I have a canon imageprograf TA 20. For some reason it will not pass the “Printer Setup” and it appears to be causing the ink to back into the maintenance cartridge. It was giving an error code ec3f-2f4o (1492). Now it is saying to change the maintenance cartridge. Any advice? Printer is only 2 years old.

Goon on you mate. Agree with everything you said about hating to throw stuff into landfill. I found your channel after just finding a Canon ipf780 at the dump today. I thought I'd bring it home and start making a video of me trying to get it working. Turns out it's missing the maintenance cartridge and all the ink cartridges. Hence how I found myself on your channel. Not sure it's worth risking buying these things to see if I can get it going. I thought maybe trying to find a used cartridge and seeing if I could reuse it. Anyway we'll see. Thanks again bud keep up the great work 👍

I really enjoy your videos so much. Thank you for all your help. I am having a hard time with my Epson P800, It prints slowly and most of the time it will start printing and then 1/4 of the way after printing, it stops living a blurred edge. Can you say what might be going on?

@cheo1949

5 жыл бұрын

Are you connected via USB or WiFi? If well reconnect via USB. It also sounds like a spooling problem which is computer related.

@michaelbailey4164

2 жыл бұрын

Also nobody mentions this but you can wash the felt pads, takes some doing but works.

Hi Joe, I have been tried to fix MC-20's problem and I have been use my own design for over 9 months and I haven't use a single MC-20 container but the chip, let me know if it can still help and I will send you some images to show you how I did it. Stay safe cheers Ben

I just changed out my pro-1000 MC-20 cartridge like 20 minutes ago. I weigh all of my cartridges before and after for future reference as well. This is my 4th cartridge and I never really thought about how much wasted ink gets packed in these things. I've got 283g empty, 528g full. Crazy.

@cheo1949

5 жыл бұрын

That model and the 2000-4000-6000 are printers that you need to keep pretty much pro ring daily in order to not create so much waste ink is proportion to ink actually used for printing photos. I will do a video and discuss this during my life stream to fight at 6pm Easter USA time. If you do not follow certain usage practices you may end up generating 1-2 times more.waste ink than laid on paper.

could you recommend a desk for canon pro-1000，I don’t know what kind of table can be reliable for this kind of heavy stuff

@cheo1949

2 жыл бұрын

As sturdy as possible with enough rear clearance for you to use the Manual tray and to replace Maintenance Carts without having to move the printer. DO NOT MOVE the printer.

Thank you

I have a problem with the second hand oce2436 I bought, goes on but immediately off, the previous owner said I need to replace the maintenance cartridge, they already removed it (the label on the lid say only remove when you intended to replace it) Could this be the cuase of it not putting on properly?

@cheo1949

4 жыл бұрын

Sorry but I don't even know what printer you are talking about. I Googled it and it appears to be a large format printer! What does "not Printing Properly" mean. It could be dozens of things. It's probably very clogged up. Need lot's more info.

just found out this. i have a question my good sir. i'm using a large format "canon ipf771" printer. it has the same maintenance cartridge, yesterday i open it and it has some sponges inside it. is it okay if i take those out wash them and dry for a couple of days and reusing them?

@cheo1949

4 жыл бұрын

Sure but how would you reset the chip? Does it have a chip?

Hi! Do you know if the waste tank for Canon pro 200 is replaceable? because I can't find a replacement for it.

@cheo1949

2 жыл бұрын

It's not a Tank. It uses Pads and requires servicing to replace them.

If the maintenance cartridge just accumulates and stores waste printer ink until full can you drain it by drilling a small hole and inserting a permanent drainage tube? This would allow excess printer ink to partially fill the maintenance cartridge but drain off before needing replacement?

@cheo1949

5 жыл бұрын

Nice try. No. They have chips that control the process and it can not be tampered the with. The cart can be drained to empty if you want but it will still be full according to the chip.

I saw that the Cannon MX Cartridge is out of stock at Cannon. Available elsewhere though. Hope this is not s sign of things to come.

If I make a hose going out, can I use it without a chip? a gallon beside it maybe can help? or it will not work without the chip?

@cheo1949

3 ай бұрын

Nope the chip will still continue to eventually reach FULL. There is a MC-20 resetter that cost almost $100 and actually does reset those chips.

Chips are down to $22 now while the cartridges are $90 (at least for the PRO-4000) but since there's no way to change the padding, there isn't a way to replace the padding inside.

@cheo1949

4 жыл бұрын

I thought the PRO-2000 and up Waste Carts could be opened?

@g9s8r

4 жыл бұрын

@@cheo1949 pro4000 (mc30) has tabs to get to the internals.

Might be a silly question but can a tube or something be inserted and the contents siphoned off? Then at least replacing the chip is saving on landfill even if it cost the same as a new cartridge.

@cheo1949

3 жыл бұрын

It would be like trying to suck out the "Wetness" out of a baby diaper. A few folks have tried it and it was a mess. There are chip resetters but there is no convenient way to repack the insides as the cart us a unibody construction. I agree about the disposal problem. The only choice we have is a $22 replacement. If you could locate the area of the cart that would become the most saturated and somehow drill just the right diameter hole where one could aspirate at least 250ml of ink and then re plug it and reset the chip...that might somehow work. But most will simply just replace it with a new one. I have 4 of the in a bag that I refuse to trash. When it gets out of hand I will not have much of a choice.

What about the higher end models of the CANON pro line such as PRO-2000, PRO-4000 and PRO-6000 which all use the MC-30 maintenance cartridge. These seem that maybe can be disassembled easily using a flat screwdriver. Did not find any video that shows the process though. Are there resetters for those?

@cheo1949

5 жыл бұрын

Sorry but no. They are unibody and seamless. There is one video out there showing someone cutting one apart. More like destroying one apart. At $15 a piece it is not worth it.

@marinosmichael

5 жыл бұрын

Jose the ones used by the higher end models such as PRO-2000 and up are not unibody and are much more expensive. Like 90 dollars in USA or around 55 pounds in UK

@cheo1949

5 жыл бұрын

Ok. So you would have to be able to open them and dissect the innards, repack them, out them back together so they don't leak, and then what do you do about the chip???

@marinosmichael

5 жыл бұрын

Yes but i did not find a video on how to open this specific model. For the chip i have found only one Chinese company that sells a resetter for around 100 dollars: www.aliexpress.com/item/Maintenance-Tank-Chip-resetter-For-Canon-Pro1000-Pro2000-Pro4000-MC-20-MC-30-waste-ink-tank/32822544164.html

@marinosmichael

5 жыл бұрын

Another link for around 80 dollars: www.aliexpress.com/item/Maintenance-Tank-Chip-Resetter-for-Pro-Series-MC30-For-Canon-Pro1000-Pro2000-Pro4000-Pro4000S-Pro6000S-Pro520/32794231757.html?spm=2114.10010108.1000015.3.69191fb3MKdRSk&s=p

Just bough last week canon ipf8400, the levels are low so the maintenance cartridge needs soon replaced , can I reuse it or should buy a new maintenance cartridge, thanks Joe , always great videos !

@cheo1949

3 жыл бұрын

Not sure about its construction but even if you could clean and repack it you would have to somehow reset the chip. Buy a new one

@PopovskiDarko

3 жыл бұрын

@@cheo1949 thanks, will get the new one

yes you can if you have the pro series.. videos here on youtube.. can do

Thanks so much for the help! I have a canon pro 2000, can you send me an epson P800 used maintenance cart? !

@cheo1949

4 жыл бұрын

What would want that for again?

Do canon pro 4000s remember old chip codes?

@cheo1949

4 жыл бұрын

No one knows for sure. They apparently sell an expensive resetter for them which I can't say it works or doesn't. You can reset the EPSON P800 ones but you first need to insert another M cart in the printer so it will forget the previous code.

I read the 'Cartridges 4 Planet Ark' cartridge recycling web site and it says waste hoppers/ containers are accepted in the recycling bins as well as carts and toner bottles. I don't know if you have this program in Trumpland. The program is paid for by the printer companies, including Canon. The recycling bins are at all of the 6 big companies stores that sell printers and also the post offices. They recycle millions of carts every year. Sad your'e not wearing one of your lovely t-shirts 😭

@cheo1949

6 жыл бұрын

I will look into that here. Some of our office supply stores do have a so called recycling program but I really do not know IF they are really recycled as they claim. I see too many "LOTS" of hundreds of EPSON and CANON carts for most Home type AIO type printers on EBAY. SO I think EBAYERS buy then huge lots from say Office Depot and then separate them and pawn them off on EBAY! I would rather like to see them be refurbished, refillied and resold.

If the colour jets were flushed into separate tanks the ink could could be recirculated or reused, although some solvent would evaporate. Or the fushed ink could just be tipped away. The printer wouldn't need a chip then just full alarm..

Jose, Can you tell me what pen you use to sign your prints? Thanks

@cheo1949

6 жыл бұрын

Just a regular very thin black permanent marker. I think it is a 0.4mm

Wow that pro 1000 ink tanks been sitting there for a long time i need some lol

@cheo1949

6 жыл бұрын

Still waiting for the empty signals.

@cheo1949

6 жыл бұрын

There is a box coming Friday with four full sets of PRO-1000 empties I nabbed on EBAY for $39.

@QuiNguyen-lc4kl

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Mr John sousa Pls help me: how to reset level manternance chip Canon pro 1000 in service mode? Thanks Qui Nguyen

This is my concern, the cost is much higher than 14 dollars for any third party to replicate it adding the chip of course, most of the time on canon's website it is on a back order, and I think the reason for that they are taking a loss to make it at this price. so once those dumped units on the market are not available any more from Adorama or other venues then we will run the risk of having it at a much higher price by a third party, I guess it will be in the 60 dollar range if they will make one to the specs of the original. Who knows, they may get greedy and crank up the price to 100$+ knowing fully you cannot operate the printer without it ...ridiculous.

@cheo1949

6 жыл бұрын

That is why I have 5 new maintenance carts right now on my shelf.

This is a great video! Have you tried just running hot water in the sink and let it wash out the ink in the Canon Maintenance cartridge? That will make a good video episode. You can reset the chip after.

@cheo1949

4 жыл бұрын

Why? Then you would still have a 100% saturated cart you'd have to fully dry. Just remove the packing and replace it with anything that will absorb water.

@SunMaximus

4 жыл бұрын

@@cheo1949 can you pull out the packing through the exit port with pliers?

@SunMaximus

4 жыл бұрын

I was referring to the Canon 1000 maintenance cartridge, which looks like heavy duty seal around it.

It is now 2021. I have been watching Jose’s videos before I purchased the PIXMA PRO-100 around 2017. After I got all the discounts, I paid around $80 for that baby. I knew it was all about the ink. That is where Canon got its “money”. I soon found out that the PRO-100 did not have a maintenance cartridge or tray that could be replaced. Jose gave me lots of great ways to minimize ink waste. My PRO-100 is still working, but I can see that waste ink try, that cannot be replaced, and it is almost ready to overflow. PRO-100 and 200 are, really, just throw-away printers. Shame on Canon. I would like to reduce all the garbage I dispose of and save the planet, but unfortunately, I cannot do it alone. Indeed, all of us working to reuse cartridges reuse ink waist trays, keep our printers running as long as we can, we that recycle, all of the billions of us cannot do it. We need the corporations, industries, and manufacturers of stuff to stop putting the “garbage problem” on us. They need to be pro-active. Why can’t I send all the ink cartridges back to Canon, free even. Why can’t make reasonably cost printers that last many decades and when they finally do breakdown take them back.

@genoleso2035

6 ай бұрын

Because this is shitty capitalism man

Im relatively new to the PRO-1000 and just got a maintenance cartridge full notice. And I have all kinds of print jobs and orders I need to ship out and my printer is now not functioning. No problem just go online and order one and get it shipped overnight right? Nope. Nobody has stock ANYWHERE. Not even Canon. Could be weeks until they are available. I wish I had some warning about this cartridge getting full as I would have ordered some replacements months ago. Now I have an inoperable printer. My only possible solution right now is to order ANOTHER PRO-1000 printer for the simple solution to get another functioning printer with the maintenance cartridge in it. Thats a $1300 solution for a $15 problem. I guess it would provide me printing redundancy and I can expense it as a business expense but this is just ridiculous. I cant wait 1-2-3 weeks to ship orders out b/c these MC-20 maintenance cartridges are on backorder on every web site in the world. Jeesh! Im always proactive on things and I have ordered replacement ink well in advanced because I saw the warnings for low ink. But I had no idea about the maintenance cartridge.

@collegesux1

Жыл бұрын

i'm just now experiencing this exact thing

Maybe you could use a Dremel tool to cut the seam all the way around and then simply TAPE it together, all the way around again??

@cheo1949

2 жыл бұрын

I've come up with a very elegant and precise process and will disclose it in the future.

@feneklund5079

2 жыл бұрын

​@@cheo1949 To clarify, do you mean you've found an actual solution to achieve re-use of these? Sorry, you've just got me slightly relieved at the thought since I'm about halfway through my last one and stock has been dry for a while now, starting to get scared my printer will become a brick despite having plenty of ink! That aside though, want to thank you for the content you create, this printer is amazing and the ink system you showed off is a life (and cash) saver!

@fortheloveofgoldfish2697

Жыл бұрын

@@cheo1949 Hi Jose, thank you for all you do to help us. I am able to reset the maintenance cartridge now, but need to figure out how to empty it. You say you have "come up with a very elegant and precise process" to empty it? I assume we should also put cotton back in it or something, maybe a sponge? Please make a video on how you have achieve this so we all can learn the best way. Thank you so much!

👍👏 u are great teacher.lol

@cheo1949

6 жыл бұрын

Why LOL?

@monicachambers2357

6 жыл бұрын

Jose Rodriguez because Iam so happy with u

I just bought a Pro 1000. I have an iPF 6300 as well. FWIW, the maintenance cartridge of the iPF6300 is reusable - you don't have to disassemble it or remove the ink pads - I found this out by happenstance. The maintenance cartridge on my 6300 was full so I bought a new maintenance cartridge and put the old one in the box the new one came in and just put it in the closet where I had the 6300 set up. Eventually, the "new" cartridge got full and I was going to order a new one. However, I thought WTH, I'm going to try the "old/original" maintenance cartridge and see if that works (when I pulled the old cart out of the box, I noticed it felt a lot lighter). So I placed the old maint. cart in my 6300 and turned it on and voila, the "replace maint. cart" message disappeared and the display showed the maint. cart. as 100%, i.e., empty, so I was back up and running. The reality is ink is a liquid and after time, like just about all liquids exposed to the atmosphere, the ink evaporates. My new Pro 1000 shows the maint. cart. at @ 40% full after just setting it up. I'm planning to buy a new maint. cart. and set the old one aside once it gets full to see if the same condition occurs with it - the ink evaporates. Just my 2 cents.

@cheo1949

5 жыл бұрын

Ink may indeed evaporate but ink levels do not "evaporate" in a chip. I don't know what happened in your case but that is very odd to me.

You can reprogram the chips

yes I guess

@cheo1949

2 жыл бұрын

Technically yes but difficult to do correctly.

If anybody can find a way to open the waste ink carts it's you Jose 😊

@cheo1949

6 жыл бұрын

This one is gonna be a challenge!

For $14.00 why bother Unique photo for pro 1000 with a free shipping option

@cheo1949

6 жыл бұрын

Yes I know and also for the PRO-2000 and up as well.

@mabehall7667

6 жыл бұрын

José, a question since you stated in the video that you kept these cartridges and weighed them. Does it perhaps depend on when you weigh them? If ink is exposed to the air, won’t it evaporate? Is it possible that this evaporation is even happening while the maintenance cartridge is in the printer thereby preventing us from knowing just how much ink is wasted?

@cheo1949

6 жыл бұрын

You have a point on evaporation. I brought that up with Mike from PC and he said he was not entirely sure at what point from the cart to the print Head is there any exposure to air. Possible at the internal ink compartments. But nowhere else. The carts do not use ink bags so the inks are indeed exposed to air in the cart compartment but is it pretty much enclosed. Relative humidity inside is probably close if not 100% so I don't see much change for the liquid base to.evaporate much if not at all. I will check cart weights tonight.

This is how you open it - kzread.info/dash/bejne/ka2XpLasoaiXhdY.html

@cheo1949

6 жыл бұрын

Nuts! I could do that as well but how would one reuse it????

you are a traitor you have epson package on the printer :)

You waste way too much time explaining why you waste so much time. Please we come for inmfo or we would not come at all.