Had to try this as had the same problem for a while. Wife said just buy another printer seeing my frustration at trying to fix it. IT WORKED ! This is what the internet needs, how to solve problems. Thousands of thumbs up. 👍
I cannot believe it was that easy! I have fought with my printer for more years that I can fathom and in less than a minute I have now fixed it. I was just about to head off to the shops to buy a new printer. THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Yep - sorted this problem out immediately in less than 5 minutes. Was driving me batty. Brilliant solution - thank you. My husband was trying to persuade me to buy a new printer, but I know that is what Canon wants and I was determined to try to find a way to fix it. Loved your trial and error spirit and the humour. This kind of video - honest, resourceful people giving honest help - is the reason the internet should exist - not to feed us all that corporate/big brother propaganda which would like to remove videos like this and get people to spend good money on more of their increasingly crap machines. Thanks so much!!! Impressed my son and taught him a good lesson about perseverance and thrift. :)
Great video. If you look at the paper grabber roller there is the tiny spring you talked about. I took it off with tiny needle needle nose pliers. I cut 1 turn off the spring, made another loop and put it back on and it now works great. My spring was weak also and by shortening it, that pulled the rollers tighter to the paper. Your video helped guide me in the right direction. The sponge is a little quicker though. Thank you !
It works! It's free! It's simple. It's quick! You have correctly identified the inbuilt weakness that has plagued Canon printers of many models for years.. It IS that weak spring. It took 2 minutes to fix the problem that made my Canon Pixma 5760 useless. Cleaning the rollers may help, but this is the definitive fix. Thank you.
OMG I did exactly what you did and now my photos for my wedding tomorrow has printed!! Thank you sooo much!!! It was doing my head in and nearly took it to the shop which would hav costed me! You’re life saver thank youuuuu!
A Life Saver .... so fed up with not feeding. sponge inserted as instructed and it feeds like a dream. Had printer for a number of years, been hand feeding for some time now! CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH .. BRILLIANT. . Sept 23
Thank you so much for this video. I have been tearing my hair out for years with my printer telling me there's no paper when there is. I even sent it back to Canon who claimed it was fixed. It worked for about a week and then started acting up again. I was within a hair's breadth of buying a new printer but thought I'd try your solution first and it worked first time. Thank's again! 😊👍👍👍
Fantastic so simple a solution takes seconds and not even a screwdriver needed Thank you for posting and helping everyone this is what RUclips does best
Thank you! Drove me mad like everyone else, my earlier model did the same so been putting up with this for years. Well done, saved so many of us a lot of grief by sharing the fix :)
The amount of frustration that I could've saved myself if I would have watched this earlier is unimaginable. I was literally about to throw it out and found this video in a last attempt to work it out. Worked, fixed it immediately without issues, thank you so much!!!
After about 5 years of regular problems with this, I decided to google it.... Thanks very much to you for making this video and to Chris Woods for coming up with, and sharing the sponge solution!
I took the photos, you did a really good video! And honestly I was inspired by a post on the old US Canon forums... So thanks to the hive mind for fixing this one.
@@ChristopherWoods and @The Beach Badger, I finally got around to following both of your leads, and I'm so glad I did. I was so doubtful. Went through first go. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Thank you SO MUCH ! I have been driven *nuts* by this for over 6 months, searching for maintenance manuals, though discussion boards for which bit to clean etc. And the answer was a kitchen sponge! Genius. 😀
I didn't have one of those sponges to hand, so I thought I'd try a bit of pipe insulation, it works brilliantly!!! I cut a couple of inches of pipe insulation off and then cut along it's length to cut off a piece about 1/8 of the whole tube. The pain this printer has caused me until now. Fabulous video! Thank you!
Like many of you this has been getting on my ******* nerves for weeks, my wife said get a new printer but I carried on with it using a rubber fingerette type thing to push the paper in each time, hoping I would think of or come across a solution somewhere down the line. Then I stumbled across Mr Badger and his solution to this wretched problem has changed my life. No more sleepless nights worrying about it, no more moping around the house, all my toys back in the pram, the cat has come out of hiding and life is wonderful once more and all for what, a little bit of ingenuity and a piece of sponge. Thank you so much, you are a saviour to us all sir!
You are a legend, I've had my 5750 for years, its served me so well apart from this very frustrating issue - bit of sponge, sorted. Well chuffed, thank you.
Hi there. Was having exactly the same problems and frustrations as you - until my mate Cheddar (CEO of Mayhem Maintenance Inc) found your video. A couple of minutes later and the sponge was inserted. Bingo! First time! Not only did you ingeniously get the printer working, you made us laugh as well! Thank you! Rapchester
Dude your a legend! I've been putting up with my nonsense printer forver but then stumbled across this video. Literally 1 min later and it's like having a new printer 🙂
You are flipping awesome. Paper hasn't been feeding for months!!! And then it got so bad that it wouldn't push through with help until the 3rd time. So there I was about to get a new printer even though we have so much ink for this one and I thought I'd see if there was anything just in case... and found your video. THANK YOU!. Insane something so mundane as washing sponge and voila, my printer works again. You are awesome!
Wow! I’ve been having this problem for months and have spent more time messing about with the paper and tray than actually printing. This fix sorted it straight away. Thank you so much!
Laughed so hard. :) Thank you it worked. I mean it really worked. And I had this problem over a year and I couldn't figure it out. Thanks again. Just a sponge lol.
Just watched your fix and can't thank you enough, great stuff. I hate this printer, it's too big, too loud and costs me a fortune in ink. Have to say it's been an absolute nightmare from day one.! However, thanks to you it has had a reprieve from the tip and lives to print another day. Thanks again.
Well, well Beach Badger..... I did your sponge trick to my old MG4250....it was rather fiddly as I couldnt get the back off to access the rollers but with the aid of my trusty pointed chicken skewer stick, I managed to get the sponge in place and, unbelievably, IT WORKED. Thank you once again for saving me a few bob. ♥
Yeah! How simple - I've written myself a note on how to do it in case it stops feeding again and I need to replace the sponge. Great and easy solution Thank you - and thanks to the guy who gave you the idea. IT WORKS!
As with many other comments, this worked a treat on a Canon printer which hasn't fed reliably since I bought it. I had already decided that the small spring was too weak, but this is much simpler than trying to find a stronger spring which would fit.
I saw the same article you describe. I took one of the washup sponges that have a sort of finger grip shape. I cut a piece as wide as the flap, and cut 15 mm from the top. No need to remove green bit. I stuffed it under the flap of my 5750 as Beach Badger shows, and 100% success. Now feeds even 240g photo paper. Thanks Badger for doing this video I'm sure lots of people will be grateful even if they haven't commented.
Wow I spent so much time frustrated trying to figure this out and this video helped me figure it out immediately!! Thank you very much I appreciate it!
This fix worked a treat! The missus is going to come home and I'll be able to say I've found out a fix for the printer. Okay I've knackered one of her sponges, but it still has to be worth a few brownie points👍. Thanks for sharing Mr Beach Badger!
OMG - Genius! Was just about to throw the thing through the window ...found your video and hey presto - now working like a dream! ...Many thanks and Happy Xmas!
Had this problem with my ts series. Tried this and it worked right away. Thank you for making this video!! I was ready to throw this thing out a window. 😮
Absolutely bang on!! Worked perfect, and with the added bonus of my Mrs wondering what’s happened to the next new sponge she gets out of the packet :-D … Get yourself a beer!
Fantastic, I nearly binned this bloody thing, I fixed it using this method in about 2 mins, I can't believe Canon miss-designed the spring pressure, like Paul said it's a limited life span feature, anyway...up theirs!
Bloody brilliant...This has been driving me nuts for weeks.....exactly the quick fix we need. How many people trash the printer because of poor paper feed....Not that Canon would design it that way...oh no..built in obsolescence...Canon seriously know this problem exists. Well done Badger.. One point, when they get too bad, wipe the rubber rollers with meths or other clean alcohol as they pick up grease from the paper over time. This is what I think is the basic cause. I used meths as it's a safe cleaner, NOT a solvent.....
Thank you so much for sharing this. My Canon stopped feeding after about 6 months of hardly being used. Canon were very helpful not. This fix has made it like new again. Once again, thanks for sharing. 👍
Had to try this as had the same problem for a while. Wife said just buy another printer seeing my frustration at trying to fix it. IT WORKED ! This is what the internet needs, how to solve problems. Thousands of thumbs up. 👍
30 seconds amazing fix. Thank you so much. I can now unlearn all the swear words my canon has taught me.
I cannot believe it was that easy! I have fought with my printer for more years that I can fathom and in less than a minute I have now fixed it. I was just about to head off to the shops to buy a new printer. THANK YOU SO MUCH!
enjoy my friend :)
I used the same sponge I have been using to wipe away my tears through days of frustration and it worked a treat. Thank you Sir.
Mate, I had the same problem for years! Couldn't find a fix anywhere, Canon wouldn't answer.. you did! Excellent work Sir.
Yep - sorted this problem out immediately in less than 5 minutes. Was driving me batty. Brilliant solution - thank you. My husband was trying to persuade me to buy a new printer, but I know that is what Canon wants and I was determined to try to find a way to fix it. Loved your trial and error spirit and the humour. This kind of video - honest, resourceful people giving honest help - is the reason the internet should exist - not to feed us all that corporate/big brother propaganda which would like to remove videos like this and get people to spend good money on more of their increasingly crap machines. Thanks so much!!! Impressed my son and taught him a good lesson about perseverance and thrift. :)
Great video. If you look at the paper grabber roller there is the tiny spring you talked about. I took it off with tiny needle needle nose pliers. I cut 1 turn off the spring, made another loop and put it back on and it now works great. My spring was weak also and by shortening it, that pulled the rollers tighter to the paper. Your video helped guide me in the right direction. The sponge is a little quicker though. Thank you !
It works! It's free! It's simple. It's quick!
You have correctly identified the inbuilt weakness that has plagued Canon printers of many models for years.. It IS that weak spring.
It took 2 minutes to fix the problem that made my Canon Pixma 5760 useless.
Cleaning the rollers may help, but this is the definitive fix. Thank you.
Tried it and it worked! Now the paper feed isn't a problem anymore. Thank you 🙌
:) happy :)
OMG I did exactly what you did and now my photos for my wedding tomorrow has printed!! Thank you sooo much!!! It was doing my head in and nearly took it to the shop which would hav costed me! You’re life saver thank youuuuu!
A Life Saver .... so fed up with not feeding. sponge inserted as instructed and it feeds like a dream. Had printer for a number of years, been hand feeding for some time now! CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH .. BRILLIANT. . Sept 23
works a treat!! Thank you so much!! Also loved the genuine joy in your voice when it works first time
Thank you so much for this video. I have been tearing my hair out for years with my printer telling me there's no paper when there is. I even sent it back to Canon who claimed it was fixed. It worked for about a week and then started acting up again. I was within a hair's breadth of buying a new printer but thought I'd try your solution first and it worked first time. Thank's again! 😊👍👍👍
Fantastic so simple a solution takes seconds and not even a screwdriver needed Thank you for posting and helping everyone this is what RUclips does best
:) Happy days
Thank you! Drove me mad like everyone else, my earlier model did the same so been putting up with this for years. Well done, saved so many of us a lot of grief by sharing the fix :)
Dude, mate.......... i had the same problem for a year now and its FIXED!!!!!!!!
THX A LOT FOR YOUR GREAT VIDEO.
The amount of frustration that I could've saved myself if I would have watched this earlier is unimaginable. I was literally about to throw it out and found this video in a last attempt to work it out. Worked, fixed it immediately without issues, thank you so much!!!
After about 5 years of regular problems with this, I decided to google it.... Thanks very much to you for making this video and to Chris Woods for coming up with, and sharing the sponge solution!
i did it for all of us :) drove me insane :)
I took the photos, you did a really good video! And honestly I was inspired by a post on the old US Canon forums... So thanks to the hive mind for fixing this one.
@@ChristopherWoods and @The Beach Badger, I finally got around to following both of your leads, and I'm so glad I did. I was so doubtful. Went through first go. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Thank you SO MUCH ! I have been driven *nuts* by this for over 6 months, searching for maintenance manuals, though discussion boards for which bit to clean etc. And the answer was a kitchen sponge! Genius. 😀
I didn't have one of those sponges to hand, so I thought I'd try a bit of pipe insulation, it works brilliantly!!! I cut a couple of inches of pipe insulation off and then cut along it's length to cut off a piece about 1/8 of the whole tube.
The pain this printer has caused me until now. Fabulous video! Thank you!
Like many of you this has been getting on my ******* nerves for weeks, my wife said get a new printer but I carried on with it using a rubber fingerette type thing to push the paper in each time, hoping I would think of or come across a solution somewhere down the line. Then I stumbled across Mr Badger and his solution to this wretched problem has changed my life. No more sleepless nights worrying about it, no more moping around the house, all my toys back in the pram, the cat has come out of hiding and life is wonderful once more and all for what, a little bit of ingenuity and a piece of sponge. Thank you so much, you are a saviour to us all sir!
You are a legend, I've had my 5750 for years, its served me so well apart from this very frustrating issue - bit of sponge, sorted. Well chuffed, thank you.
pleased the video helped , hope you left a like :)
Brilliant and clever solution!. It works great, thank you very much !
Thank you so much!! I've been losing the will to live with this printer! So glad I googled and found your video -life saver!
Hilarious !!!!!! It worked as a charm !!!! What a simple way to fix a problem. Congratulations this was the best fix I have ever seen.
:) happy days
Brilliant, you've saved me the cost of buying a new one which wouldn't have been a canon. Thank you from a user in Bedfordshire UK
Ten minutes watching this and cutting up a sponge - cue end of months of frustration. Thank you so much.
:) its worth the 10 mins watch time :) Enjoy your fixed printer
My printer is an MX925 and your solution worked perfectly! Well done and thank you.
brilliant thats great news
Amazing - many thanks. Took me under a minute to fix. Whoever designed this fix is a hero!
Hi there. Was having exactly the same problems and frustrations as you - until my mate Cheddar (CEO of Mayhem Maintenance Inc) found your video. A couple of minutes later and the sponge was inserted. Bingo! First time! Not only did you ingeniously get the printer working, you made us laugh as well! Thank you!
Rapchester
Dude your a legend! I've been putting up with my nonsense printer forver but then stumbled across this video. Literally 1 min later and it's like having a new printer 🙂
It works! I was about to take the printer to the repair shop. Thanks, you save me a couple euros.
You are flipping awesome. Paper hasn't been feeding for months!!! And then it got so bad that it wouldn't push through with help until the 3rd time. So there I was about to get a new printer even though we have so much ink for this one and I thought I'd see if there was anything just in case... and found your video. THANK YOU!. Insane something so mundane as washing sponge and voila, my printer works again. You are awesome!
Just did the steps on this video and printer worked perfectly. Thank you!
bloody brilliant. I really like your enthusiasm and that you try things like I do!
Printer was pulling paper in unevenly and chewing it. Tried cleaning rollers without success. The sponge did the trick! Thank you sir!
Wow! I’ve been having this problem for months and have spent more time messing about with the paper and tray than actually printing. This fix sorted it straight away. Thank you so much!
Hurrah. Rollers behind just needed a clean and it is all sorted, thank you so so much for sharing this.
Laughed so hard. :) Thank you it worked. I mean it really worked. And I had this problem over a year and I couldn't figure it out. Thanks again. Just a sponge lol.
A brilliant fix for a problem we've had for months. Thank you SO mu ch!
Exactly as you showed, this simple fix just works in our case too! Thank you very much. You deserve a kind of McGyver's prize ;-)
You win the internet tonight Beach Badger. Brilliant video plus you made me laugh out loud.
Good to hear im doing something right ;)
Amazing! This printer's been peeing my off since I got it, and this fix just worked, first try. Thank you! Of course, now my ink's run out :D
Just watched your fix and can't thank you enough, great stuff. I hate this printer, it's too big, too loud and costs me a fortune in ink. Have to say it's been an absolute nightmare from day one.! However, thanks to you it has had a reprieve from the tip and lives to print another day. Thanks again.
This is brilliant! Works as a charm! Thanks a lot!!!!!!!
It worked! Unbelievable, Grazie mille! I can't believe it is such an easy fix. Kudos to you.
Oh Waw ! That is Fantastic !!!! All my gratitude from France. And cheers for sponges :D 🙌
Well, well Beach Badger..... I did your sponge trick to my old MG4250....it was rather fiddly as I couldnt get the back off to access the rollers but with the aid of my trusty pointed chicken skewer stick, I managed to get the sponge in place and, unbelievably, IT WORKED. Thank you once again for saving me a few bob. ♥
Yeah! How simple - I've written myself a note on how to do it in case it stops feeding again and I need to replace the sponge. Great and easy solution Thank you - and thanks to the guy who gave you the idea. IT WORKS!
As with many other comments, this worked a treat on a Canon printer which hasn't fed reliably since I bought it. I had already decided that the small spring was too weak, but this is much simpler than trying to find a stronger spring which would fit.
This work for me when my printer wouldn't print my mailing labels. Now it does. Good job!
I saw the same article you describe. I took one of the washup sponges that have a sort of finger grip shape. I cut a piece as wide as the flap, and cut 15 mm from the top. No need to remove green bit. I stuffed it under the flap of my 5750 as Beach Badger shows, and 100% success. Now feeds even 240g photo paper. Thanks Badger for doing this video I'm sure lots of people will be grateful even if they haven't commented.
Wow I spent so much time frustrated trying to figure this out and this video helped me figure it out immediately!! Thank you very much I appreciate it!
if i made someone happy thats a result, enjoy
Brilliant stuff - it worked a flippin treat - thanks mate - you're a flippin star
THIS WORKS PERFECTLYLY, SO THANKS SO MUCH
Wow then to think i have had this issue for years now very good fix plain and simple! Thanks
Thank very much- you saved me buying a new one. Worked like a charm! on MG 5765 also.
good to hear :)
Terrific. Thanks for your help. Saved me quite a bit of money, not to mention the job of setting up a new machine.
This fix worked a treat! The missus is going to come home and I'll be able to say I've found out a fix for the printer. Okay I've knackered one of her sponges, but it still has to be worth a few brownie points👍. Thanks for sharing Mr Beach Badger!
Absolute perfect fix! After cleaning my rollers & pissing about for what seemed like ever, I came across this video. Thank you for uploading 👍 😁 🇬🇧
pleased my video helped you , the paper issue drove me nuts too :)
OMG - Genius! Was just about to throw the thing through the window ...found your video and hey presto - now working like a dream! ...Many thanks and Happy Xmas!
lol Merry Christmas
Worked a treat, thanks for taking time to post it!
Had this problem with my ts series. Tried this and it worked right away. Thank you for making this video!! I was ready to throw this thing out a window. 😮
Worked a treat, your a star my friend.
Hey beach Badger! Brilliant thank you! I love your frustration. Mine was the same. Thank you so much for this fix. Done!!! xx
This worked a treat, Thanks very mate. It is very much appreciated👍
Absolutely bang on!! Worked perfect, and with the added bonus of my Mrs wondering what’s happened to the next new sponge she gets out of the packet :-D … Get yourself a beer!
What can I add! Unbelieable, Now I have to try and delete the stored items awaiting printing, Thank you so much.
Fantastic, I nearly binned this bloody thing, I fixed it using this method in about 2 mins, I can't believe Canon miss-designed the spring pressure, like Paul said it's a limited life span feature, anyway...up theirs!
Brilliant! Worked a treat. Thanks 🤗
Brilliant, mine is sorted now after much frustrationb, many thanks.
Thanx very much badger, your demo is great it worked first time. Now I can finally close the window (because that’s where this printer was going)
Yay ===. Frickin' marvellous Fix :)
Bloody brilliant...This has been driving me nuts for weeks.....exactly the quick fix we need. How many people trash the printer because of poor paper feed....Not that Canon would design it that way...oh no..built in obsolescence...Canon seriously know this problem exists. Well done Badger..
One point, when they get too bad, wipe the rubber rollers with meths or other clean alcohol as they pick up grease from the paper over time. This is what I think is the basic cause. I used meths as it's a safe cleaner, NOT a solvent.....
Brilliant. I despaired of finding the cause of my issue but this found and fixed the issue. Thanks.
Amazing, works like a dream. Thank you so much 😃
Thank you. You just saved my printer.
Absolutely fantastic fix thank you so much 👍🏻
Thank you so much! MG5751 works now!
Absolutely Epic simple fix. 5 stars
Thank you so much for sharing this. My Canon stopped feeding after about 6 months of hardly being used. Canon were very helpful not. This fix has made it like new again. Once again, thanks for sharing. 👍
Going to try this, brilliant! Thank you for uploading the video.
Brilliant fix - thanks. to be honest i didn't think it would work but it did!! Thanks
Thank you. Amazing. It worked on my Pixma mg6620.
Well, what can I say... thank you soooo much... it works right away.
Fantastic little fix. Good on yer fella.
Fantastic, worked a treat.
OMG you are a legend, I've had a issue with my Mg6851 for over a Yr, so quick and easy ty
Thanks! Brilliant fix. It worked.
Fantastic, thanks very much for saving my printer and my sanity. Excellent easy fix 🙂
thanks for your help on this, really appreciate the tip, it worked wonders
yeah, thank you so much for such a brilliant on topic video. I have struggled with this lousy printer since I bought it.
so easy after weeks of frustration - thank you
I will definitely try this. Im having the exact same issue. Thanks buddy. You are a life saver. Was gonna throw my printer at the wall
Super! That fixed the problem! Thank you for sharing!
Worked great.Ended all the frustration
Thank you from Missississippi 👍
you are welcome :)
Thank you SO MUCH! Was going out today to buy a new printer.
Thanks so much. It was driving me made as well. You're a star
great fix... same as you the frustration with this printer was off the scale