topic Re: Canon Printer Failed Last Night ,,, in Desktop Inkjet Printers

Canon Printer Failed Last Night: PIXMA MG5420 Paper Jam Resolved

clintbradford — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 13:40:21 GMT

One of my home Office Canon printers failed to print last night. Threw a

could fatal errormessages ... So I started to search Amazon for a new one.

Picked out one at Amazon - and placed it in my Shopping Cart.

Went back to my "dead" printer. Fiddled around. Took all inks out, and

re-started - nope. Even re-seated the print head - no go. Took both

paper trays out ...

A paper jam. Removed - and resolved. Physically cleaned it, and have

printed a dozen or so pages wireless on my Mac. PERFECT print quality.

THE PRINTER WAS PURCHASED NEW IN SEPTEMBER, 2013. Not a single

error nor problem in ELEVEN+ YEARS. It is a Pixma MG5420. L-o-n-g

discontinued. Always feed it original Canon Inks. Always used "better-than-

cheapie" regular (less pulp dust) and photo papers. I figured out the approximate

cost-per-page BEFORE purchasing, and it is fine.

Back to work ...

Clint

PS Oh, what did I place in my Amazon Cart? Another Canon - one that uses the

same inks as this one ('cause I have several on hand) - their Pixma iX6820.

Re: Canon Printer Failed Last Night ,,,

kevindb — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 13:01:05 GMT

Not alone. Always been fond of Canon for printers, SLR, dSLR, compact cameras, and lenses. I guess you could say I've been a loyalist since 35mm days when you were either a Nikon or Canon person and I picked a side.

Just heard the sanitation truck taking away my trash bin with the much loved and maintained pre-PIXMA S900. The dead printhead 7 flashes with printhead installed, so won't even attempt to print a test page. Bye old friend. Purchased as refurb thru canon direct sometime between 2002 release and 2010.

My circa 2010 MX860 and I will miss you! The MX860 recently won't print yellow even after I gave the printhead a bath. Unlike the S900, not stuck giving an error so the feeder/scanner is fine as well as razor sharp B&W printing.

Torn between finding a working rebuilt qy-0073 printhead or the new Canon stuff. Maxify. Megatank. Maintenance cartridges vs the old way of using the bottom of printer to store waste ink in huge absorbant pads. Hmmm.

Re: Canon Printer Failed Last Night ,,,

clintbradford — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 15:09:19 GMT

Ink tanks intrigue me ... but I don't think Canon offers one with that Grey ink - that makes shadow detail so wonderful.

Sorry to hear of your printer funeral.

Clint Bradford