I spoke to Canon Support who told me that the first time you get this it means it is 85% full, and told me how to overcome this. And my printer is still printing away without any problems.The ink absorber on my Canon MG2950 is, it says, almost full. Knowing this, I have placed my MP990 printer on a towel, on newspaper – just in case the ink overflows. Absorb the extra ink expelled from the print head. I take no responsibility for yours 🙂 Do realise, the ink absorber pad does do just that. I’ve worn out a few printers using the cheap inks. The generics will shorten the life of the print head significantly. Another tip – use genuine canon inks of course. Spend a bit of money on a decent printer, not the cheapies and it will last for years and years. Does show the quality of canon printers though. Which by the way is probably the smarter option, especially if your machine is 10 or more years old, like mine. The worst thing? It won’t work for you – you have to take the machine to a canon service technician or simply buy another printer. My advice, make sure you have virus software on your computer system and go for it. You never know whether it’s going to work – or you could possibly download something you don’t want.

I must say, I tried this at my own peril. You’ll search and search and no options will work because all the so called fixes are not complete – till I found these guys – and a massive thank you to them 🙂 The trick, you need to download the Canon service tool. So I am googling trying to find an option to reset the counter – thankfully found one.

Canon mp490 printer ink absorber full