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My printer is plugged in, but there is no light showing it is on.

This issue may be due to any of the following:

  1. The power cord is not connected to outlet Solution: Before attempting to fix the power button, make sure the cord is plugged into a working outlet
  2. The power is not on Solution: Turn on the power by pressing the large square button on front right side of printer.
  3. Your printer has a faulty power connection Solution: Reconnect to power supply. Try unplugging the power cord, pausing for 15 seconds before reconnecting to wall.
  4. Your printer is connected to a bad wall outlet Solution: Utilize a different wall outlet. Please refer to this device’s troubleshooting page for more information.

You can reset your printer by following this:

  1. Turn the printer off
  2. Press and hold the STOP button for 3 seconds.
  3. Then press the ON button and release the STOP button.
  4. While holding the ON button, press the STOP button 5 times.
  5. Release all buttons.
  6. LCD Screen should turn on and be blank. After a minute or better turn the printer off once more. This should be the reset.

Faced similar situation… It was working an hour ago and stopped turning on all of sudden… Checked power cable… Tested the cable by putting it in my cam charger… It was fine… Shaked power point as sometime it’s due to loose connection… Still no fix… Finally shakes the cartidge box gently… Cleaned the printer…. Connected power cable again and this time it does turn on… What a relief…. Try it… If it works for you as well… Good Luck

If you’r printer isn’t turn on then you can check first you wire is properly connected or not then Reconnect to power supply. Try unplugging the power wire, pausing for 15 seconds before reconnecting to wall.

Dear Friends Its Very Easy To Fix This Problems With Normal Steps - Restart Printer Using The Power KeyReset Your Printer And check the Printer Power Supply Gud Luck

Strangely enough 2 years after mine spontaneously stopped working it spontaneously started working again. There is no reasonable explanation for it. Once I was able to turn it on most of the catridges were dry. It may be a built in “punishment” Canon has put in their printers to deter you from holding the paper feed button enough times to default to printing in only black and white. Nonetheless I am over Canon products. Will never buy another again. Completely fed up. The ink cartridges are so insanely expensive and I perhaps get only 10 photos out of them. It may be more economical to return to a fuji film developed film camera than these ridiculous digital camera photos which can only be shared on computers. I’m sorry to say there was no solution to this and I am quite tech savvy. I’ve soldered power jacks on mother boards, upgraded processors in laptops and replaced screens in laptops. I can completely dismantle a laptop and have every screw and part diagrammed, clean it (dust etc), reapply heatsink to the processor and reassemble it in perfect working condition in less than 2 hours and have it benchmarking higher than the standard rating. There is absolutely no reason for Canon to have this push button nonsense vs a standard on off toggle switch like devices had 20 years ago.