finstp
Newbie to Printing
- Joined
- Sep 13, 2025
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- Printer Model
- Canon Pixma Pro-1
Hi,
I have been trying to recover a Pro-1 printer with an apparent absorber pad problem. The printer is old, mine new from 2015, but has only been used for about 100 prints and 2 sets of inks for various reasons. I foolishly bought new (genuine) inks and have printed a few more, beautiful, prints, but now it is showing the 8 alternate flashes of amber and power LEDs.
I finally got a copy of service tool v3400, but it isn’t allowing me to reset the absorber count. It does seem to be going into service mode with the usual 5 press sequence, appearing as Canon Device in USB, but it continues to boot up, ending with the 8 flash sequence. With v3400 I can read the EEPROM, but any other commend gives Error 005. It may well be totally bricked, but my AI pal, ChatGPT, has suggested getting hold of service tool v4720. That one I can’t find online. Can anyone help with this? Or suggest alternative solutions (don’t mention the skipP
I have been trying to recover a Pro-1 printer with an apparent absorber pad problem. The printer is old, mine new from 2015, but has only been used for about 100 prints and 2 sets of inks for various reasons. I foolishly bought new (genuine) inks and have printed a few more, beautiful, prints, but now it is showing the 8 alternate flashes of amber and power LEDs.
I finally got a copy of service tool v3400, but it isn’t allowing me to reset the absorber count. It does seem to be going into service mode with the usual 5 press sequence, appearing as Canon Device in USB, but it continues to boot up, ending with the 8 flash sequence. With v3400 I can read the EEPROM, but any other commend gives Error 005. It may well be totally bricked, but my AI pal, ChatGPT, has suggested getting hold of service tool v4720. That one I can’t find online. Can anyone help with this? Or suggest alternative solutions (don’t mention the skipP
