Printer "waste ink tray full".

[Justin Passing]

Canon Printer TS8350 Error 5B00
This may be a "real" issue or something which Canon build into the firmware to limit the printer's life.

I can find instructions for other somewhat similar printers. One replaces the waste ink pad, and then there's a sequence of button presses to reset things.
This particuar printer doesn't have those buttons, there's just an On button, then the touchpad.

It's not an expensive printer, £120 or so a few years ago, so I suspect the sensible option is to scrap it for a replacement. Much as that course is sad.


I could dismantle the printer and clean the foam pad - I can't find a replacement. The button-pressing routine for a different Canon printer, isn't something one would guess.

Has anyone successfully resolved a similar issue?

 

[Wayners]

I've tackled printers with a can of air to blow out dust and wet wipes.
Unplug for a few hours to reset.
About all you can do other than reinstall

 

[flameport]

The only sensible option for inkjet printers is to never buy or use them, and buy a cheap old laser printer instead.

 

[evdama]

I use an old laser for in house printing and keep the inkjet for work going external.
A litre of isopropryl alcohol is a good investment for any household and its good for cleaning printer gubbins like a waste sponge or print head.
Inkjets are a royal pita whatever the price
Infrequent use is often a killer.
Top of the range still have built-in obsolescence,with more bells and whistles to justify the price.

 

[aveatry]

I have had this with a canon printer and managed it for about 2 more years by cleaning the little pad that the head wipes itself on. Reach in with long tweezers and there are 2 of them about the size of a postage stamp soak in alcohol and damp on a paper towel until no more ink comes out. Also clean the area around where that sat. Pop them back in and all is well for a few months until I have to do it again. I kept it going but the print head eventually worn out.

 

[spile]

Old mono laser and Epson Ecotank work for me. Reliable, quality output and very cheap to run.

 

[bernardgreen]

My HP 5532 ( Hewlett Packard ) has the print heads in the ink cartridges. No wasted ink. Cartridges may be a bit more expensive than ink only cartridges but there is no wasted ink. And no cleaning of dried ink from the print head

 

[RepairingDave]

I managed to do it a couple of times with an Epson printer. and also redirected the pipe from the printer heads to a bottle rather that the waste ink pad. - The first time I paid a service center to reset it, but they refused to do it a second time.

If the printer won't let you print and you can't find a service center then you have nothing to loose.
It is worth getting the software side sorted first as cleaning the pads is the part with a known solution - make sure you do clean them if you reset the waste ink counter as you don't want them becoming so saturated that the ink starts to leak.

This video might help:

it looks like there is a clear ink counter option if you can get to that menu