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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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People check your inboxes Canon will replace your printers

 

Even if it's out of warranty?

I doubt it.  I haven't heard a peep.

I've heard nothing.

Nothing here in my inbox either - I think this is a Canon scam.
I've seen this on other forums, there is a scandal then 'everyone' says its all OK now!
This thread has already been blitz with spam - now removed.....

flash23
Contributor

Just checked my inbox too. No surprise ... nothing there!

Ha ha, so did I... 😉

Try this email... I got my replacement several weeks ago.   CanonForum@cits.canon.com, 

Tried canonfriends@cits.canon.com on 27 April - no reply.
I'll try CanonForum@cits.canon.com and let you kinow 🙂

 

Here is the immediate reply from CanonForum@cits.canon.com:

Dear Canon Forum Community Member,

Please DO NOT REPLY to this email address, as it is only for out going email from the Canon Forum.

We are very eager to hear from you, but to ensure we receive your message go to the Canon Forum (www.forums.usa.canon.com).

We look forward to your visiting us often!

The Canon Forum

I have an MX892 printer and get the above error. I do think I've made a 1000 prints total. Now.there is nothing I can do with the machine. I am completely locked out which is ridiculous for such a lightly used printer. Can you help me?
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