canon Canon Printer, MG2540S, won’t detect cartridge.

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Anyhow my issue is that my Canon printer won’t recognize my black original Canon cartridge at all. I’ve tried all troubleshooting steps I could find, like cleaning the nozzle, rubbing the contact points with a dry cloth etc. But it won’t just detect it. In the attached picture as you can see, there’s a warning symbol light right above the “B” icon. That light flashes 4 times in quick succession and repeats. After some digging I found out it means it’s not able to detect a cartridge or the cartridge isn’t installed properly. I read somewhere that it requires both color and black cartridges to be installed to work. Can anyone help out?