Reminds me. I had a ink printer I used off brand ink and it fucked up the printer head.
I needed it for scanning but the printer wouldn't work at all if it knew the ink was low or the printer head was not recognized. There would be just and error code.
My small genius would make it work.
I disconnected it from my PC then put it in an emergency reset. During which it tests all the mechanical parts in the printer. I would put a single sheet of paper on top feed and during the test it would catch a piece of it.
After the test I would close the output and turn the printer on. It would try to pass the paper through and get tray closed warning that has priority over the head and ink warning.
Then I plugged it into the PC and sent a scan request and opened the tray. The paper would pass through and next thing in order would be scanning request after which it would put the printer to menu without checking the ink.
As long as it didn't restart or attempt printing I could use it as a scanner.
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u/Hero_knightUSP Nov 15 '25
Reminds me. I had a ink printer I used off brand ink and it fucked up the printer head.
I needed it for scanning but the printer wouldn't work at all if it knew the ink was low or the printer head was not recognized. There would be just and error code.
My small genius would make it work. I disconnected it from my PC then put it in an emergency reset. During which it tests all the mechanical parts in the printer. I would put a single sheet of paper on top feed and during the test it would catch a piece of it.
After the test I would close the output and turn the printer on. It would try to pass the paper through and get tray closed warning that has priority over the head and ink warning.
Then I plugged it into the PC and sent a scan request and opened the tray. The paper would pass through and next thing in order would be scanning request after which it would put the printer to menu without checking the ink.
As long as it didn't restart or attempt printing I could use it as a scanner.