My Canon PIXMA MP130 is saying PUT IN CARTRIDGE?

I used Dougs May 2009 solution and it worked great.

john w
June 2013

I replaced cartridges and alarm light is on and message is cover open. I unplugged the printer with cover open and closed, turned it on and off. when I press a button message is invalid key.
Can you please assist?

Barbara Heller
August 2012

I tried tip below, and it worked! Thanks.

Linden
June 2011

Thanks for the tip, but when I followed your instruction, it did not work.

Abel
June 2010

Hey it works fine

zaxxon
May 2010

Found solution on another site - it was for error 5200 but it worked for this as well,

Start with printer powered off
1. Open cover of printer and verify that the ink cartridge carriage is not in the center of the printer. Leave cover open.
2. Unplug the electrical cord from the printer and wait 30 seconds.
3. Plug electrical cord back in, when ink cartride carriage moves to the center of the printer quickly unplug the electrical cord again. This should leave the ink cartridge carriage in the center of the printer so you can get to it.
4. Lift up the gray arm that surrounds the ink cartridges.
5. Remove the entire ink cartridge holder (not just the ink cartridges). It will lift out easily as a unit. Lower the gray arm that you lifted to remove the cartridge holder.
6. Close printer cover. Plug electricity back in.
7. There should be a message about checking the ink cartridge on the display (I can't remember exactly what it said but it was something like that).
8. Open printer, lift the gray arm that surrounds the ink cartridge area and reinsert the ink cartridge holder (with the ink cartridges in it). Lower the gray arm.
9. Close printer cover.
10. The display should appear normal now, and you should be able to print again.

Doug
May 2009