Troubleshooting

Handling Error Messages

When a printer error occurs, the POWER lamp flashes. The number of flashes indicates the type of error that has occurred. Count the flashes and take the appropriate action to correct the error.

Number of

Possible Cause

Try This

Flashes

 

 

 

 

 

Two flashes

Printer is out of

Reload paper and press the RESUME/CANCEL button.

 

paper

 

 

 

 

Three flashes

Paper jam

If a paper jam occurs, clear the jammed paper; reload

 

 

paper in the printer, then press the RESUME/CANCEL

 

 

button.

 

 

See “Paper Jams” on page 68.

 

 

 

Five flashes

Print head not

Install print head.

 

installed/Defective

See “Installing the Print Head” on page 5.

 

print head

If the print head is already installed, press the POWER

 

 

button to turn off the printer, and press the POWER

 

 

button again to turn on the printer. If the same error

 

 

occurs, the print head may be defective. Contact a

 

 

Canon service representative.

 

 

 

Eight flashes

Waste ink absorber*

The printer has a built-in waste ink absorber to hold the

 

almost full

ink consumed during print head cleaning. Eight flashes

 

 

indicate that this absorber is nearly full. Press the

 

 

RESUME/CANCEL button to clear the error so printing

 

 

can continue.

 

 

Contact a Canon service representative.

 

 

 

Nine flashes

A specified period of

Disconnect the camera cable, press the printer’s

 

time has lapsed

RESUME/CANCEL button and reconnect the cable.

 

without receiving a

If the error is still unresolved, there is a possibility that

 

response from the

you are using a digital camera or digital video

 

digital camera/The

camcorder that is not supported by this printer. Use

 

digital camera

digital cameras or video camcorders that are

 

connected is not

compatible with this printer.

 

compatible with this

 

 

printer

 

 

 

 

Twelve

Ink tank is not

If an ink tank is not installed, install it. If an ink tank is

flashes

installed

installed, push the PUSH mark on the ink tank to ensure

 

 

it has snapped firmly into place.

 

 

 

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Canon DS700 manual Handling Error Messages