Anyway, my C6180 MFP has an operator level over-ride at the control panel. I just got the message and had to press keys to over-ride.
On the ink refill issue, when I purchased the printer about 2 years ago, I went on eBay and purchased a bulk refill system. Seven containers sit beside my printer and feed the cartridges through capillary tubes. VERY easy to refill outside of the printer, can see the ink level at a glance. FAR less expensive and less impact on the environment than the travel here – travel there – travel home more ink – more plastic -more $ – more travel to get a refill….

BTW, don’t blame HP for an ink = $$ conspiracy… Their left hand has no idea what the right hand is doing – trust someone who has had to deal with them!!!
Just say’n

Stacy, that sucks about Staples. Have you looked into Cartridge World refills? They are way less expensive than the tiny discount you get from Staples.

That totally sucks!

Howdy neighbor and go Gators!

I see from your blog you’re a fellow weed eater! We’ll have to compare notes sometime and I’ll definitely take a closer look at your blog when I have some time (and more awake brain cells).

The logic is as follows: An expiration date will make the cart useless to prevent it from possibly becoming useless. Huh?

Once a cart is shut down it is useless unless the printer owner takes the time and effort to figure out how to over-ride the expiration time-out. Since this expiration date stuff is news to almost everyone, how many would know how to defeat it? This is nothing but a pain-in-the-platen for the consumer.

If the customer is really who they have in mind, the default would be an inactive expiration date unless the user DELIBERATELY activated it. In that way the customer would decide on the value of having an expiration date, not HP. Want to guess how many customers would activate it. Survey says: zero.

We don’t have a Staples near where I live in Gainesville FL. Office Depot discontinued its program with HP. So my plastic cartridges either go into the landfill or I send them back to HP and receive NO CREDIT for my efforts. And as I mentioned, I don’t automatically get a new (PLASTIC) mailer to send them back to HP. I must make a separate online request each time I want a supply of bags.

Not to mention, am I really doing anything constructive? Using a PLASTIC bag to mail back 6 cartridges for recycling??

What happens to all those plastic bags?

1) HP recycles the cartridges rather than refilling and refurbishing them. I have watched your video. In fact, I was planning on posting it in an update to this blog post a few days ago, but you beat me to it. I am sad that the cartridges are ground up to be made into new products when so much energy could be saved by simply refilling them several times.

2) I just discovered that Cartridge World can now refurbish these HP cartridges by adding a new chip to them, and they sell them at a fraction of the cost. Why can’t HP do the same thing?

3) You cartridges are mad expensive. I should have checked on the cost before buying this unit, but what’s done is done an I have a feeling the environmental impact of replacing the printer would be greater than buying a new more efficient one with less expensive cartridges.

4) Like I said, I know that HP cares about the environment, but I also feel like the company is putting profits before people and planet when it comes to the bottom line.

5) This is not the first time I’ve had issues with an HP product. Please read my post about my frustrating experience with an HP monitor: http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/02/week-35-results-501-oz-of-plastic-waste/

Beth
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