Service Test Print; Eeprom Initialization; Waste Ink Counter Reset; Destination Settings - Canon PIXMA MP500 Service Manual

Automatic / manual print head
alignment
Bottom plate cleaning
Contrast adjustment
(5) Service mode
Function

Service test print

- Model name
- Destination
- ROM version
- USB serial number
- Waste ink amount
- CD / DVD sensor
correction value
- Ink system function
check result
- CD / DVD sensor
correction result

EEPROM initialization

Waste ink counter reset

Destination settings

Waste ink amount setting See "Service mode operation

Button and LCD test

Note: At the end of the service mode, press the ON/OFF button. To protect the media sensor from being
dislocated during transportation, the paper lifting plate of the sheet feeder unit will be raised.
<Service mode operation procedures>
1) With the machine power turned off, while pressing the Stop/Reset button, press and hold the ON/OFF button.
(DO NOT release the buttons. The COPY LED lights in green to indicate that a function is selectable.)
2) While holding the ON/OFF button, release the Stop/Reset button. (DO NOT release the ON/OFF button.)
3) While holding the ON/OFF button, press the Stop/Reset button 2 times, and then release both the ON/OFF and
Stop/Reset buttons. (Each time the Stop/Reset button is pressed, the Alarm LED and COPY button light
alternately, Alarm in orange and COPY in green, starting with Alarm LED.)
4) When the COPY button lights in green, press the Stop/Reset button the specified number of time(s) according to
the function listed in the table below. (Each time the Stop/Reset button is pressed, the Alarm LED and COPY
button light alternately, Alarm in orange and COPY in green, starting with Alarm LED.)
Time(s) LED indication
0 times Green (COPY)
1 time Orange (Alarm)
Set a sheet of plain paper (A4 or letter) in the ASF.
Fold a sheet of plain paper (A4 or letter) in half crosswise, then unfold
and set it in the ASF with the folded ridge facing down.
Procedures
See "Service mode operation
procedures" below.
See "Service mode operation
procedures" below.
See "Service mode operation
procedures" below.
See "Service mode operation
procedures" below.
procedures" below.
See "Service mode operation
procedures" below.
Function
Power off
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Remarks
Set a sheet of A4 or letter size paper.
For print sample, see
Items, (1) Service test print, <Service test
print sample>.
The following items are NOT initialized,
and the shipment arrival flag is not on:
- USB serial number
- Destination settings
- Waste ink counter
- CD / DVD correction value
If the waste ink amount is 7% or more,
replace the ink absorber kit.
After destination settings, make sure to
initialize the EEPROM.
Remarks
When the print head is not installed, the
carriage returns and locks in the home position
capped.
See 3-4. Verification Items, (1) Service test
3-4. Verification