Canon Scanner ToolBox for Windows 7

Hardware will become older day by day, and thus you need to upgrade your hardware after using it for a certain time if you want to keep your computer up-to-date. But upgrading hardware means you need to upgrade your software, especially the drivers and hardware related software.

The same applies to operating system. When you upgrade your operating system, your old hardware might require newer driver and related software to let your new operating system to recognize it. So, you might probably need to search for driver and software that support your new operating system on the internet.

One of the reason why I write this post is that I happened to get error when I used my Canon scanner on Windows 7. At the moment I installed the driver, no errors found. But when I installed the CanoScan Toolbox, I found that the toolbox software on my driver disc only worked for Windows XP and earlier version. I didn't support Windows 7. That means I need to download the newer version of Canon Scanner Toolbox on the internet.

Luckily I found a link where I can download the Scanner Toolbox at Download.com. If you also need such driver, click here to get the driver for free.

Where to download driver for Canon IP 1980?

Today, I need to help my friend installing printer driver of Canon IP 1980 to a computer. After taking up some time for searching on the internet, I found a link on 4shared.com where I can download driver. I think this link is quite important for those who have lost the driver companion disc. No driver means useless hardware until you get the driver. To put link of driver we usually use in a blog also make it convenient for us when we need it again cause we don't have to search for a long time. If you need Canon IP 1900 series driver, you may click here to download.

How to reset your IP series Canon Printer manually?

Every printer has a waste ink pad counter which counts the usage of your head cleaning. Every time, when you have finished cleaning the print head, waste ink will flow to the sponge at the inner back side of your printer.

After a long time, your printer will have a "waste ink pad error message" appeared. And usually you will see the two lights of the two button of your printer blinking. This will stop your printer from printing. This means you need to change the ink pad at a printer service center.

If you buy a Canon printer, you may go to Canon service center. I mean you go to the printer service center according to the brand of your printer. They will then reset your waste ink pad counter. And you can use your printer again.

If you find it hard for you to go there, you may do the reset manually or with special reset software.
To manually reset the printer, you can do the following steps:
1. Turn off your printer, but leave the power plug in the power socket (of the wall). The power of the socket is turned "on" and plug off the cable which is attached to the printer.
2. Now, press and hold the power button of your printer, then plug in your cable.
3. While still holding the power button, press and hold the Resume button for a while (about 10 seconds), then release the power button, then release the Resume button.
4. Turn on your printer again as you usually do.

If manual reset won't work, you can try reset by software. Just click here and download the reset program which is intended to reset Canon IP series printer. After downloading, you need to extract the files to a folder. Run the IPTool Program  then follow the on-screen instructions. This program can help you reset the following Canan IP series printers: IP 1200, IP 1300, IP 1600, IP 1700, IP 1800, IP 2200 and IP 2500.