Microsoft Musings

Recently I was working on an HP Photosmart C6280 that was throwing a “Ink system has failed” error message. Fortunately the solution is a simple one, however it involves removing a few screws, taking the right side cover off, and replugging in some cables. In other words, do not attempt this if your printer is under warranty as it will most likely void it.

*** Fix your HP Photosmart Printer (Reset Code/Master Reset) ***

1. Turn off power and unplug from power source.
2. Open right side of printer (looking at the front).
3. Disconnect,by pulling gently, both white (or black, in my case) flat ribbon cables off the main circuit board.
4. Plug in power source and turn printer on. Wait till you get a error message and push “Ok”.
5. Unplug power source.
6. Reconnect the flat ribbon cables by aligning and carefully pushing into the conectors on the main circuit board.
7. Plug in power source and turn printer on (Printer preparing occurred).
8. Voila, the nasty error message 0xc18a0001 “Ink System has Failed” is now gone.

Hopefully this will save you from having to buy a new printer. Let me know in the comments how you made out.

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