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Call to Arms for the dreaded U052 Wrong Printhead Error

macnicol
Enthusiast

This is a "call to arms" for all of you Canon customers who have had this problem and have had their printers disabled because of it.  Please respond with the model of your printer and if you were able to fix it, what you did to fix it. 

 

We need to put pressure on Canon to respond this product defect.  It appears to be bad firmware that does not allow the user to override the problem and to continue to use the printer even in a degraded mode.  From my investigations the problem is NOT a printhead issue - no way one can be printing fine and then have this error alert without having changed the printhead or ink cartridges!

 

Canon, PLEASE take this issue seriously and provide a solution across the affected models.  If nothing else there should be a trade-in allowance for those printers that have been affected by this product defect.

 

I have had many Canon printers because they have superior functional specifications. I want to be able to continue using Canon products but only if I can have confidence that this product defect will not destroy my investment.

 

If Canon is unresponsive our next step should be to aggressively publisize this product defect on social media and on major product vendor outlet sites as negatives reviews.

 

Forum Users, please reply with your affected model number(s) and with details of any succdessful fix procedure.

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wiredefx
Enthusiast
They are already junk. I no longer own anything canon. And not but 6 months ago, I was a firm believer in canon and they were my top choice. What I couldn't return, I sold, what wouldn't sell got trashed or used as target practice.

To most of us who have posted on this problem already consider Canon to be garbage.
Always hate to see corporate ripoffs by companies we used to trust.

Has anyone at Canon ever told anyone on this discussion board what the actual problem is?  Is this a hardware or software problem?

Apart from a few pathetic attempts at a replacement or (fake) discount on another unit they are just ignoring our public pleas. Maybe they hope the problem will just "go away".
Always hate to see corporate ripoffs by companies we used to trust.

wiredefx
Enthusiast
It is a firmware update that went wrong and is now unreversable.

meyerhd
Apprentice

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wiredefx
Enthusiast
Tried it, doesn't work.

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wiredefx
Enthusiast
Wow. Mods are busy today. Yep, don't let the truth out on what's wrong. You can delete posts from this forum, but not everywhere else.

Thanks for posting this potential fix.
I tried it. It did not eliminate the U052 error on my MP530.
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