Have you encounter printing problems in Canon PIXMA iP1880? First of all, you have ensure that the cable is connected and the printer is on. Still can’t print? Then you have to look for the “symptom”, for instance, blinking light. There are 2 light signals for Canon PIXMA iP1880.  If the printer is ready and during normal status, only the yellow light will appear (it won’t blink).

If you spot blinking light, means there is an error occur. When the orange light appear,  it’s probably insufficient paper or something related to the ink catridge. When you get the orange light blinking all the way, eventhough paper is load, ink catridge is not empty, it is probably the printer recongized the ink catridge as empty (although it’s not empty!).

Some will suggest using the printer reset software (mostly for Windows user). Before you busy searching for the reset software, try to following.

Press and hold on to the resume button (the button beside the orange light) for about 6 seconds and let go. The printer now should be able to be in the stable normal state. If fail, do try again and hold the resume button for a longer time.

I’ve tested this on a Canon PIXMA iP1880 connected to Ubuntu Linux 7.04, and it worked.

Find out how to setup Canon PIXMA iP1880 in Ubuntu Linux.