hold both buttons until power on indicator will light then release Resume button (dont release Power button) and press Resume button 5 times and for MG series - 6 times! press and hold Resume button (red triangle in the red circle) and press Power button connect the printer by USB cable to the PC. Unzip downloaded file by WinZip (I used 7-zip). DOWNLOAD Service Tool V3400 for Canon iP, MG series here : ΔΆ. Attempt to do so produced a text file with EEPROM info that could be saved. The newest service tool v4905 could produce service test print with a not very extended nozzle check and the most of the EEPROM info and an EEPROM info print with the same info plus hexdumps of the EEPROM and head EEPROM. I installed Windows 7 with no antivirus program on an empty harddisk for a laptop and installed the printer. I then decided to test the newer service tools on it as I hoped service mode had not been locked by a too old service tool. The printer had only done 650 pages, I'm not impressed but I don't know how it was used and with what inks. After a couple of regular print head cleanings the dye BK was back to full width but with the typical fuzziness error. The first nozzle check showed PGBK plus CMY stripes OK and only a thin stripe in dye BK. All cartridges showed very low ink, so for test purposes I dripped a couple of millilitres of ink into each ink outlet. The printer had OEM pigment and dye black cartridges and aftermarket single use CMY cartridges installed. A few days ago I got a Canon MG5450S that my brother-in-law had bought at a thrift store for me.
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