Canon has been well known for its great brand on Digital Imaging and printing. Without any hesitation, most of us will get Canon for their cameras and printers for sure. This has been true at least in our market in Indonesia, for most home user who will choose Canon comparing to the other brands.

Its simply due to the majority and easy fix I guess. First for the series above such as Pixma IP1700, IP1880, IP1980, they have many options for their consumables (cartridges). After using up the original cartridge, you can opt to refill it by injection using syringe which you can get easily at computer shops nearby or book store nearby. Second option will be using CISS (Continuous Ink Supply System). This has been really popular and proven to be much comfortable.

With CISS, you do not have to worry about how much ink left inside the cartridge. All you need to notice is the ink level on the ink tank by the side of the printer. When the ink finishes, all you have to do is just to refill the ink tank and voila. Your printer can be back to its hard work.

One thing when refilling or using CISS, when the printer’s counter has reached the level that tells the cartridge is empty and need a replacement, that is when you can no longer print, and you found the Orange LED on the printer is blinking for few times and back to the Green LED. That is when you need to have some DIY action.

When you are printing, and this problem appears, it will shows on the computer screen that the cartridge is empty and need a replacement. What to do next? Take note of this: Press and hold on Resume Button for 7 seconds and release. This will resume the printing and omit the warning that the cartridge is empty. From there on, your cartridge’s ink detector is disabled and ink level will not be shown anymore. But, you can still continue printing from there on conveniently and do all your refill or CISS without any hassle.

That is for the cartridge being empty after the counter reached the max limit. It applies to the older series as well and as some of you might have not noticed, the instructions of pressing and holding the resume button for 7 seconds is actually stated on the screen error’s message. 

Take note that during certain case, you might need to press and hold the resume button for 7 seconds “Twice”. That applies when both the black and color cartridge ran out. And for longer lasting cartridge, use cartridge number 40 and 41 which is known to be more durable than 830 and 831. Note that IP1880 and IP1980 can use both cartridges.

This guide applies to Canon IP1200, IP1600, IP1700, IP1880, IP1980.