So ,if you have an MP240, neither the MP198 nor the MP250 solutions work. Thanks for the post becuase I used it as the starting point to make my Canon MP240 can without cartridges installed.

There will be an error warning when we open scanning windows to acquiring image from your image editor, bla bla bla, na na na, and for sure it wont scan anything. Assumption: driver are installed properly since i assume that you already use the printer to print before.Īs seen on pic above, that is what will happen when we try to use canon mp198's scanner function, when ink are running LOW or Empty.All you need is Canon MP 198 printer, and 1 sheet paper.So instead of talking about who's wrong who's right, in this instructable, i will share my trick or tips, or hack, or way around, or howto, or whatever it called, to Scanning with Canon MP-198 printer without using any ink/cartridge. No, if we thing (as manufacture): 'in order to (continue) use our product (your multifunction printer), you must (continue) buying our ink/cartridge'. Yes, if we think (as user) : 'Scanning paper doesn't require or need any ink'.

If your ink is in low level or lets say empty, you can say goodbye to your Multifunction printer's 'scanning' capability.

If you ever had a Canon Multifunction printer, or MP series, or a Multifunction printer in general, then maybe you already know that in order to use all functions on that Multifunction printer, it has to be in 'Ready to use' condition, in other word, for example: if you want to scan a paper, your printer ink and cartridge must be installed AND not running low.

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