Error Messages

If a problem occurs while the printer is connected to the camera, the printer’s indicator will light or blink red and the camera’s LCD monitor may display one of the messages indicated below. (If the camera is connected to a TV, the message will appear on the TV screen.)

Error Message

Cause

Solution

No paper

Paper cassette is incorrectly

Load the paper cassette correctly.

 

installed.

 

 

 

 

 

Paper is not loaded correctly in

Load paper into the cassette

 

the paper cassette.

correctly.

 

 

 

 

No paper in the paper cassette.

Load paper into the cassette.

 

 

 

 

Paper is not feeding correctly.

Take out the paper cassette, and

 

 

then manually remove any paper

 

 

remaining in the printer.

 

 

 

No Ink

No ink cassette in the printer.

Load an ink cassette.

 

 

 

 

The ink cassette is out of ink.

Load a new ink cassette.

 

 

 

Incompatible paper size

Wrong paper size is loaded in the

Use the designated paper size.

 

printer.

 

 

 

 

Incompatible ink size

Wrong ink cassette size is loaded

Use the designated ink cassette

 

in the printer.

size.

 

 

 

Ink Cassette Error

The ink cassette is not working

Remove the ink cassette from the

 

correctly.

printer, take up the slack in the ink

 

 

sheet, and then reload the

 

 

cassette. If this does not solve the

 

 

problem, replace with a new ink

 

 

cassette. If the ink cassette is

 

 

stuck in the printer, contact a

 

 

Canon Customer Support help

 

 

desk for assistance.

 

 

 

Paper and ink do not match

The paper and ink are from

Check the ink/paper sets.

 

different sets.

 

 

 

 

Paper Jam

Paper jammed during printing.

Turn the printer’s power off and

 

 

turn it on again.

 

 

If the printer fails to eject the

 

 

paper, contact a Canon Customer

 

 

Support help desk for assistance.

 

 

 

Paper has been changed.

Paper was changed after the print

Change back to the original paper

 

menu was displayed.

size or change the print settings.

 

 

 

Recharge the printer battery

The printer’s battery pack is

Change it with a fully charged

(CP-300 only)

depleted.

battery pack or recharge the

 

 

battery pack. You can also use the

 

 

printer’s compact power adapter.

 

 

 

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