Learn how reset the MP198, MP258, MP558, MP568, MP648 Canon printers youself.
All these printers have something in common besides the Canon brand, they are all for home or small businesses use. They give good quality and performance to the printings.
Another aspect they have in common is that they use 40 and 41 Canon cartridges that are shown in our post on how to refill the PG-41 Canon cartridge. All these multifunction printers and, all the printers with the same set of buttons, are reseted in the same way.
It is recommended that in case the post does not result as it can be seen here, please get contact us by leaving a comment in this post and we will be glad to help you.
The procedure to reset these printers is very simple, just follow the steps proposed next the first thing to do is to get into the service mode of the printer.
When done, take into account that the entire menu is in English, this is the same from the BIOS of the computers and to know some English is needed to surf these printers menu. From the menu, modifications that cannot be performed from the set of buttons or the computer are done.
To get into the service mode of any of the MP198, MP276, MP258, MP496, MP558, MP568, MP648 Canon printers, the steps are the same no matter the printer model.
Another aspect they have in common is that they use 40 and 41 Canon cartridges that are shown in our post on how to refill the PG-41 Canon cartridge. All these multifunction printers and, all the printers with the same set of buttons, are reseted in the same way.
It is recommended that in case the post does not result as it can be seen here, please get contact us by leaving a comment in this post and we will be glad to help you.
The procedure to reset these printers is very simple, just follow the steps proposed next the first thing to do is to get into the service mode of the printer.
When done, take into account that the entire menu is in English, this is the same from the BIOS of the computers and to know some English is needed to surf these printers menu. From the menu, modifications that cannot be performed from the set of buttons or the computer are done.
To get into the service mode of any of the MP198, MP276, MP258, MP496, MP558, MP568, MP648 Canon printers, the steps are the same no matter the printer model.
- Turn the printer off and take the USB wire out of it. To be able to understand which the USB wire is, notice that is the wire connected from the computer to the printer, it is in charge of transmitting information to be printed.
- With the printer off, press the stop / reset button which is the red button with a triangle located in the front panel; in some printers this button can be identify as the Resume/Cancel button. Check what type of button your printer has...
- While pressing the stop / reset, press the ON/OFF button of the printer, too. The ON/OFF button is the button used to turn the printer on or off. It can be identified with the words ON/OFF.
- When the printer is on an the led light turns into green, release the Stop/Reset button without releasing the ON/OFF or Power button of the printer.
- Now, without releasing the ON/OFF button, press the Stop/Reset button twice. After that the printer screen, in the main menu, should show “0". In case “0" is not shown in this step, it is needed to repeat the process again. The "0" has to be shown since on it relays the completion of the service mode to download the file to carry out the installation.
- When the screen already shows the "0" proceed to connect the USB wire from the computer to the printer to download the file service_tool 1050.exe is the file that will be downloaded next. To do so, visit our direct download link from google drive.
Download the free software
After having the document downloaded, proceed with the installing of the file that allows the resetting of the levels of MP198, MP276, MP258, MP496, MP558, MP568, MP648 Canon ink.
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- In USB Port select the port the printer is plugged to. See how to know to what port the printer is plugged to.
How to know to what USB port the printer is plugged to
In very few cases it is really known where the printer is connected through the USB cable since computers have many USB ports and those are not identified with a number neither in the front or back side of the PC.
It is necessary that the user identify the USB port the printer is plugged to through the computer. To do so, go to Printers, if using Windows XP click on Start and then go to Printers and Faxes, if using Windows 7 click on Start and then on Devices and Printers and the printers plugged will be shown.
When the printer is found right click on it and click on the Properties option (the last option in the menu displayed) when using Windows XP or go to Printer Properties (about the seventh option) when using Windows 7. After going to properties click on Ports and black shaded the port assigned to the printer will be shown.
- In the section "Clear ink counter" select the "Main" button , check the printer has paper because after the process of resetting the ink counter is finished,a printing is done. In this case the ink counter eraser shows in English CLEAR INK COUNTER.
- Once the printer ends the procedure of cleaning the ink counters, turn the printer off and turn it on again, it must be ready. In case of having any kind of problem, please contact us by leaving a comment in this post.
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