How to locate ink pads on printer
I have a Canon Maxify MB2720 that tells me the ink pads are full and I can't figure out where they are located to clean them. My printing stinks because of it.
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@smolsbee if you think your printing stinks, wait till you see what you have to do to replace the ink absorber pads. What a PITA! Anyhow, there are truly to many steps to write this as an answer. I would get lost writing it and I am sure you would get lost reading it :-)
The absorber kit is "hidden" in the drain tower unit. Here is most of what you will have to know and to do to get to it.Canon MB IB Series Disassembly Procedure Absorber Kit And Drain Tower Unit and consider using something like this video to remove the side covers etc. I will still try and see if I can get something that is a bit more concise.
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Yes, I don't think I could do it. If, BIG IF, I got it all apart, I would never get it back together. What is your suggestion to do? New printer?
@smolsbee I do not like to tell anyone to purchase a new device just because OEM' make things so complicated. Your printer is a decent printer and I would dislike seeing it turning into eWaste. I absolutely understand your concerns but how about just going ahead and give it a try? Sort of like one step at a time. You can always use this forum to get help, just keep expanding on this question. You can add images if you get stuck anywhere are just have a general question. Our goal on here to empower anybody to repair their own devices and yes, to save some hard earned money too. If nothing else and if the repair should fail, you can then alway buy a new printer :-)
We got faith in you and we know you got this!
I'll give it a try later this next week. I'm just not sure where they are located exactly or what they look like.
@smolsbee Not the same model as your Maxify but I once found a MS631 for $58 due to a bad touchscreen - granted I had a MS621 at the time, but the 631 has a more open TCP/IP stack with better modern "secure" protocol support then the 621. I just had to reconnect a cable. Those fetch ~$325+ working but have a better TCP/IP stack - so much so Lexmark has officially said it works with anything with a PS or PCL6 PPD, the Lexmark drivers or the Xerox app.
The job on this is a messy PITA that is a borderline bear to do, but unlike the $50-100 units when they fill up, these are at least worth doing, especially now as the ink has been reverse engineered to death and it's plentiful now. If my fuser went bad in my MS621 I'd swap it and do a full PM kit because it's the same - lots and lots of OEM surplus drums and toners, even if the 631 drum is good for 15k more pages then the 621 drum.
Let me see if I can get the SM procedure for this, or it needs the program - might be old enough to have a onboard reset.
This is what I found on it for yours: https://wicresetconnect.com/en/canon-ser... - but you may not be able to clear the 5B error, you need WIC Reset or the Canon service tool 4.904 or later.
It's leaked: https://easyfixs.blogspot.com/2021/12/se...
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@smolsbee does your printer give you an error code? Something like 5B00 or does the Power Lamp/Alarm Lamp give you a blink code?
by oldturkey03
The printer shows the code and tells me it is full.
by Stephanie Molsbee
SM has been added to the device page Canon Maxify MB2720 under the Documents Header
by oldturkey03