Canon Printer Failed Last Night: PIXMA MG5420 Paper Jam Resolved

[clintbradford]

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.

[kevindb]

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.

[clintbradford]

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