Tuesday 9 September 2014

How to repair Canon MP258 error code E03

Canon is one of the most popular printer brand in the world, one of the Canon product is MP258. This printer not only can print the document, but it equipped with scan and copy feature. One of the problem that often occur to this printer is error E03, you can see the error code in the display that located near the power button.

The error code E03 can be caused by human error, paper jam, and some others. According to my experience, I have found the error code E03 when I want to print a document, and the paper rolled in the printer roll, so the display showing error E03. Okay, now let's see how to solve this problem.

The first step, please check the printer roll, is there a rest of paper that block a paper sensor? If yes, please take or remove the paper from there. If the printer roll clean from the rest of paper, you can continue to the next step. You have to open the printer cover.

If you don't know how to open or remove the Canon MP258 printer cover, please follow these steps:
guide to open the canon mp258 printer cover
First, remove the bolts
guide to open the canon mp258 printer cover
Second step
guide to open the canon mp258 printer cover
Third step
guide to open the canon mp258 printer cover
Fourth step
guide to open the canon mp258 printer cover
Last step
After the Canon MP258 printer cover removed, you will see the roller gears in the left position. Here is the picture:

guide to open the canon mp258 printer cover
paper sensor

Look at the transparent part, it is a part of paper sensor in Canon MP258 printer. Clean the part using a cotton and alcohol. Okay, this is the end of this tutorial if the error E03 caused by a hardware failure. Next, I'll share a tutorial about how to solve the Canon MP258 printer error E03 that caused by a software failure. See you in the next tutorial.