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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
Don't buy canon. Evidently it's working.

ghl
Apprentice

After buying new Canon carts for my MP600 got the wrong printhead error! Disabled the whole machine! No more Canon printers or replacement parts. Another brand printer to be bought

ed-be
Contributor

Maybe at canon they just need a new CEO.

ed-be
Contributor

If it was just possible to put much heat under the CEO's seat so he would make place for a new one , just maybe the problem would be solved.

danchia3
Contributor

I had a treat going with the technician through the so called 'Troubleshooting'. I had already done it many times after cleaning the head of old ink but it did it anyways. In the end once I told him I still had the same error message, he suggested to contact the "Loyalty" department. Before leaving I told him that would was disappointing to have a piece of trash in less than 3 years. He kind of apologized.

 

Loyalty department then tried selling me a new one at 25% off. I quickly pulled on Amazon and so it for the same 'sale' price. So i mentioned to this employee that were is the loyalty of Canon? I can get the same product at the same price even w/o the so call loyalty treatment. He had no words to respond....

 

I will save the unit as proof of what they done..... Attorney General might be interested in looking at it.

 

Cheers!!

kmlindig
Apprentice

What a pain!  While printing pictures and table cards the night before my parents' 50th Anniversary party it just QUIT!  Full of ink, and relatively new.  What the heck?  CANON, YOU NEED TO FIX THIS!

tieuyeunu
Apprentice
Omg...my mp610 just fell over with the same message. After it hasn't been turned on for nearly 2 months. Now I have two faulty printers with the same message

amfowler
Contributor

MP980

Yule
Apprentice
Got this problem on mg5220. Printer unusable!!!!!

ed-be
Contributor
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