Not all Canon ink cartridges will give an error message when installed in a printer but it is more likely to occur in remanufactured ink cartridges. If you are covered by a money-back guarantee then you will have no problem and you will find that the supplier will do all they can to resolve the issue for you but will refund the money to you (after the return of the faulty cartridge) if they run out of options.Īll good online ink cartridge suppliers will do all they can to help and usually will resolve the situation and you will be happily printing with Canon compatible ink cartridges that didn’t cost the earth! If you don’t have a second cartridge then contact your supplier to see if a replacement cartridge can be issued but make sure you make a note of the error messages that are coming up on the printer each time you insert the ink cartridges as this will help them identify what the problem is. It’s also possible that the ink cartridge may be faulty so if you have tried all of the above suggestions and have a second cartridge then it would be time to try that. The vast majority of the compatible Canon ink cartridges will work first time but on occasion you might have to try a bit of trouble-shooting to get it going. If the printer says the cartridge is damaged or will still not recognise the cartridge then remove the cartridge and gently wipe the copper area or the cartridge with a dry soft cloth (the area known as the ‘chip’) to remove any static that may have accumulated on it and re-insert to see if it will solve the problem. It may be that the ink volume will not display after you have done this (although sometimes it will continue to do so) but that is a minor inconvenience when you weigh up the savings on the cost of the compatible Canon ink cartridges. This will disable the printer’s cartridge recognition facility and you should be able to print happily without any further interruption. The first thing you can do is remove the cartridge and try re-installing it to see if the printer will recognise it, if it will still not recognise the cartridge then simply hold down the stop button (this is the button with the triangle inside a circle) for a minimum of 7 seconds. Press and hold the printer’s Stop / Reset button for at least 7 seconds to clear error message.
#Canon mp210 printer error codes how to#
‘non-original Canon cartridge detected’Īny of the above messages will prevent you from printing.īelow is a quick guide on how to overcome this issue followed by more helpful information: Error messages and easy Quick Fix: Ink Cartridge Not Recognised: Thank you.Sometimes when we insert a compatible, remanufactured or non-original ink cartridge into a Canon printer, the printer may not recognise the ink cartridge or the ink volume levels of the cartridge. *Edit: I should also mention, I have this EXACT same printer model at my sister's computer and it gives the same exact error but she has Ink in hers, just in case that helps anything further. So I'm out of ideas and could really use some help or just brainstorming some ideas so I can try something else, the Canon website is very unhelpful and it seems like there tech support is non-existent. Tried changing USB cables to a different one(was taking a long shot with this one)
#Canon mp210 printer error codes drivers#
Restarted Computer (also I have no files that are waiting to be printed or anything) -Uninstalled the drivers and programs and then reinstalled them with the original CD that came with my Printer -Got the newest driver from the Canon website for my specific model -Took out the inks and re-input them in to try and get the printer portion going(I believe the inks are empty but I am not trying to print I just want to use the scanner on top but it seems like they may be connected to one another in some way) -tried several of the suggested forms of "restarting" it by holding the reset button, or the on/off button, or the repair button, or some of them together simultaneously. Here is what I have tried so far and none of them worked. Also many of this same problem had not been resolved so it seems to be something that people get. So, I have searched the fixit forums and google on help on this issue and tried several of the suggestions mentioned but they did not help. I have had this printer for about 2 years for some time reference but rarely used it. Now, I have used this printer before and scanned on it multiple times in the past so it was working at one point. It isn't even going through the motions of Scanning, just starts to load then nothing happens and this message comes up. Hello, I am using a Canon Pixma MP160 all in one printer and I am trying to Scan a picture but it isn't letting me and giving a message saying