https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Professional-Photo-Printers/Is-my-PRO-300-dead-Won-t-print-after-being-boxed-up-for-9-months/m-p/467121#M16265 <P>Me too. I really like this printer!</P> Wed, 13 Mar 2024 14:10:07 GMT mrswitters 2024-03-13T14:10:07Z https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Professional-Photo-Printers/Is-my-PRO-300-dead-Won-t-print-after-being-boxed-up-for-9-months/m-p/467048#M16258 <P class="">We recently moved to a different state. Because of this, and a bunch of other life events, my PRO-300 stayed in a box for 9 months and I didn't make a single print during that time. I finally just took it out and tried to print. It looks and sounds like it's printing but only blank sheets come out. I tried a nozzle check, nothing but a blank sheet. I tried a deep print head cleaning and it gave me an error halfway through and told me to turn it off and on again or contact a service center.</P><P class="">Anything else I can do before contacting Canon?</P> Wed, 13 Mar 2024 12:16:09 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Professional-Photo-Printers/Is-my-PRO-300-dead-Won-t-print-after-being-boxed-up-for-9-months/m-p/467048#M16258 mrswitters 2024-03-13T12:16:09Z https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Professional-Photo-Printers/Is-my-PRO-300-dead-Won-t-print-after-being-boxed-up-for-9-months/m-p/467080#M16259 <P>Greetings,</P><P>9 months with no activity.&nbsp; The inks could be dried or clogged.&nbsp; The printhead could be clogged.&nbsp; I'd remove the inks and inspect them closely.&nbsp; The problem is likely with the printhead.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P><P>See these 3 articles.&nbsp; They are all similar (almost identical)</P><P><A href="https://ij.manual.canon/ij/webmanual/PrinterDriver/M/PRO-300%20series/1.0/EN/PPG/dg-c_cleaning.html" target="_blank">Canon : imagePROGRAF Manuals : PRO-300 series : Cleaning the Print Heads</A></P><P><A href="https://support.usa.canon.com/kb/index?page=content&amp;id=ART177216" target="_blank">Canon Knowledge Base - Clean or Deeply Clean the Print Head - PRO-300</A></P><P><A href="https://support.usa.canon.com/kb/index?page=content&amp;id=ART177154" target="_blank">Canon Knowledge Base - Clean or Deeply Clean the Print Head (Windows) - PRO-300</A></P><P>Search Youtube for Jose Rodriquez.&nbsp; He's a wise man when it comes to Canon Pro printers,&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> Wed, 13 Mar 2024 04:04:59 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Professional-Photo-Printers/Is-my-PRO-300-dead-Won-t-print-after-being-boxed-up-for-9-months/m-p/467080#M16259 shadowsports 2024-03-13T04:04:59Z https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Professional-Photo-Printers/Is-my-PRO-300-dead-Won-t-print-after-being-boxed-up-for-9-months/m-p/467107#M16260 <P>I spent an hour on the phone with Canon yesterday. The printer is indeed dead. I got a new one through the upgrade program. Live and learn! If we move again, I'll plug it in and set it up at the new place ASAP and make a print or two each week just to keep it alive.&nbsp;</P> Wed, 13 Mar 2024 12:12:09 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Professional-Photo-Printers/Is-my-PRO-300-dead-Won-t-print-after-being-boxed-up-for-9-months/m-p/467107#M16260 mrswitters 2024-03-13T12:12:09Z https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Professional-Photo-Printers/Is-my-PRO-300-dead-Won-t-print-after-being-boxed-up-for-9-months/m-p/467120#M16264 <P>Glad there was a somewhat happy ending.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> Wed, 13 Mar 2024 14:06:49 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Professional-Photo-Printers/Is-my-PRO-300-dead-Won-t-print-after-being-boxed-up-for-9-months/m-p/467120#M16264 shadowsports 2024-03-13T14:06:49Z https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Professional-Photo-Printers/Is-my-PRO-300-dead-Won-t-print-after-being-boxed-up-for-9-months/m-p/467121#M16265 <P>Me too. I really like this printer!</P> Wed, 13 Mar 2024 14:10:07 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Professional-Photo-Printers/Is-my-PRO-300-dead-Won-t-print-after-being-boxed-up-for-9-months/m-p/467121#M16265 mrswitters 2024-03-13T14:10:07Z