The printer wigs out whenever we have a power outage, reminding me to use the switch on the front the next time I want to power it down.
I recently reinstalled Windows 7 and set up the printer anew. I assumed everything was fine, because everything always was fine.
Power goes out one day. When I turned the printer back on some days later, the indicators were flashing, but there was no pop up on screen warning me to use the power switch next time. I did not think much of it and went on my way.
Later still, I was looking at Devices and Printers in the Control Panel and noticed the Canon Pro-100 series printer was missing. The XPS printer was there, but not the one I normally use. I figured I would look into reinstalling the driver at some point, although the printer was listed in my regular software, as if to indicate I could select and use it.
Eventually, I needed to print something with the Pro-100. But the job was stuck in the spool and never actually printed. I removed the old drivers, downloaded the current ones minutes ago, installed them, and tried to print again. Constant flashing yellow light. No on-screen status message warning ink was low or empty. Although print job window indicated that the printer was out of ink, the NORMAL pop up indicating low or missing ink never appeared—you know, the window that tells you exactly what cartridge to replace. I lifted the cover and found blinking lights on two cartridges, though I was certain they were not actually empty.
I held the yellow switch down for five seconds, it went out, and the document printed successfully, but I never saw any on-screen display for the status of my ink cartridges. If I check Properties via Control Panel and navigate to the Maintenance tab, then click View Printer Status, the button turns blue, but nothing more happens. How do I get printer status (low and missing ink) to display again?
