Canon Pixma MX340 printer. How to clear Error 5200?

[PaulR]

I have a Canon Pixma MX340 multi-function printer. How do I clear Error 5200? The message said to turn the printer off and then on, and if that did not clear the error to consult the user's manual. On/off did not clear the error, and the online user's manual does not have Error 5200.

[Yasmeen605]

Oh my gosh! You are a life saver! I tried everything and I thought there was a problem with the hardware, but this fixed it! Thank you so so so much!! Canon, get this person an award or something!!!

[brownin329]

Perfect. It worked! Thank you. you have no idea what kind of a life saver you are!

[pel999]

Recommendations on this site did not work for me, i.e., power off, hold stop, etc.

Canon manual does not mention 5200, but elsewhere in printer ink forums, I found the answer.   If you are using after-market cartridges, the printer apparently believes the black cartridge is empty and tries to make black ink from the other colors, thus exhausting one or more of the colors in the 211 cartridge.   Replacing or refilling the 211 caused me to stop getting the Error 5200.

You will get a warning about printing with low ink.  Ignore it and print.

[maureenboss1]

It Worked thank you! from a frustrated Mom....

[vaknights]

I have a Canon MX350 and these steps also worked for the 5200 error code on it!

[luisg777]

Ok my 1 year old pushed all the buttons on my mx330 canon printer which created the 5200 error. I could not get it to work. Finally I followed all the steps outlined by cx2browns but held the on power button for 10 seconds. Bingo it worked. I had to do it 3 times and it finally worked. Thanks again its printing fine and now I don't need to buy another printer.

[jsicorpmanitoba]

You are my new go-to with this dang printer.  I installed a new colored ink cartridge and the printer keeps telling me it's out of ink.  I did the cleaning and tried the deep cleaning, but neither worked.  Any suggestions?  Thanks in advance

[Michael]

jsicorpmanitoba,

The error may be related to the cartridge that is being used.  Ensure that you are using a new, genuine Canon brand cartridge to ensure proper functionality.

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[cruzmarga30]

This help fix my printer Thank you very much for sharing...

[ljredshirts]

I had the same problem with error 5200, but resolved it by using the advice in one of the posts below, which instructed users to remove the power plugin connection to the printer for at least 10 minutes, then plug back in and retry. That worked for me.