Canon Pixma MP500 All-In-One InkJet Printer "shows wrong type head" Questions

...Go here and type in ERROR LCD: WRONG CARTRIDGE Follow steps carefully ...

shows pricicely how to remove the ink cartridge. Above link's instruction says, Caution: do not touch print head nozzles<1> But, I just went ahead and clean the print head nozzles with rubbing alcohol

...wrong. I found a solution to the Black printing problem :) Under Printing Preferences: Set your Media Type to Photo Paper Pro. We used edible ink cartridges and printed onto icing sugar paper. Same ...

shows code U165 This section explains the way to confirm the ink status and the procedure to replace ink tanks. When ink runs out or other errors occur, an error message is displayed on the LCD to ...

...wrong E15 Ink cartridge is not installed E16 - Ink remaining is unknown E16 -E19 Failed to scan head alignment sheet E22 Carriage error E23 Paper feed error E24 Purge unit error E25 ASF(cam) sensor ...

...color is bad, are you saying the color is runny, blurred or the wrong color? For example a dark blue shows up as a purple. Can you define exactly what type of print failure you are looking at, ...

...wrong cartridge" message appears on the display, it refers to the print head cartridge, not the ink. You will need to replace that. Sorry, guys. And good luck finding a service dealer! I have the ...

head cleaning utility didn't help. You can get around it by printing your "black" in charcoal gray. go to Format/font/font color and select the darkest gray on the page of "paint chips" they show you.

...shows, etc. 3) Fine detail is missing from prints, which look rather bland. Any help would be grestly appreciated. See MY MOTTO 1. Check the ports that the cartridge sits on. Compare the ports of two ...

...wrong..... * eight flashes means the waste ink absorbe id almost full or full. * nine flashes means that a digital camera or video that is connected is not compatible with the printer. If a specific ...