topic PIXMA G6020 ink cartridge error in Desktop Inkjet Printers https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Desktop-Inkjet-Printers/PIXMA-G6020-ink-cartridge-error/m-p/604918#M85456 <P>My Canon PIXIMA G6020 ink cartridge facing some error not detected or incompatible cartridge&nbsp;</P> Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:40:05 GMT weisne256 2026-08-18T12:40:05Z PIXMA G6020 ink cartridge error https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Desktop-Inkjet-Printers/PIXMA-G6020-ink-cartridge-error/m-p/604918#M85456 <P>My Canon PIXIMA G6020 ink cartridge facing some error not detected or incompatible cartridge&nbsp;</P> Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:40:05 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Desktop-Inkjet-Printers/PIXMA-G6020-ink-cartridge-error/m-p/604918#M85456 weisne256 2026-08-18T12:40:05Z Re: Canon PIXMA G6020 ink cartridge error https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Desktop-Inkjet-Printers/PIXMA-G6020-ink-cartridge-error/m-p/604939#M85466 <P><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">If</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">your</SPAN> <SPAN class="font-semibold" data-streamdown="strong"><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">Canon</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">PIXMA</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">G6020</SPAN></SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">shows</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">a</SPAN> <SPAN class="font-semibold" data-streamdown="strong"><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">“5200”</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">ink</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">cartridge/maintenance</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">error</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">,</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">follow</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">Canon’s</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">steps</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">in</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">this</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">exact</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">order:</SPAN></P> <OL class="list-inside list-decimal whitespace-normal [li_&amp;]:pl-6" data-streamdown="ordered-list"> <LI class="py-1 [&amp;&gt;p]:inline" data-streamdown="list-item"><SPAN class="font-semibold" data-streamdown="strong"><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">Check</SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">ink</SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">levels</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">on</SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">the</SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">printer.</SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN class="font-semibold" data-streamdown="strong"><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">Refill</SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">the</SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">ink</SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">tanks</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">if</SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">any</SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">are</SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">low.</SPAN></LI> <LI class="py-1 [&amp;&gt;p]:inline" data-streamdown="list-item"><SPAN class="font-semibold" data-streamdown="strong"><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">Turn</SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">the</SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">printer</SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">off</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">,</SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">then</SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN class="font-semibold" data-streamdown="strong"><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">unplug</SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">it</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">.</SPAN></LI> <LI class="py-1 [&amp;&gt;p]:inline" data-streamdown="list-item"><SPAN class="font-semibold" data-streamdown="strong"><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">Plug</SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">it</SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">back</SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">in</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN 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data-sd-animate="true">Flush</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">(Canon</SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">says</SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN class="font-semibold" data-streamdown="strong"><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">no</SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">Deep</SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">Cleaning</SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">is</SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">required</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">).</SPAN></LI> </OL> <P><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">If</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">the</SPAN> <SPAN class="font-semibold" data-streamdown="strong"><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">5200</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">error</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">comes</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">back</SPAN></SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">after</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">doing</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">the</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">above,</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">Canon</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">indicates</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">it</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">may</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">be</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">fixed</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">by</SPAN> <SPAN class="font-semibold" data-streamdown="strong"><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">replacing</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">the</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">print</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">heads</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">;</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">if</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">it</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">still</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">recurs</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">after</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">print-head</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">replacement,</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">you’ll</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">need</SPAN> <SPAN class="font-semibold" data-streamdown="strong"><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">Canon</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">service</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">.</SPAN> <A class="NKNZZgAsTfz_oH7pqjym" tabindex="0" href="https://ij.manual.canon/ij/webmanual/ErrorCode/G6000%20series/EN/ERR/5200.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="manual.canon" target="_blank"><SPAN class="YviGxtd7YaCspnvhcQVX uHPaz1NVFLwooyN_82Xl ZBCD6edNlK6lCexfhgoI CacXtJfGtE47SYE_l9Hn">manual.canon</SPAN></A></P> <P><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">Also,</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">if</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">your</SPAN> <SPAN class="font-semibold" data-streamdown="strong"><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">Ink</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">Flush</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">stops</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">early</SPAN></SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">(before</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">it</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">finishes),</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">try</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">running</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">the</SPAN> <SPAN class="font-semibold" data-streamdown="strong"><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">Ink</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">Flush</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">again</SPAN></SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">without</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">doing</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">an</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">off/on</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">power</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">cycle</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">in</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">between—when</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">users</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">stop</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">early,</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">repeating</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">the</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">flush</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">usually</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">completes</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">successfully.</SPAN> <A class="NKNZZgAsTfz_oH7pqjym" tabindex="0" href="https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Desktop-Inkjet-Printers/PIXMA-G6020-won-t-perform-ink-flush/td-p/549228" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="canon.com" target="_blank"><SPAN class="YviGxtd7YaCspnvhcQVX uHPaz1NVFLwooyN_82Xl ZBCD6edNlK6lCexfhgoI CacXtJfGtE47SYE_l9Hn">canon.com</SPAN></A></P> <P><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">Reply</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">with</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">the</SPAN> <SPAN class="font-semibold" data-streamdown="strong"><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">exact</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">code</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">text</SPAN></SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">you</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">see</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">(e.g.,</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">“5200”,</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">“B200”,</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">etc.)</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">and</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">whether</SPAN> <SPAN class="font-semibold" data-streamdown="strong"><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">Ink</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">Flush</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">starts</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">and</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">then</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">stops</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN data-sd-animate="true">,</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">and</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">we can</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">narrow</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">the</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">next</SPAN> <SPAN data-sd-animate="true">step.</SPAN></P> Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:37:33 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Desktop-Inkjet-Printers/PIXMA-G6020-ink-cartridge-error/m-p/604939#M85466 DerrickL 2026-08-18T12:37:33Z