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[SOLVED] HP printer issue


KevinM1

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I have an HP 3000 series printer.  After changing the black ink cartridge, my printer won't print.  It keeps telling me that the color cartridges are out of date.  These color cartridges are still, at the very least, half-full, so that's not an issue.  It's incredibly frustrating not being able to print at all because of this expiration date crap.  I've already tried Google, but haven't found anything addressing this particular issue.  So, does anyone know of a work around?  Or am I forced to buy new cartridges even though the old ones are still good?

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Last time this happend to me and I checked the bottom of the cartridge and there was some tape stuck on the bottom check to see if something is jammed ?

 

I just checked the cartridges and they're fine, except the cyan one is expired.  I had originally thought that replacing the black cartridge caused the problem, since that was the description I was given, but I don't think the cartridge was replaced last night (it's a family computer printer, so I wasn't the one to swap cartridges), so there's no real causal relationship between the two.  I also checked the user manual .pdf.  Nadda.

 

I don't like the idea of replacing a perfectly good color cartridge because of some manufacturer defined use-by date in order to print at all, which is why I was hoping to find a work-around.  Unfortunately, it doesn't look like there's any setting I can change to tell the printer to use expired cartridges.

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