Canon 1700 Error (Waste Ink Absorber Almost Full)
What it means
A warning that the waste ink absorber, which collects ink from cleaning cycles, is nearly full. Printing can usually continue for now, but the absorber will eventually need servicing and the counter resetting. It is the early warning before the printer stops with a full-absorber error.
Guides that cover this kind of fault
A guide written for 1700 itself is still being checked against the manufacturer's documentation. These cover the same underlying problem and are filed under maintenance.
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Common questions
What does the 1700 error mean on a Canon printer?
A warning that the waste ink absorber, which collects ink from cleaning cycles, is nearly full. Printing can usually continue for now, but the absorber will eventually need servicing and the counter resetting. It is the early warning before the printer stops with a full-absorber error.
Is the 1700 error serious?
Not usually. Codes at this level normally clear once the condition they describe is dealt with, and a printer that carries on working afterwards has nothing further wrong with it.
Different code or problem?
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