Is it worth trying to fix a home printer? (lemdro.id)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I got a canon pixma tr4520 from a technologically challenged relative, who told me they couldn't get it to print and it was mine to try and fix. I worked out that it didn't have an ink cartridge in it (not even an empty), bought a replacement, and got it printing. But now it has vertical alignment issues and paper jams. I can't afford a new printer right now, and I would love to fix this one. My fear is that I'll sink half the cost of a new one into it between the ink I already bought and replacement parts, just for it to come out not working anyway. Is it worth my time to try and fix or should I cut my losses and start saving for a new unit?

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I just replaced the Magenta in one of mine and it would NOT take it. I’m leaning towards an issue with this one cartridge, but while debugging I saw some people mentioning the override menu was recently disabled in an update.

So I scraped the chip off the old one and stuck it on the new one and it worked just fine 🤷

[-] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

There's reset chips you can buy online. They're about 6 euros and reusable. Hold it against the toner chip for a bit and poof

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Is this a Brother or Canon?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Brother

[-] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Shit. So enshittification has hit them as well.

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