Why is my Canon printer not printing?

Printer is an important asset that is used in all formal organizations for paper work. And Japan based company, Canon has been one of the reputed manufacturers in printer industry. 

Imagine that you are in a middle of very important work and suddenly you find your Canon printer not printing. Now there can be many reasons of why printer stops working all of a sudden which are listed below.

Reasons of Canon printer not working:

The most common reason of Canon printer not working is ink being finished. Because we don’t look for common issues and start looking for major ones. 

Printer also might stop working if cartridge’s vacuum is blocked.

Printer can also stop working if your printer is not connected to your system properly.

It also stops working if there are too many pending assignments. Therefore it’s advised to print only single content at a time.

 Printer can also stop working if it’s too outdated or old. In that case it’s not a technical fault but physical damage.

If you haven’t used your printer since a long time but it’s fully filled with ink. Even in that case your printer won’t print because ink might have dried up because of not being used.

Last but not the least if there is no paper in the tray, printer won’t print anything.

Therefore reasons of Canon printer not working could be few of these points mentioned above. And in order to fix them, one can pick below solutions and see if the printer starts responding.

Hacks to fix canon printer:

Look if your printer is connected to your system or not.

If your printer stops working, go to the control panel, right click printer icon and select trouble shoot. It might not be the exact solution but can fix the common issues.

With time cartridges worn out, so before printer stops suddenly change them. Also keep checking ink availability. And try to avoid it from getting dry.

With frequent use, printers collect dry ink and dust inside which diminishes the quality of print and soon stops printing. Once in a while clean the inner parts of printer with a soft cloth to avoid this situation.

Make sure whatever device is you are using like mobile, tablet or system; is connected to the right printer.

Thus one can refer to these solutions in order to fix common issues of Canon printer. And in case printer still doesn’t resume working then you can reach out to Canon’s customer service for more help. Either you can contact them on phone or visit service center nearby.