How To Troubleshoot Canon ink Errors 1686 And 1688?

 

The popularity of the canon printers is not hidden in the market, all the people related to the cyber world are well aware of the canon brand printers, it is so because the brand has now become old enough and therefore it has its golden history in its name. Other than this factor of trusting the other factors that are responsible for the increasing popularity of the printers are the ease to use and also the advanced features associated with its machinery, as it is because of these features that the Canon printer machines are way beyond printing.

The Canon printer machines can now be used for the exchange of fax, and also for the process of scanning the documents as most of the printer machines are now designed in a way that the scanners are added into them during the manufacturing of the machine. The other developments and advancements in the printing technology include wireless printers and also there are improvements in the technologies in a way that the output quality of the printers has improved.

But these canon printers are often seen struggling with the different types of error codes, and resolving and clearing these error codes is very important in order to ensure the smooth hassle-free working of the printer machines, but the real issue comes at the point that there are many technicalities involved in the workings of the Canon printers and also there are so many features involved in the setup so, clearing and resolving the typical technical error codes mostly becomes a problem for users as most of them are not that much sound technically.

Out of all the Canon printer-related error codes, the two error codes that are very common to occur are Canon check ink error 1686 and 1688. So, this guide will be focused on the stepwise easy resolution of these two error codes.

There is not one but actually, there are two resolutions that the user can try on the Canon printer machine if in case it is giving the above-mentioned error codes. So, to make it even easier for the people here we will discuss steps of both the solutions one after the other.

The first process that the Canon printer user can use for the solution of the error codes 1686 and 1688 is to reset the ink level of the printer manually.

In order to reset the ink level of the Canon printer machine manually the user should follow the given steps:

• On the computer, the user should click on the “start” button.
• Then the user should click and open the “control panel.”
• After that, the user should click and open the hardware and sound section then devices and printers.
• Then in the preferences dialog box, the user should choose a “canon printer.”
• Then in the maintenance section, the user should get the ink level warning indicator checked.
• The user can then get the warning indicator disabled by clicking on the radio icon given right next to the option.
• The warning message will then not appear on the screen again and again.
• To get the changes saved the user should click the option “apply.”
• In the end, the user dialog box should be closed.

The other method that the user can use for resolving the two given error codes is quick and much easier than the previous one, the user will just have to hold the reset/ resume/ stop button for a time period of 5 seconds and after that, the user can release the button.

For the resolution of these common Canon printer error codes, the user can use any of the given two methods whichever suits and fits best in the situation of the user. Either of the two solutions would surely get the problem fixed and will get back the printer to its normal working. If even after applying both the solutions the user still fails to get a fix for the errors then, in that case, the user should get in touch with the team of technicians at Canon printer helpline number. The experts can also be contacted for help through live chats and emails as and when needed the lines are kept open 24*7.