Before you start
- For the app/browser routes, connect the device and intended printer through the same working network. Canon PRINT should already have that printer registered.
- For the Windows driver route, install the applicable Canon driver for the exact printer/OS. A basic Windows printer entry may not contain Canon’s Maintenance controls.
Step 1:Read the estimates in Canon PRINT
- Open Canon PRINT and select the intended printer at the top of its dashboard. If several printers are registered, check the name before continuing.
- Open Printer Information. Read the separate black and colour cartridge indicators and any associated warning text.
- If a level is unavailable, note the message rather than treating an empty graphic as a measured empty tank. Use the ink-warning guide if the printer reports a support code.
The source demonstrates this app route. It does not establish that every current app version uses identical labels, or that every missing estimate means a third-party cartridge caused a fault.
Step 2:Read Printer status in the browser
- Find the printer’s own current network address. The recording uses Windows Settings → Printers & scanners → the intended printer → Device information → Web page; that entry is not shown for every installed driver.
- If that field is absent, use the related network-report guide to print and read the actual IP Address. Keep the report private because it can include credentials.
- Enter that printer address in the browser’s address bar. If prompted, use Log on and the current administrator password, then open Printer status for the ink and error information.
- After checking, select Log off and close the page.
Do not add duplicate Windows queues just to obtain a status page, copy someone else’s IP address or reset the network to refresh an ink graphic. The browser shows the same printer’s reporting; it does not independently measure the physical ink.
Step 3:Use Canon’s Windows status monitor
- Open the installed Canon printer-driver setup/preferences window for this printer.
- On Maintenance, select View Printer Status. Read the cartridge indicators in Canon IJ Status Monitor.
- Open Ink Details if you need the specific ink message. Follow a displayed warning’s instructions rather than relying only on its colour.
This manufacturer-documented route is an alternative to the video’s browser route. A phone and Wi-Fi are not required merely to read the panel’s ink warning, and this guide does not claim that every Windows-provided driver includes Canon’s utility.
Understand what the level can tell you
These printers use a black and a colour FINE cartridge, not four separately displayed refill tanks. Canon warns that a used cartridge can give an incorrect remaining-ink indication. Treat such a value as guidance; adding ink does not prove the estimate has reset.
In copy standby, a steadily lit Color Ink or Black Ink lamp means low ink; prepare a suitable new cartridge. A flashing ink lamp, often with Alarm, means an error that needs its support code. Turning monitoring off for an eligible error also removes the remaining-ink check; it does not restore a reliable full indication.
Finish by confirming you read the intended printer and know whether the result is an estimate, a low warning or an error. No precise remaining page count can be derived from the recording.
Questions & troubleshooting
Why is a refilled cartridge still shown as low?
A used cartridge may not give a correct remaining-ink estimate. Filling it and restoring an accurate level indication are different actions; do not assume a settings reset changes that.
Do I need Canon PRINT just to see a low-ink warning?
No. The panel lamps provide warning/error states, and the applicable Canon computer driver provides status information. The app is one convenient route.
The printer appears twice in Windows. Which one should I use?
Use the entry for your intended device and installed driver. The source saw multiple entries; that is not a requirement to add more printers.
