websnail said:
headphonesman said:
Meanwhile if anyone else has similar easy , viable suggestions I would welcome them.
Just a thought but I'm sure you've considered this approach..
Hey printer, meet Mr Sledgehammer!!!
Here is my final interpretation of the problem ., if you have tears prepare to shed them now...................
It was the print head.
How do I know ? Because I took the printhead from the MP600 (that I struggled to get out !) ... and properly stored it until today when i tried it in my 5200.
My 5200 immediately said that there was a serious error and to put right " TRY switching off and disconnecting and re-connecting " if this does not work take to a Canon repair center " etc. Of course that did not put it right. Neither did it put it right when I put the original Head back in.
Printer continually flashing orange. I consigned the 5200 to the graveyard next to the MP600 with the defunct Printhead as well.
I then got my spare 5200 and installed that with the good printhead from the first 5200., and everything was rosy! (figuratively speaking)
MORAL OF STORY :-
If your machine suddenly fails in the way the 600 did.........do not try and salvage the printhead for a rainy day , believe that it was the cause and do not let it near any other machines. I was half prepared for it to do what it did, but i wont try a similar procedure again . I thought I was justified in the experiment because there was never any indication that there had been a problem with the Printhead. It was printing quite happily on the day it died.
Thanks to all who tried to help , I hope this example of my attempts to salvage an unknown condition part will act as a caution to others.
... That sounds about right.. For some reason when my MP750 went this way I didn't opt to re-use the printhead for some reason... Perhaps I listened to that little internal voice for the first time!! Either way, glad I did.