Used Canon printers, scanners & copiers in Islamabad & Rawalpindi
Is a used Canon printers, scanners & copier worth buying?
Canon splits into two quite different used markets here: the imageCLASS and LBP office lasers, and the PIXMA inkjet range including the refillable ink-tank models. The ink-tank PIXMAs are worth singling out, since bottled ink rather than cartridges changes the running-cost picture entirely. Canon also has genuine authorised presence in Pakistan for its office machines, which is not true of every printer brand.
Imported
Parts usually have to be imported or sourced from the grey market, so a repair takes longer and costs more — which matters more on an older unit than the build quality does.
Canon has authorised distribution in Pakistan covering its office range, and independent shops in Blue Area and Saddar handle PIXMA and LBP work routinely. Toner and drum units for common LBP models are stocked; PIXMA print heads are available but not always for older models.
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Checking a used Canon printers, scanners & copier
These are specific to Canon. The general printers, scanners & copiers checks apply too and are on the printers, scanners & copiers page.
Check the ink-tank levels and seals
On a refillable PIXMA, look at the tank windows and the rubber seals on each tank. Ink that has crept around a seal points to a unit transported without the transport lock engaged.
Print a Canon nozzle check
Canon's nozzle-check pattern prints a labelled grid per colour. Any missing block is a blocked nozzle; on PIXMA the head is often a user-replaceable part, unlike some rivals, so ask whether a spare head is available.
Read the LBP drum unit status
Canon lasers separate the toner cartridge from the drum on some models and combine them on others. Establish which your model uses, since a combined unit is a simpler consumable and a separate drum is an extra part to source.
Test the duplexer
Print a two-sided document. Automatic duplex units jam as their guides wear, and a jam that recurs at the same point in the paper path is a mechanism fault rather than bad paper.
Confirm whether it was locally bought
Canon has an authorised distributor in Pakistan for office machines. A locally supplied unit has a documented service route; a grey import does not, and that decides how a board or head fault gets handled.
What Canon printers, scanners & copiers are worth
- Refillable ink-tank PIXMA models hold value better than cartridge inkjets, because bottled ink removes the ongoing cartridge cost that puts buyers off inkjets.
- Locally supplied office lasers hold value above grey imports, since an authorised service route exists for them.
- A user-replaceable print head on PIXMA models limits the downside of a blocked head, which supports value against inkjets where the head is unserviceable.
General printers, scanners & copiers checks
These apply whatever the badge on the front says — the printers, scanners & copiers page covers them in full.
Print the panel self-test
Every printer can print a test or configuration page from its own buttons, without a computer or a driver in the way. That single page tells you whether the engine, the head or drum, and the paper feed all work. Banding, a missing colour, or a page that comes out blank narrows the fault down before you have installed anything.
Rub a solid black page
Print a page with a solid dark area and run your thumb across it once it is out. Toner that smudges or lifts means the fuser is not reaching temperature, which is a heating element or sleeve job. Marks that repeat down the page at the same regular spacing come from a damaged roller or drum, and the spacing tells a technician which one.
Read the meter counters
The configuration page carries the total pages the machine has put through and, on most lasers and copiers, how much drum and toner life is reported left. Weigh that against what the model was built for: a high count on an office copier designed for volume is less worrying than a modest count on a small home printer.
Look for ink-tank conversions
Factory ink-tank machines have bottles designed into the body. An aftermarket tank glued to a cartridge printer, with tubes taped along the case, is a conversion, and the tubes kink, air gets in and the head starves. Ask for the printer to be run in front of you before you decide, and pull a cartridge to see whether it has been drilled and refilled.
Scan white and feed pages
Scan one plain white A4 page and open the result full size. A thin line running the whole length of the scan is dirt or a scratch on the glass strip, or a mark on the scan bar. Then put five or six sheets through the document feeder: skewed pages, two sheets pulled at once, or a jam every time means the pick-up rollers are worn flat.
Check consumables and drivers exist
Note the exact cartridge or toner code from the machine and confirm it is still stocked locally, and check the manufacturer lists a driver for the operating system you actually run. A tidy printer whose consumable has been discontinued, or that only ever had drivers for an operating system two generations old, is a shelf ornament.
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