Hadn't used my printer for a few months. Changed one of my inks before I used it as it was empty, then the printer will not print at all. Error message 'ink system failure' . Have since changed all my inks, turned on/off reloaded cartriges etc... just in case - but no luck.

The printer requires both cartridges to have ink before the printer will initialize and operational. Even if you are only printing black and white both cartridge have to contain ink or the printer will error out. This is standard on all ink jet printers from every manufacturer. You will have to get ink before you can print.

You should reset the printer.

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Canon printer error code 5200 is a technological malfunction that stops printing of a canon printer. The error is registered on the screen when the temperature of the ink cartridge is high. There are no concentrations of ink present on the ink cartridges. The print head of the printer is also heated by a temperature rise resulting in an error code of 5200. Canon Printer Error 5200 Few troubleshooting steps are explained below. These troubleshooting steps are so basic that they can be performed by anybody with enough guidance. But if, in any case, someone is unable to comprehend these troubleshooting acts, assistance from trained experts is needed.

Canon printer error code 5200 is largely due to cartridge problems. This can be due to a low amount of ink in your cartridge, a faulty cartridge, or maybe there are some flaws with the logic board of your printer. We realize that Canon printers are designed to be printed in black, even if the Black cartridge is empty, using colors in the ink cartridge. Thus, if you see a mistake of 5200 in the Canon printer, the printer cartridges are either empty or near to empty. Now that you know the root of the error, let's talk about the solutions.

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Try to print a test print using printer itself. That can do using printer buttons. If the same printout comes blank, Your printers ink cartridges are empty or dry. Replace them and see results..

It will be a hardware printing problem mostly. Try cleaning the parts with alcogol or/and elastic rubber. Also try to increase the force of contact with a sticky tape or like that.

If any ink cartridge is empty, you won't be able to print until you replace the empty cartridge. Leave any empty cartridge installed in the device until you have obtained a replacement.

The print heads will clog up in a week or two. So you also won't be able to print until you clean the print heads.

This is a utility to manage your ink. Gives an accurate count of how many ink shots are left in each cartridge. The printer told me I need a new magenta but this program says I have 13% left. It also has separate routines for cleaning the black and color (unfortunately not individual cartridges)
http://www.ssclg.com/epsone.shtml

Fix ink cartridge
I had same problem. I must have ran the clean cycle more than 30-50 times over a period of days. That never made any difference. I was about to toss the whole thing but figured I would try one more thing. If it didn't work I would be in no worse shape. Here is what I did.
Took an almost empty black cartridge and inject a lot of 100% Acetone to dilute ink. Left some black in it since I didn't want to think it was empty. Inserted this cartridge and ran the cleaning a few time. IT WORKED. I used my word processor program and filled a page with large bold font characters and printed a page or two. Each page cleared more nozzles. After doing this cleaning/printing a number of time, I put in the full good cartridge. Ran the cleaning a few time to eject any of the Acetone diluted ink. Ran the printed page a few time to remove more of the diluted ink.
Everything seems to work now.

i ended up putting a color and black cartridge in and everything is fine.

clean the head With alcohol ,dry put it back
the head is jam !