Sudden death of my PRO 9500 ?

You wrote: "the printer will switch itself off" which implies a programmed design parameter - to stop functioning when a certain parameter is reached like an application that reaches a subscription renewal date. No one has shown any evidence that the printer design is to turn itself off upon reaching one of those specified use parameters.

Life expectancy is different than a programmed termination. The specified life parameters are an either or dynamic with either the print head going bad or something in the printer going bad. However, neither are a guarantee of expiration date.

Electronics are a crap shoot. There are people here with printers that lived, or continue to live, well beyond the general parameters Canon provides. Conversely, there are people whose printers malfunctioned long before the parameters reference.

Example... the least used function on my MP830 was the scanner. (I never used the fax component) Yet it was the scanner that malfunctioned and prompted the printer's retirement well after the general life expectancy per Canon. Stuff wears out.

Hope that the people responsible for building and transporting your next printer were not drunk, hungover, or angry when they touched your printer and caused out of design tolerance(s) to occur.

Hah, you got mileage out of that 9500.
I just had/have an Epson Artisan 730. It was stored and brought out to be used. Before the end of the original OEM carts, it just begins flashing for no reason or some instability. TOAST...less than one set of carts!

mikling said:

Hah, you got mileage out of that 9500.
I just had/have an Epson Artisan 730. It was stored and brought out to be used. Before the end of the original OEM carts, it just begins flashing for no reason or some instability. TOAST...less than one set of carts!

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I learned my lesson: always minimum one spare !

palombian said:

I learned my lesson: always minimum one spare !

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I’d love to get a spare one…

I found a nearly new PRO 9500 MkII for a reasonable price.

In hindsight, the last nozzle checks of the defunct head showed half of the cyan less bright.
As I understood from this forum, such horizontal separations are indications of an electric failure.
Maybe this was the beginning of the end.

Reading this theard I was expecting you will buy new head for your printer. Now what can you do is buy new head.. I have similar problem like you. One I9950 is blinking5 orange. On another I have some badings. You should read 5 page of my thread micro banding. I waiting for new head it should come tomorrow. and then I will try to put old head in 5time blinking printer. You can wait for mine results, until then you should put service test print... Specialists will ask for it.

Saphire said:

Reading this theard I was expecting you will buy new head for your printer. Now what can you do is buy new head.. I have similar problem like you. One I9950 is blinking5 orange. On another I have some badings. You should read 5 page of my thread micro banding. I waiting for new head it should come tomorrow. and then I will try to put old head in 5time blinking printer. You can wait for mine results, until then you should put service test print... Specialists will ask for it.

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I am interested too to proof the case: orange blinking 5 times means "only new head, no damage to printer", when I find a very cheap head.
Why should I risk a brand new ?
Do you think it will be replaced under warranty or reimbursed if it blows up on installation ?
It is more economic to buy another functioning second hand printer.

yes i think they will back you a money refund if something go wrong. If you read my thread micro banding... seller offer me a refund of money,, but i didn't accept.
You should buy from this seller, because they have 100% positive feedback... I buy from them and also have positive experience. They have tested a head and it is OK.
But I repeat they offer me a money refund! Head was not working in mine printer because purge unit. You should read thread.

Saphire said:

yes i think they will back you a money refund if something go wrong. If you read my thread micro banding... seller offer me a refund of money,, but i didn't accept.
You should buy from this seller, because they have 100% positive feedback... I buy from them and also have positive experience. They have tested a head and it is OK.
But I repeat they offer me a money refund! Head was not working in mine printer because purge unit. You should read thread.

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As I understand there was another problem in your printer and the head was not damaged.
Very kind of them to take back a head when the sealed package is opened.
I will contact them when I need one.