Repairing a Canon imagePROGRAF PRO-6100 with Nightmare Problems

The errors are random, intermittent print head errors. Sometimes there is no error but no magenta. And the worst of all, the printer stuck on preparing the ink system and would not shut off. It's definitely the stuff of nightmares when you consider the price of the ink. It’s a long journey, but in the end, it’s a printer that puts ink on paper and not in the waste tank. Come see how it all turned out.

00:00 Intro & Symptoms
01:51 Getting access to inside the printers
03:06 Testing
04:39 Signs of FFC damage
05:08 FFC replacement
10:12 First boot after FFC replacement & still one big problem
11:13 Troubleshooting “Preparing ink system” mode
14:39 A proper boot-up
16:34 Final thoughts