It gives an error in the 200 mfp canon pixma mg5340. Canon B200 printer error: possible causes and solutions. A quick way to solve the problem

Many modern printers have a self-diagnostic function that allows you to signal the user, using special codes, about the occurrence of certain malfunctions. For example, if when you turn on canon printer error (support code) P08 (5200) appears, it means that a overheating of the print head... According to the instructions for the device, this error is considered fatal, and it must be attributed to service center... In addition, some "advanced" users are advised to throw the device away and buy a new one. But not everything is so sad, since in most cases the problem is solved by several in simple ways.

In many Canon printers, the black and white printing process involves a color cartridge. Therefore, if the latter is over or dry, you have to save it so that you can use black and white printing. There are models of printers in which ink is used, in addition to printing, also as cooling for cartridges that heat up during operation. Therefore, if the ink runs out, an error 5200 appears, which stands for "Overheating of the cartridge".

This code often appears when using the machine only as a copier or as a monochrome printer (black and white). Over time, when there is no black ink in the cartridge, it is refilled, forgetting about the fact that the color also depletes its resource. So it runs out of ink, it starts to overheat, and error 5200 appears.

The main remedy

This 5200 error recovery method is suitable for MP series devices (mp250, mp270, mp280), and MG series devices (MG2140, MG2240, MG3140, MG3240). As mentioned above, the failure occurs due to overheating of the cartridge. Therefore, first it is required find the problem cartridgethat is exposed to overheating. This can be done by observing the status monitor displayed on the PC display. You should remove both cartridges, then, inserting them one by one, follow the program indications until the problem cartridge is found.

If both cartridges are installed in the printer, the monitor may display incorrect information. For example, the program reports that the color cartridge is faulty, but in reality the reason is black, and vice versa.

After finding a problematic ink tank, it must be refilled, if it was empty at all, or rinsed well first, and then refilled with ink (if the tank contained a little ink). It is also recommended to wipe the contacts located on the cartridge and the contacts located in the device carriage. If these procedures did not help, you will have to buy new cartridge and change, and then make sure that the container always has a sufficient level of ink.

Error reset via the service menu

This method is intended for dumping diaperscanon printers and helps to eliminate error 5200. Its essence is as follows.

1. The device must be off. Press and hold the STOP / RESET button and turn on the device with the POWER button.
2. While continuing to hold POWER, after the power indicator lights up, press STOP / RESET 2 times and hold this button.
3. The POWER key can now be lowered, then release the STOP / RESET key. The LED will turn green. This light indicates that the unit is in service mode.
4. Then press the STOP / RESET key 4 times and turn off the device.

After these steps, error 5200 no longer appears. This method can also eliminate the appearance of support code 5200 on the Canon mp 490 (mp495) printer. To reset the diaper counter in the Canon Pixma IP2700, the above method will not work. To do this, you can use this video. Despite the fact that the video on foreign language, all actions to reset the diaper are clear.

A radical way to eliminate the error

There is another way to make the printhead overheat support code disappear. It is recommended to use it if you are not going to use color printing already. Do the following:

• draw distilled water into a syringe;

• remove the sticker from the top of the color cartridge.
• under it you will see 3 circles through which you can refuel;
• if there are no holes in the circles, they need to be drilled;

• using a syringe with a needle, fill each hole with water until the liquid begins to drip from the nozzle;
• blot the nozzles with a napkin and insert the cartridge into the printer;
• follow the procedure for resetting the diaper as mentioned above.

After these steps, the nozzles will cool, and you will only have access to black and white printing.

If this method is ineffective, and the 5200 code continues to appear, you will need to replace the cartridge with a new one or replace the printer itself, since the price of a new cartridge is almost equal to the price of a new Canon machine.

Printer error 5100

Code 5100 means the controller has detected problem with carriage movement... This problem occurs in all Canon printers and MFPs of the MP, IP and MG series. Error 5100 may appear due to obvious obstacles that interfere with the normal movement of the carriage (scraps of paper, a ribbon from the CISS, a paper clip, etc.). Disconnect the MFP (printer) from the mains and carefully, in good lighting, check for obstacles along the carriage path.

Move the carriage from side to side (when the device is off) to determine what is blocking free movement. If you find any foreign objects, remove them. If you find dried ink on the carriage, remove it and wash it with warm soapy water using a soft sponge. Do not use alcohol or other solvents. After flushing, the carriage must be dried and reinstalled.

Also, code 5100 may appear when problems with positioning the print head... In this case, no mechanical obstacles are detected. Incorrect positioning can occur due to damage or ink clogging of the encoder. The latter is a plastic transparent tape with strokes applied to it. If there are ink stains on the tape, the machine will not be able to position the carriage correctly and will display an error 5100. This problem can be “treated” by simply wiping the encoder tape with a damp and soft cloth. If the tape is damaged, it must be replaced.

Encoder tape

Often, the problem with carriage movement is eliminated by pressing the scan key on the MFP. In this case, after scanning, the carriage falls into place, and the message with the code 5100 disappears.

Another reason for the appearance of the coded message 5100 may be the presence of problems in the parking lot, as a result of which the carriage is not able to move to the extreme position. A thickened, ink-and-dust-contaminated lubricant applied to the rails in the parking unit can become an obstacle to parking. Therefore, they will need to be thoroughly cleaned with subsequent application of new grease.

Parking node

Please note that to get to the parking unit, you will have to partially disassemble the MFP (printer), and therefore you need to have skills in disassembling office equipment. If you are not confident in your abilities, it is better to entrust the cleaning of the printer to a specialist by contacting a service center.

E16 printer error

The e16 support code appears frequently on Canon printers and multifunction devices, both the MG and PM series and the IP series. This problem may appear after replacing the cartridge with a new one, or after a short period of time after using a new device. The essence of the notification is that the controller has difficulty determining the amount of ink in the cartridge container.

To cancel tracking the amount of ink, do the following: hold for 5-10 seconds. STOP key (triangle in a circle). After this action, the printer (MFP) will stop blocking printing, and tracking the ink level in containers will be canceled. However, while the machine is operating, the cartridge lights will flash.

Printer error B 200

This error is typical for machines that have a print head (PG), for example, Canon iP4700 or Canon iP4840.

The reasons for the message with code B 200 are as follows.

1. Power supply unit (PSU). Sometimes, due to constant voltage drops, the power supply unit fails. If, upon inspection, you see swollen capacitors, then the error is caused by the wrong operation of the power supply unit. In the case when swollen capacitors are not observed, you can check the voltage at the connector of the control board. To do this, press ON with the printhead removed. If the power supply unit is in good working order, then in a time interval of about ½ second the device will show a voltage equal to 24-32 V, which corresponds to the norm.
2. Control board... If the power supply unit is serviceable, then the serviceability of the control board can be checked by removing the printhead from the printer. If the support code B 200 appears again, it means that the problem is in the control board. But most often, if the controller burns out, then the print head also fails. Replacing these parts is not feasible from a financial point of view, since their price is almost equal to the cost of a new device.
3. Printhead... The good news is that you have removed the printhead and the B 200 alert has disappeared. This means that everything is in order with the control board. In this case, if you have an MFP, you can make the machine work only in scanner mode or print in separate colors, for example, only black.

Making the scanner work

A healthy controller polls when the printer is turned on printhead sensors... If at least one fault is detected, the entire system is considered faulty and an error message is issued. In the figure below, you can see the purpose of the PG contacts, namely, what colors they are responsible for.

It is necessary with the help of electrical tape (tape cannot be used) to glue all the contacts highlighted in the figure, including the dotted line. If you insert the PG into the machine for printing, then the controller will perceive it as working, and the MFP will be able to use the scanner.

Printing with a separate cartridge

To find the malfunction of the SG, it is necessary to peel off one piece of electrical tape and insert the part into the device. This is done until the message with the B200 code appears again. When this happens, replace the last piece of duct tape you removed. In this case, printing will be available only in the color that is not sealed.

Alternative way

In some cases, the following method helps to get rid of error B 200:

• after the message with the code B 200 appears, turn off the device;
• open the cover of the device and move the carriage to the extreme left position;
• press 5 times on the power button of the printing device (do not wait until the device is completely turned on / off);
• after pressing the ON button for the fifth time, close the cover of the MFP (printer).

After closing the lid, cleaning the print head... When you are finished cleaning, start printing a nozzle check page.

Difficulty level: Easy

1 step

Power Supply. An error may occur due to faulty unit nutrition. If so, consider yourself lucky. To check, you need to measure the voltage at the output of the printer power supply with a tester. It should be 24V and 32V. It will also be useful to disassemble the power supply unit and inspect the block board for the presence of swollen capacitors, burnt tracks, etc. If there is no voltage or it is lower / higher than the norm, then the power supply unit requires replacement. But if the voltages are in order, then the power supply has nothing to do with it.

Step 2

Printhead. Remove the cartridges from the printer, then remove the printhead. Turn on the printer, if the error has disappeared, then the problem is in the steam generator and it needs to be replaced (expensive piece, price from 50 USD). Replacing a gas generator is sometimes more expensive than a new printer.

Step 3

Formatter. A formatter is a printer control board. You can check it like this: take out the cartridges and PG and turn on the printer. If there is no movement or sound, the error will remain - it means that 98% of the formatter is defective. It is very difficult to find such boards on sale, and if you do find them, the price will be inadequate. There are two options left: a printer in the trash heap, or a search for a used "donor" of the same model with a 100% working control board. Of course, if the printer is under warranty, then you shouldn't have any problems. But, as a rule, such a malfunction occurs after several years of use. Source site

• Refill the printer with quality ink to avoid such problems.

Any Canon printer or MFP may refuse to work and display an error message with the b200 code on the computer screen. But most often this happens with models that have printhead, not cartridges. The manufacturer recommends turning off the printer and contacting the service center.

What's out of order

Although very rare, the only culprit can be one that is out of order from a mains voltage drop. Sometimes this is determined visually by swollen capacitors. And if outwardly everything is in order, measure the nominal voltage of the power supply at the connector of the control board. With a working power supply unit, at the moment of pressing the ON button of the printer (without PG), within a time interval of about 0.5 s, the indicator corresponds to the norm (usually 24 and 32 V). You can also connect the PSU to another working Canon device for testing. It is not recommended to do the opposite, a new power supply unit may burn out if the printer breaks down with it:

• printhead;
• control board.

In the case when the power supply unit is serviceable, you need to remove the PG If the error message b200 of the Canon printer still appears on the computer screen, no doubt it is out of order control board... However, most often the controller burns out along with the print head and replacing only this part is unlikely to solve the problem. In addition, the cost of the GHG and the control board is together comparable to the price of a new Canon device and will most likely still have to buy a printer.

But, after extracting the PG, the error may disappear, and the message that appears requires you to install it. Therefore, the control board is in good working order, but it is impossible to give a 100% guarantee. There are times when a new printhead burns out together with the controller. However, there is still a chance that the b200 code concerned only the PG, and the control board is working properly.

How to make the scanner work

If this multifunction device Canon, for example, will consider how to fix the b200 error and use only scanner.

The Canon controller in working condition polls the head sensors and, if at least one of them fails, diagnoses the entire system as inoperative, reporting an error. The figure shows which PG contacts are responsible for printing certain cartridges. For example, the steam in the green box corresponds to the Cyan and Magenta ink nozzles, 1pl and 2pl fine droplets. Focusing on the picture, you need glue all contactsenclosed by rectangles, including dotted ones, with insulating tape (you cannot use scotch tape).

Now the controller does not receive any signals about the malfunction of any heaters and sensors and accepts the printhead as good, and the b200 warning disappears. This means that it was the steam generator that failed, and everything is in order with the control board. You can scan.

However, Canon repair technicians claim that if the printer had a b200 error, the controller was damaged. Even if it is not out of order yet, it will happen in the near future.

Printing with individual cartridges

Continuing to study the malfunction, we remove one piece of electrical tape and each time we install the head in the printer. If the error code B200 does not appear, continue to peel off. When the error occurs, we return the last piece of electrical tape to its place. Thus, faulty nozzles will remain sealed, and some cartridges will print:

• only black;
• drops of 1 and 2 pl;
• drops of 5 pl.

Sometimes, after a few days or hours, the printer stops showing the error message and starts working normally. This happens because the peeled and short-circuited conductors did not burn out the previous time, as is usually the case. The protection system was triggered and the power supply to the generator was cut off. The Canon iX6840 device can work without error b200 for several months, or when it is turned on again, the dangling conductors will close again.

Error prevention

It happens that a power supply unit, generator set or controller burns out as a result of voltage surges. It is recommended to use one capable of adjusting the voltage and frequency of the output network. However, in the vast majority of cases, an error with the B200 code appears in the message as a result of overheating and the final failure of Canon equipment, which occurs after:

• printing with empty cartridges;
• refills with low-quality ink;
• installation is not dry after.

It is quite difficult to keep track of the ink level in the opaque original cartridge. It may be worth keeping the ink level control on. Especially if the whole family prints on the printer without checking if the cartridges are full. (Continuous Ink Supply System). However, in any case, it should be remembered that Canon printers cannot work without interruption, from time to time they need rest for 15 minutes.

When a particular technique breaks down, many wondered which service center to choose. Now the list of firms that are engaged in repairs is quite large and continues to grow. Therefore, the choice is quite large.

In this article, I will try to give some advice on what you need (or not need) to pay attention to when handing over the equipment for repair. After all, the amount of money, time and nerves you spend directly depends on the right choice.

1. Do not pay attention to the respectability of the premises for receiving equipment, the number of personnel and other trifles. You have to pay rent for the extra square meters, and the receptionist girls need to be paid a salary. So the prices for services need to be raised a little. Of course, there are exceptions, but they are few. I do not urge you to put your favorite laptop or printer in the basement to an incomprehensible person who is both a foreman, an inspector and a director of the company. But a small company, in which one, but an intelligent person, works at acceptance, does not need to be swept away immediately.

2. Specify whether you pay for the diagnostics, if the technician was unable to repair the device or if you refused to repair it. The requirement to pay for the diagnostics in case of failure is quite normal, the foreman spent his time working with your equipment. For example, I do not charge for diagnostics only if I cannot repair the device or the repair costs more than half the price of a new one.

3. Check if you pay for the spare parts ordered by the master, if the item could not be repaired. If so, run from this service. You do not have to pay for the mistakes of the master, just because he did not correctly identify the breakdown and ordered the wrong spare part.

4. It is not superfluous to ask maximum terms repair. Also stipulate that you would be contacted and announced the full cost before the start of the repair. Otherwise, you risk getting a bill, for example, 80% of the price of a new device. And, since the repair is over, it will be very difficult to prove anything.

5. Carefully read the repair receipt. If you have agreed on some conditions, and the receipt indicates others, your verbal agreements have no effect. Also pay attention to the description of the defect, appearance and a complete set of the device. If something is indicated incorrectly, this will enable the service center to return the device not in the configuration in which you handed it over, with mechanical damage or with another defect. For example, you gave a laptop with a "No sound" defect, and the receipt says "Doesn't work". The service center can give you your laptop, which no longer turns on.

6. It would not be superfluous to ask for a list of spare parts and their cost before starting the repair and compare with prices in the net. In this case, a margin of up to 40 percent is allowed. Many parts are supplied without warranty or may be damaged during installation. You also need to consider the cost of delivery. Therefore, a certain margin at the cost of the SC should be left. But if the prices differ by 2-3 times, it is worth considering.

You can also look at reviews on the Internet about a specific service or find out what service centers are in your region. For example, type "Printer repair in Minsk" into the search. Just don't forget, the negative will be mandatory. It is necessary to assess not the presence of a negative, but its quantity.

In any case - make the right choice and good luck to you!

Greetings, dear visitors. Quite often I am asked how to extend the life of a Canon cartridge or print head.

I'll make a reservation right away, first of all, we are talking about inkjet cartridges for Canon printers. Such as CL-511, PG-510, CL-446, PG-445, CL-441, PG-440 and others. That is, we are talking about ordinary inkjet printers and MFPs that have two cartridges. For example MP280, MP230, MG2440, E404, MG3540 and others. But this also applies to Canon printers using a print head and ink tanks.

Let's see how these printers print. I warn you right away, I will explain the printing principle in a very simplified way.

The cartridge contains an absorber - a sponge that contains ink. From this sponge, they are fed into the nozzles (nozzles). Nozzles are very small diameter tubes. Each tube contains one or more thermocouples. During printing, the fuser heats up, the ink boils (an air bubble is produced) and "fired" onto the paper. I repeat, I described it in a very simplified way.

What happens if there is no ink in the nozzles? The thermocouples will still heat up. And the ink in the nozzles is also used as a coolant. Overheating will occur - tubes (nozzles) are deformed and / or some thermoelements will fail.

After which the cartridge will print poorly in some colors, or will not print at all.

I think the answer to the question "How to extend the life of a cartridge?" obvious - you need to ensure that there is always ink in it.

But what about those who refuel the cartridges? After all, after the first refueling, it no longer shows the ink level. There is a simple rule. If you need to print something, but you are not sure if you have enough ink -. It will not be worse. And, perhaps, by this you will save him.

If you expect your cartridge to last forever with this advice, you are wrong. It will definitely burn out. Why? Because, according to the manufacturer, it is disposable (the statement does not apply to printheads using ink tanks). The main task of the manufacturer is to make sure that it prints ink filled from the factory, and then, as soon as possible, fails. Yes, the manufacturer wants to do business on consumables, he also wants to eat :)

But hopefully this article will help your cartridge last longer :)

If not all users who use Canon MFPs in their daily work, then many of them often observe the appearance of the Canon B200 printer error. This code, of course, may indicate a malfunction of the physical plane (which, in fact, is usually associated with this type of failure). However, this is not always the case. The software part should not be discounted either. Canon B200 printer error may appear and due to incorrect installed drivers and accompanying software. This problem can be corrected in several ways, including physical intervention, and software solutions... The first option should be used only when the native software tools installed during the driver installation do not work.

What does the B200 error mean on a Canon printer?

As a rule, everyone who encounters such a failure sees a message on the computer monitor screen indicating that a failure has occurred and printing is not possible.

The printer (error code B200) can display the message either in Russian or in English. Most often this is due to physical damage to the printhead or unfilled cartridges.

The main misconception

Some owners of this type of equipment believe that the printer fails (error B200) only because there are physical faults in it, and they are deeply mistaken. Software should not be discounted either. At least the drivers are so accurate.

First remedy

In the simplest case, for all devices of a given manufacturer, you can use a standard and universal solution to the problem.

Suppose your attempt to print fails with B200 (a printer error has occurred Standard means correcting this situation, by the way, in relation to all printing devices, can be called clearing the print queue.

This is done quite simply if you go to the file section of the printer after calling the menu from the system tray. Here you can use the line to clear the print queue. True, this method does not always help. There may be such a situation that the B200 error (the Canon MG5340 printer sometimes issues it) is observed even after that. In this case, even if the device is networked, you can simply restart the computer terminal. On restart, printing starts automatically (provided that the computer is turned on, to which the device is directly connected).

Replacing ink cartridges

The main problem of ink cartridges when the Canon B200 printer error appears may be due to not being used original cartridge, and Chinese.

As a result, the print head may overheat. It can simply burn (or melt). So that should be taken care of in advance.

Flushing

If, after that, a notification is issued that the B200 has failed (a Canon printer error has occurred), you should think about flushing.

This is done quite simply, and even without the use of specialized tools and tools (you can use by software controls that were installed during the driver installation).

How do I save the scanner?

The fact that the printer suffers in the first place with such failures is still half the trouble. In fact, most Canon devices are MFPs with advanced capabilities.

Typically, the second most important is the scanner. But it just can be used, even if printing does not work. You just need to glue some contacts on the board with electrical tape. It is not recommended to use clear or translucent adhesive tape as the diagnostic tool will determine the system as inoperative (based on the response from the contacts).

All contacts labeled 2k and 5k must be insulated. In the second case, you can use the 4k / 5k scheme. At least, user reviews on the Web indicate that such actions help in almost 99 percent of cases out of 100. But you will have to perform such operations, as they say, at your own peril and risk, since an incorrect action can lead to the complete inoperability of the MFP ... And then, as they say, there is no sin.

Canon Printer Error Code B200. Driver installation issues

Device drivers also play an important role. If a Canon B200 printer error appears, sometimes the problem may be non-working, missing or outdated device drivers.

The simplest method, as it is believed, is to update the printer software from the standard "Device Manager" by selecting the appropriate item in the PCM menu or from the properties section.

However, the drivers will be installed from their own database. windows data, which does not always contribute to the correct operation of devices from this manufacturer. Therefore, when installing the appropriate software, it is better to use alternative sources: the disk supplied with the purchase of the printer or downloaded drivers from the manufacturer's website through a search indicating the DEV and VEN identifiers. In the properties of the equipment ID, you need to select the longest string.

On the official resource of the manufacturer of this equipment, you can find the latest versions of the control software and drivers. If you don't want to manually search, you can use the utilities automatic update drivers. Programs like Driver Booster, Slim Drivers, DriverPack Solution or something else like that. Such applications are able to install updates for drivers without much user involvement (only confirmation of installation is required at the end of the search for updates). True, the programs themselves with their updaters will always be at startup, but you can disable them (the update will have to be carried out manually).

AT windows systems below the tenth version, the "Run" menu is used for access, where the msconfig command is written, and in Windows 10, autoloading items can be disabled directly in the "Task Manager" (Win + R + taskmgr). You can also use the standard 3-finger combination (Ctrl + Alt + Del), which is probably known to any user who has encountered a forced termination of frozen applications and programs. In any case, access can be made very easily.

Is it possible to get rid of the B200 error altogether?

In principle, it is believed that this type of error can be eliminated even at the stage of its occurrence.

A very common opinion to remedy the situation is the fact of installing a normal block uninterruptible power supply... Failures with codes B200 or 400 may also appear due to a banal lack of voltage, not to mention exceeding the norm (which, unfortunately, is not uncommon in our country). When choosing a UPS, you need to build on the declared characteristics, because our 220 volts alternating current completely incompatible with the 110 volts DC accepted in America or Europe as the standard for Western countries.

Among other things, as an option, you can use not only an uninterruptible power supply unit. One of the most effective tools is installing a voltage stabilizer. Jumps and drops in our electrical network Not unusual. And quite often a failure with the code in the message B200 ("Canon printer error has occurred") can occur for this very reason.

Some conclusions

As a result, we can say that the problem of Canon printers is quite common, and it is not always associated solely with physical damage to the devices themselves. Software components play an important role too. The same drivers or additional software designed to provide correct work devices are an integral part of the functioning of any type of equipment.

In general, if an error of this kind occurs on Canon printers, it is very bad. Actually, you will have to think about the issue of replacing equipment. At best, you can try to contact the nearest service center (so you can, as they say, get off with a little blood). On the other hand, if this is not possible, you can apply the above troubleshooting methods, however, you will have to act at your own peril and risk.

However, for complete confidence, it is still better not to risk it and immediately contact some support center. It is believed that manual intervention in the operation of the device can only aggravate an already unpleasant situation. The option is not excluded that then the printer can simply be thrown into a landfill. But the equipment itself is quite expensive. So, before making a decision about the implementation of certain actions, think a hundred times so that manual intervention or any other incorrect actions do not lead to an even greater destructive effect (and this can happen, but then you have to reap the fruits of your own promiscuity in the selected methods).