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PIXMA iP90

SERVICE
MANUAL

Canon

Copyright 2005, Canon U.S.A. This technical publication is the proprietary and confidential information of Canon U.S.A. which
shall be retained for reference purposes by Authorized Service Facilities of Canon U.S.A. Its unauthorized use is prohibited.

Summary of Contents for iP90 - PIXMA Color Inkjet Printer

Page 1: ...ght 2005 Canon U S A This technical publication is the proprietary and confidential information of Canon U S A which shall be retained for reference purposes by Authorized Service Facilities of Canon U S A Its unauthorized use is prohibited ...

Page 2: ... Life 3 2 LIST OF ERROR DISPLAY INDICATION 4 2 1 Operator Call Errors LED Blinks in Orange 4 3 REPAIR 5 3 1 Notes on Service Part Replacement Disassembling Reassembling 5 3 2 Special Notes on Repair Servicing 5 3 3 Adjustment Settings 7 Part 2 TECHNICAL REFERENCE 9 1 New technology 9 2 Cleaning Mode and Amount of Ink Purged 11 3 PRINT MODE 12 4 FAQ Specific Problems and Solution 16 ...

Page 3: ...re to be replaced at the same time To reset the waste ink counter Note It is possible to reset the main waste ink counter and the platen waste ink counter respectively In the i70 PIXUS 50i and i80 PIXUS 80i the waste ink counters are reset at the same time None 1 min 1 2 Product Life 1 Ink tank Note The color red indicates the changes from the i70 PIXUS 50i base model BCI 15 Black 200 pages JEIDA ...

Page 4: ...With the print head installed turn the printer off and on 8 times Warning The waste ink absorber is almost full approx 95 of the maximum capacity Pressing the Resume Cancel button cancels the error and resumes printing In repair servicing replace the following items and reset the appropriate waste ink counter Main waste ink absorber Drain pack ass y QL2 0194 Platen waste ink absorber Ink absorber ...

Page 5: ...otes on Repair Servicing 1 Elimination of connectors cable soldering to board In order to reduce costs some connectors on the boards listed below are eliminated and the applicable cables are soldered to the boards Accordingly a set of board and cable is to be replaced in repair servicing of them a Main board Cable to the coin battery The service part settings are as follows i70 PIXUS 50i i80 PIXUS...

Page 6: ... Door sensor board Flexible cable to the main board 2 Tapping Screw The tapping screw is used in the main case unit at the location indicated below As no metal sheet is inserted between the screw and the main case unit be careful not to fasten the screw too tight Soldered Soldered Soldered ...

Page 7: ...me s LED Function Remarks 0 times Green Power off When the print head is not installed the carriage returns and locks in the home position 1 time Orange Service test print 2 times Green EEPROM information print 3 times Orange EEPROM initialization 4 times Green Waste ink counter resetting Proceed to step 5 below Once executing step 5 then move on to step 6 to select the waste ink counter to be res...

Page 8: ...1 M 000 Y 01 C2 01 M2 000 Y2 01 Printed items 1 Model name 2 ROM version 3 Connected I F USB1 4 Main waste ink amount Platen waste ink amount 5 Installation date 6 Operator call service call error record 7 Last printing time 8 Purging count manual deep timer dot count print head installation and removal ink tank installation and removal 9 Cleaning time 10 Print head installation and removal change...

Page 9: ...t set The setting of two modes does not change until a user command the printer to do so Save Black Ink mode Black print duty is reduced to save black ink consumption In this mode black printing is faint in some degree Use Composite Black mode The black color can be available by using color ink even when black ink is used up In this mode black becomes slightly greenish With this mode enabled the m...

Page 10: ...nt head is at home position meaning the print head is not capped The users may feel uncomfortable with an unforeseen frequent movements of the print head the print head scan sequence 1 before capping Thus possible claims are expected 1 An action which the print head makes two round trips from the right to the left to eject ink mist This function was newly introduced with the i80 PIXUS 80i Availabl...

Page 11: ... and Color separately 0 21 Black 0 28 Color 50 Black 55 Color Timer cleaning 4 Both Black and Color If 2 160 to 4 320 hours have elapsed since the previous Black Color cleaning till the start of the next printing 0 24 Black 0 28 Color 75 Timer cleaning 5 Both Black and Color If 4 320 to 8 640 hours have elapsed since the previous Black Color cleaning till the start of the next printing 0 72 Black ...

Page 12: ... High Resolution HxV dpi 600 x 600 600 x 600 Ink drop size 2 pl 5 pl 2 pl 2 Matte Photo Paper Print control 6 passes bidirectional 12 passes bidirectional YMC Print quality Standard High Resolution HxV dpi 600 x 600 600 x 600 Ink drop size 2 pl 5 pl 2 pl 5 pl Glossy Paper Print control 6 passes bidirectional 12 passes bidirectional YMC Print quality Standard High Resolution HxV dpi 600 x 600 600 x...

Page 13: ... Print quality Standard High Custom Fine Resolution HxV dpi 600 x 600 600 x 600 600 x 600 Ink drop size 2 pl 5 pl 2 pl 2 2 pl Photo Paper Pro Print control 6 passes bidirectional 12 passes bidirectional 16 passes bidirectional YMC Print quality Draft Standard High Resolution HxV dpi 600 x 600 600 x 600 600 x 600 Ink drop size 5 pl 2 pl 5 pl 2 pl 2 Photo Paper Plus Glossy Print control 4 passes bid...

Page 14: ...g Printer driver Custom setting Paper type Fast Fine 5 4 3 2 1 Ink Print quality Draft 1 Standard 1 High Resolution HxV dpi 300 x 300 300 x 300 600 x 600 600 x 600 600 x 600 Plain paper Print control 1 pass bidirectional 1 pass bidirectional 1 pass bidirectional 1 pass bidirectional 4passes bidirectional Bk 1 When Use Composite Black mode or Save Black Ink mode is selected 2 pass bidirectional pri...

Page 15: ... drop size 5 pl Plain paper Print control 1 2 passes bidirectional Bk YMC Print quality Standard Resolution HxV dpi 600 x 600 Ink drop size 2 pl 5 pl Photo Paper Pro Print control 6 passes bidirectional YMC Print quality Standard Resolution HxV dpi 600 x 600 Ink drop size 2 pl 5 pl Photo Paper Plus Glossy Print control 6 passes bidirectional YMC ...

Page 16: ...usion in the printer driver 4 Print via USB connection Print quality is rough 2 B Lamp indication The power lamp continuously blinks twice in every 5 seconds in green When Bluetooth communication is used and BJ Status Monitor is active When BJ Status Monitor is activated the printer regularly receives a signal requiring status from a computer Bluetooth communication specifications This operation i...

Page 17: ...rriage error service call error due to contact of the print head to the jammed paper 3 C Installation Printing No infrared communication When the printer is connected to a certain computer eg NEC Windows 98 which does not support Plug Play infrared communication With default settings the Plug Play function is enabled Disable the Plug Play function and set the port manually For more details regardi...

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