Judging from all the posts I see on this very same problem, as well as my experience, this is a manufacturer's problem, a system defect. I've got this error and it is THE SAME print head that came with the printer. Genuine CANON cartridges, always. Canon printers never have impressed me and the service is worse than none.
I was happily printing things, then went to print something else and this error message came up. Talk about great timing..NOT. I am in the middle of sorting my accounts for my tax return :-(. Now it is going to take me time to sort this that I don't really have.
Same problem here with original print head and Canon ink cartridges only. Found a forum where a few folks tried rehabbing their existing print head. They ran water through the print head until the water ran clear, then allowed it to dry thoroughly before re-installing. A few claim it worked. It didn't work for me,same old U052 message, but it also didn't cost me any extra money...
What is so frustrating about this error is that it makes the unit completely inoperable. The scanner is still perfectly functional, bur I can't use it because the printer error message takes over the whole unit!
Same problem as listed above. HOwever, i purchased new Canon printhead + all new cartridges. What a waste of money that was! still same error. Even the Service Mode is inoperable.
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Judging from all the posts I see on this very same problem, as well as my experience, this is a manufacturer's problem, a system defect. I've got this error and it is THE SAME print head that came with the printer. Genuine CANON cartridges, always. Canon printers never have impressed me and the service is worse than none.
I was happily printing things, then went to print something else and this error message came up. Talk about great timing..NOT. I am in the middle of sorting my accounts for my tax return :-(. Now it is going to take me time to sort this that I don't really have.
Same problem here with original print head and Canon ink cartridges only. Found a forum where a few folks tried rehabbing their existing print head. They ran water through the print head until the water ran clear, then allowed it to dry thoroughly before re-installing. A few claim it worked. It didn't work for me,same old U052 message, but it also didn't cost me any extra money...
What is so frustrating about this error is that it makes the unit completely inoperable. The scanner is still perfectly functional, bur I can't use it because the printer error message takes over the whole unit!
Looks like the next step is to try a replacement.
Same problem as listed above. HOwever, i purchased new Canon printhead + all new cartridges. What a waste of money that was! still same error. Even the Service Mode is inoperable.
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