

No worries, hope you can get it fixed! 😊

[@chanyphilly8266]

That is so weird! To think that was the fix! I have an old Canon Pixma that doesn't seem to run via any software at all, maybe you could fluke that one too! Lol

[@Hansjoh21]

What a lot of work for a printer of 70 bucks haha. Well done!

[@davidvanson1786]

i keep getting the error code c000 i've no idea what's causing this issue there's no foreign objects inside it's just everything to do with the print head itself the thing won't even print the test pattern

[@StezStixFix]

Hi David, I wonder if resetting it might solve it. Have you tried to reset it? If not, try holding stop button for 2 seconds and then press power for 2 seconds (still holding stop), let go of stop but keep finger on power, then hit stop 5 times and then release all buttons. It should shut down and then you can turn it back on and see if the problem is still there or not! Hope that makes sense and good luck 👍

[@davidvanson1786]

@@StezStixFix Thanks for the reply but sadly it didn't work but i have noticed some dirt or ink on the timing belt so hopefully cleaning that will do the trick.

[@StezStixFix]

Hope you get it fixed! 👍

[@Life_Of_AL]

Mine is saying to contact a repair centre and printing blank pages. I’ve removed all cartridges, the PGBK and Y seem to have leaked at some point, and I suspect the leakage has gone hard and blocked something. Any ideas?

[@sissiealwardt6497]

is there a fix to make it chipless yet? I'm missing a pin on mine so it won't recognize the black ink. I found the part of ebay $20 but I can't see myself taking it apart to that extent 😱

[@JackONeill497]

Hey Steve around 3 minutes it has not fun in Dutch top left corner???

[@ToxoRetro]

Another frustrating one Stez. You sure ain't picking the easy ones at the moment. 🤪 Only this time your subject wants to upstage you. 😂 I wonder if the connection was slightly loose and was only affected when the ink arm (is that the term?) moved. Once it thought there was an issue, it maintained the thought of there being an issue. Sometimes modern tech is too smart for it's own good. At least it's working; a new printer and a new shape of ink cartridge is just a crazy thought, particularly with ink prices.

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks Toxo. Yeah, this one was painful right from the start! You could well be right there, considering the LED lit up on its way in but extinguished once the printer arm took it! I wonder if swapping it with the black one, just made it that little bit more secure. 🤷 Anyhow, its still working fine, so another lucky win for me! 🤣

[@robba1234]

I worked in the "printer, photocopier" business and it was a great job bar one exception, The Inks, and toner, I didn't mind it I have worked in worse, smellier industries, but my boss insisted on white shirts (and tie) My wife hated that job far more than I did just because of that.😁🤣😁

[@manganmegamangan]

i have the exact same printer it´s good

[@MrGrantgibbs]

I've acquired at fruit machine,I plugged it in and the switch on the power supply was smoking, I replaced the switch and I've changed the backup battery on the motherboard and there's still no life,on more inspection I've noticed a capacitor with a bulged top,is this a possible cause for the machine being dead.

[@tadeusoares5648]

Printers are machines straight from hell.

[@VikingDudee]

I had the same printer long time ago, and evetime you lift the front up to put ink in it, the caddy would shoot a crossed about where it would sit so you can put ink in it and then it shoot back to the right where you can't get to it, I had to unplug it, open the front up, plug it back in and wait for that ink caddy to move where I can put ink in it and unplug it, that printer was so annoying lol

[@michaelgoode9555]

I am impressed and bemused in equal measure. I have one of these and the amount of clunking and beeping it does gets my goat. There is surely no need. Anyhow, I have found that mine works fine with genuine OEM Canon but hates other brands. Printer manufacturers are imo just gougers.

[@n1ck211]

Been there done that, the most messy job I have ever done 😞

[@StezStixFix]

Yeah, I won't be rushing back to it that's for sure! Nightmare of a job 😳

[@n1ck211]

@@StezStixFix deffo a job that needed magic lol

[@StezStixFix]

@@n1ck211 most definitely! 🤣

[@andycooper4230]

Great bodge bud

[@StezStixFix]

🤣 bodge is my middle name!

[@SimpleShaun80]

Pahaha, the printer wanted to be centre stage in this video, its build quality looks so flimsy... Great video as always, the beginning mugshot set it off perfectly

[@StezStixFix]

🤣 thanks Shaun! Yeah, cheap nasty plastic, and a real pain to get apart! I won't be going near another printer in a hurry, thats for sure! ☺

[@peter1970uk]

I have a HDHomeRun tv tuner that stopped working after a lightning strike in my street how can I donate it. I don’t need it back so if you fix it you can keep it, and if you melt it it’s no big deal.

[@mancavemusician]

I've got that printer, it does it's own thing all the time. The wife thinks it's a Poltergeist and won't leave it switched on overnight! 😅

[@JasonPurkiss]

OMG that was amazing thanks for sharing :)

[@bljg8987]

Nice shirt!

[@JohanlastZa]

In my country that printer is about R900 new, my rates are R350 per hour and we either charge 1 or two hours for printers. We literally throw away a couple of printers each month because the customers do not want to spend so much money when they can actually just buy a new one. I don't even keep them for spares. Printers are a very wasteful thing and I think the manufactures made them to be disposable or expensive to fix

[@kevinheuman3623]

So ultimately, what was the problem?

[@FiveStringCommando]

I would have gone full Office Space on that thing. Baseball bat & everything.

[@logothaironsides2942]

And hardly any ink leaks or blood. I think we had a pixma at one point. Its was fantastic until it died, perfect photo printing, there were dubious looking websites offering ink tank upgrades with kits you could buy from russia . You can get printers with ink tanks now and you fill up the tank from bottles which sounds messy but is actually not and is way better for your bank account. Having had printers that lasted literally a year with the cartridges costing more than the printer, they have come a long way.

[@Ratchet_effect]

Family Fortunes wow that's going back some time. Our Survey Said Beep!! Top answer 'swap the pins around' Steve Wins! Epson ecotank printer less mess 🖖👍 If you stop doing these awesome vids you could become a human cannon ball until you get fired. I could have gone rude there but keep it clean in-case kids see it.

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks Steve, thinking back, I'm not entirely sure why swapping the pins around fixed it, but it's been working fine ever since. Guess I got lucky (again!) I've always wanted to get fired out of a cannon though, like Guybrush Threepwood. 🤣

[@Ratchet_effect]

Ah Steve my man. I love that game, I've played that for so, so many hours that and Broken sword. They are both in my top favourites for sure. I think swapping the pins around changed the seating position so they got a new point of contact. but.. I'll go with you every time, its your show 😊 BTW anyone wondering (Monkey Island)

[@StezStixFix]

@@Ratchet_effect Good to know you have an excellent taste in computer games, Steve. It is far an away my favourite game series of all time! Well the first 2 anyhow! 😜

[@R2RIO]

I did exactly the same process, but the error code still persists, i wonder how it disappeared for you...

[@CameronM47]

0:01 A "wasn't me, nobody saw me, can't prove anything" look if I ever saw one.

[@liudas5377]

I did same with mine. Swapped those thingys and no fix. U got lucky.

[@frozerinosrepairs]

Great video

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks Frozerinos! 😊

[@guywilton7471]

There are no words.......none.........well maybe WTF.......but that's about all I can manage (Obviously hilarious viewing though.....keep it up !)

[@StezStixFix]

🤣 thanks Guy! This was definitely a WTF one!

[@CD-Gaming]

The fact that when Dave Gorman came across a problematic printer, he ultimately took a sledge hammer to it... and I'm not exaggorating, either! When you work in an office, taking heavy DIY tools to tech and no one who's ever worked in an office needs me to finish that sentence...

[@shaunohagan1491]

You should have done a reenactment (spell it for me) of the scene in Office Space

[@mdoyle1981]

I thought this might end up like the printer in the movie Office Space!

[@MrAmity009]

We should expect that the problem would go with the change of contact position? But obviously it don’t

[@kinglouie2269]

To help others, I thought I would also share this tip: If by chance your using cheaper unofficial ink cartridges, and you encounter this error - save the old empty ones and swap around the copper connectors on the small green boards on the cartridges themselves - works like a charm. I thought I was f*****, but this workaround solved it! 😂

[@ShR33k]

I hate hate HATE trying to look at a printer. So messy, and difficult to get into. I normally just say they're cheap enough - buy a new one! I am confused at what the fix was? Moving the contact over to the black cartridge made the whole thing work? If it was that connector block, why didn't the black stop working? Well done on your patience!

[@joerivankallo]

Canon printer: a black box that tells you when to go out to buy ink, even if you don't use it. Luckily I found a supplier for aftermarket ink cartridges that can get a refill and reset the chip automatically. It's a bit of a hassle to get it working, but when you get the procedure, it is a piece of cake and you can print for only 10% of the price of the original cartridges.

[@robertnorton-e3s]

I could not agree with you more Sir.....In the middle of printing a few pages Canon Pixma TR4520 I get a 7500 error code....Printer was hardly used new in the box. Used it for about 6 months...This is the first page I could even find the code!.....A new board?...Service center...where?....POS....The nearest landfill...Canon never again....

[@dwaynedibley1396]

Nice one good vid!

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks Dwayne! I was gonna call you the "Duke of Dork" but thought I'd better check you can relate to it before I go insulting you unintentionally 🤣

[@10100rsn]

It might say "Yellow" but it could mean any of the other colors. It gives the impression that the ink system is smart and it would know exactly what cartridge is bad but any of the carts can be faulty and interfere with the communications of the other cartridges. It might not even be "Yellow" ...