The "hot" label is not just marketing hype. Official Canon service tools are locked to specific technician IDs and require a paid license. Standard free versions often have limitations: they may work only on older printers, or they reset the waste counter but fail to clear the corresponding EEPROM flag.

When your Canon printer suddenly stops printing and flashes a cryptic error code like or 1700 , your productivity grinds to a halt. These errors typically indicate that the ink absorber pad is full.