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Re: I have a HP C6100 All in One error Oxc18a0206 ink...
Remove all supplies, switch off the machine remove power & usb cable wait couple of minutes.. Power on the machine install the supplies as per appears on screen, check for the error.. For tech guys: Remove CMOS battery from the formatter, wait for 15 mts, with out battery check for the error. Once error disappears, add CMOS battery...
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Try this
1. Unplug the power cord from printer.
2. Hold both o.k and Cancel simultaneously.
3. Plug the power cable while holding the buttons.
May also be a failed printer or clogged ink from lack of use or bad ink.
These are reset instructions designed to clear most of hp errors starting with 0xc...It works on different hp models.. it could work on you too.
Semi reset 1. While your printer is on.. unplug to power cable from the printer. 2. Press and hold the "OK" and "HELP" buttons while you plug the power cable at the back of the printer. Try these steps to reset your printer to default setting.
Full reset 1. Press & hold " * " key...(asterisk sign) 2. While holding the " * ", press "#" key and then release both keys..."Enter Special Key Combo" will be displayed... 3. Press "1", "2" and "3" to display Support... 4 Press ">" right arrow button and release when System Config Menu appear....then click OK 5. Press arrow key to display Hardware Failure Status...click OK.... 6. When Hardware Failure Status:Clear appeared, press "OK" to clear... 7. Press "OK" again to display "Hardware Failure Status Cleared. Press Cancel To Continue"..... 8. Press "CANCEL" as many times to display "Welcome To Photosmart Express" or "Ink System Failure"..... 9. The last part is to turn off the printer and unplug at the back...wait for 30 sec, then plug and turn on the printer...if asked, press "OK" to continue and allow the "One Time Ink Initialization" to proceed..After this try to print...
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1. Remove all the inks 2. Press and hold both the OK and CANCEL buttons 3. Whilst holding them remove the power cable from the back of the printer 4. Whilst still holding them - push the power cable back in. 5. Continue to hold the buttons for 10 seconds then let go. 6. Wait - it may reboot several times. 7. Go through the setup again and put the inks back
Try using these two reset instruction...these clears most of hp errors
starting with 0xc...It works on different hp models.. it could work on
you too.
Semi reset 1. While your printer is on.. unplug to
power cable from the printer. 2. Press and hold the "OK" and
"HELP" buttons while you plug the power cable at the back of the
printer. Try these steps to reset your printer to default setting.
Full reset 1. Press & hold " * " key...(asterisk sign) 2. While holding the " * ",
press "#" key and then release both keys..."Enter Special Key Combo"
will be displayed... 3. Press "1", "2" and "3" to display Support... 4 Press
">" right arrow button and release when System Config Menu
appear....then click OK 5. Press arrow key to display Hardware Failure
Status...click OK.... 6. When Hardware Failure Status:Clear appeared,
press "OK" to clear... 7. Press "OK" again to display "Hardware Failure
Status Cleared. Press Cancel To Continue"..... 8. Press "CANCEL" as many
times to display "Welcome To Photosmart Express" or "Ink System
Failure"..... 9. The last part is to turn off the printer and unplug at the
back...wait for 30 sec, then plug and turn on the printer...if asked,
press "OK" to continue and allow the "One Time Ink Initialization" to
proceed..After this try to print...
If you find the reset solutions helpful to you...Please rate this solution and vote on this on the YES below..thanks..
Try holding down the ok -- cancel -- black -- color buttons with 4 fingers while at the same time powering the unit off. Keep them held down till it is off. Then turn it back on normally & it should try to do "Maintenance" & you hear a whirling noise --- that is the ink pump spinning to try & pump in ink to the print head. Here are the details. Got the Ink System Failure message. The error code shows was '0xc18a0005'. The tech had me press and hold the '*' key on the key pad, then press the '#' key and release them both. Then he had me enter '123' to enter maintenance mode. He then had me press the right arrow (beside the OK button) until System Config. menu appeared on panel. Then pressed OK two times to clear the error condition, then cancel two or three times to return to the top menu. Then powered off and back on, printed a test page just fine, copied a document fine.
here.. check this out. a solution to your problem. These are reset instructions designed to clear most of hp errors
starting with 0xc...It works on different hp models.. it could work on
you too.
Semi reset 1. While your printer is on.. unplug to
power cable from the printer. 2. Press and hold the "OK" and
"HELP" buttons while you plug the power cable at the back of the
printer. Try these steps to reset your printer to default setting.
Full reset 1. Press & hold " * " key...(asterisk sign) 2. While holding the " * ",
press "#" key and then release both keys..."Enter Special Key Combo"
will be displayed... 3. Press "1", "2" and "3" to display Support... 4 Press
">" right arrow button and release when System Config Menu
appear....then click OK 5. Press arrow key to display Hardware Failure
Status...click OK.... 6. When Hardware Failure Status:Clear appeared,
press "OK" to clear... 7. Press "OK" again to display "Hardware Failure
Status Cleared. Press Cancel To Continue"..... 8. Press "CANCEL" as many
times to display "Welcome To Photosmart Express" or "Ink System
Failure"..... 9. The last part is to turn off the printer and unplug at the
back...wait for 30 sec, then plug and turn on the printer...if asked,
press "OK" to continue and allow the "One Time Ink Initialization" to
proceed..After this try to print...
If you find the reset solutions helpful...Please rate this solution and vote YES ..thanks..
Try using these two reset instruction...these clears most of hp errors starting with 0xc...It works on different hp models.. it could work on you too.
Semi reset 1. While your printer is on.. unplug to
power cable from the printer. 2. Press and hold the "OK" and
"HELP" buttons while you plug the power cable at the back of the
printer. Try these steps to reset your printer to default setting.
Full reset 1. Press & hold " * " key...(asterisk sign) 2. While holding the " * ",
press "#" key and then release both keys..."Enter Special Key Combo"
will be displayed... 3. Press "1", "2" and "3" to display Support... 4 Press
">" right arrow button and release when System Config Menu
appear....then click OK 5. Press arrow key to display Hardware Failure
Status...click OK.... 6. When Hardware Failure Status:Clear appeared,
press "OK" to clear... 7. Press "OK" again to display "Hardware Failure
Status Cleared. Press Cancel To Continue"..... 8. Press "CANCEL" as many
times to display "Welcome To Photosmart Express" or "Ink System
Failure"..... 9. The last part is to turn off the printer and unplug at the
back...wait for 30 sec, then plug and turn on the printer...if asked,
press "OK" to continue and allow the "One Time Ink Initialization" to
procede..After this try to print...
If you find the reset solutions helpful to you...Please rate this solution and vote on this on the YES below..thanks..
Hi there This is only some thing you can try it may work. Solution 1:
1. Press and hold "left arrow" key 2. Press the "setup" key and release both keys 3. Press and release the "OK" button 4. Press and release the right arrow button until the display says “System Configuration Menu”. 2. Press and release the “OK” button. 5. Display should say “Hardware failure status”. If not there already, Arrow Key over to “Hardware failure status”, 6. Press and release the “OK” button. 7. Display should say “Hardware failure status: Clear. Press OK to clear”. 8. Press and release the “OK” Button. Message changes to “Hardware failure status Cleared. Press Cancel to continue”. 9. Press and release the “CANCEL” button as many times as necessary, so that, either the “Welcome to Photosmart Express” screen appears, or, the “Ink System Failure” screen appears. PLEASE DO NOT TRY TO PRINT AT THIS STAGE. 10. Using the Power Button, turn the unit OFF and unplug the power cable from back of the printer and wall outlet. 11. Wait 30 seconds for the power to get discharged and then plug the power cable into the wall outlet first and then into the back of the printer 12. Turn the unit on. The printer may display message “USE POWER BUTTON TO SHUTDOWN THE PRINTER” followed by “PRESS OK TO CONTINUE”. Press OK. 13. If the printer has already initialized, then go to the next step. If not, the printer will start the “ONE TIME INK INITIALIZATION PROCESS”. Allow this process to complete and do not interrupt. Once the initialization process is complete, the printer will print out a Diagnostic Page. 14. To verify printer functionality print a SELF TEST PAGE. If SELF TEST prints, then printer is ready for use or Software Installation. 15. If the error is still there, or reoccurs the printer is already defective. Solution 2: 1.Press the On button to turn the printer off. 2.Unplug the power cord from the back of the printer. 3.Remove all the ink cartridges. 4.Wait two minutes. 5.Plug the power cord into the back of the printer. 6.Press the On button to turn the printer on. 7.Install the ink cartridges when prompted. Please come back and just gave a vote, it will gave me some satisfaction to know am helping some one so I will keep on helping.
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- Press and hold the “*” key. B. - Press the “#” key and release both keys.
Display should say “Enter Special Key Combo” C. - Press and release in sequence the “1”, “2” and “3” buttons. 1.Press and release the right arrow button until the display says “System Configuration Menu”. (on C8100 use Touch Screen) 2.Press and release the “OK” button. 3.Display should say “Hardware failure status”. If not there already, Arrow Key over to “Hardware failure status”, 4.Press and release the “OK” button. 5.Display should say “Hardware failure status: Clear. Press OK to clear”. 6.Press and release the “OK” Button. Message changes to “Hardware failure status Cleared. Press Cancel to continue”. 7.Press and release the “CANCEL” button as many times as necessary, so that, either the “Welcome to Photosmart Express” screen appears, or, the “Ink System Failure” screen appears. PLEASE DO NOT TRY TO PRINT AT THIS STAGE. 8.Using the Power Button, turn the unit OFF and unplug the power cable from back of the printer and wall outlet. 9.Wait 30 seconds for the power to get discharged and then plug the power cable into the wall outlet first and then into the back of the printer 10.Turn the unit on. The printer may display message “USE POWER BUTTON TO SHUTDOWN THE PRINTER” followed by “PRESS OK TO CONTINUE”. Press OK. 11.If the printer has already initialized, then go to the next step. If not, the printer will start the “ONE TIME INK INITIALIZATION PROCESS”. Allow this process to complete and do not interrupt. Once the initialization process is complete, the printer will print out a Diagnostic Page. 12.To verify printer functionality print a SELF TEST PAGE. If SELF TEST prints, then printer is ready for use or Software Installation. 13.If the error is still there, or reoccurs replace the unit.
I had this same exact problem. Try doing: 1. Unplug the power cord from printer. 2. Hold both o.k and Cancel simultaneously. 3. Plug the power cable while holding the buttons.
I had to go through multiple tries of the solution above. I turned it back on, it shut off and I turned it back on again. I tried to print something and sure enough, it did a maintenance cycle and it works again.
This did not work the first time but after 3-4 times of doing both, TA DAH, it went through a lengthy maintenance cycle and then started working. Persistence paid off.
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