The device to prevent cartridge incorrect insertion according to the present invention has a management information reading part wherein in the case where an information recording cartridge having a housing of substantially rectangular flat shape with a predetermined thickness that includes a notch for preventing incorrect insertion provided at one corner on right or left side in the foreside of the housing, a recording medium stored within the housing, a memory module that records management information therein, and an antenna for radio communication of the memory module disposed at a predetermined position with a displacement in the right or left direction in the rearward of the housing is inserted from its backside into a cartridge storage part, the management information reading part is disposed at the position so that it can perform radio communication with the memory module on a path through which an antenna for radio communication of the memory module passes, and a determining part that determines whether or not the direction of inserting the information recording cartridge is correct based on whether or not the management information reading part reads management information of the recording medium and outputs a determination result.