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About 6 months ago I helped a friend setup an old HP Laserjet 5N he got from his office on his home network. He loves it and has since been using it almost exclusively since he rarely prints anything in color anyway. Previously he had one of those HP all-in-one inkjet color printer/scanner/copier units.
Today, he went to scan something using his HP all-in-one, and it won't let him. It seems like his ink cartridges have dried out or something. The printer gives him an error about the ink cartridges and won't let him past that screen, even to simply scan something.
I have a similar HP all-in-one that is maybe 5-6 years old, and thought maybe I'd bring it over. I powered it on to test it and also get a similar error related to the "ink subsystem" and the printer is essentially bricked until that error is resolved.
It's pretty infuriating that these units have been rendered useless even for simply scanning stuff due to ink issues. I think it's pretty obvious that HP did this intentionally to maximize ink sales to people who scan far more than they print.
Any ideas on how I might be able to turn these back into useful scanners again without gifting $60+ to HP for ink that probably is never going to get used?
Today, he went to scan something using his HP all-in-one, and it won't let him. It seems like his ink cartridges have dried out or something. The printer gives him an error about the ink cartridges and won't let him past that screen, even to simply scan something.
I have a similar HP all-in-one that is maybe 5-6 years old, and thought maybe I'd bring it over. I powered it on to test it and also get a similar error related to the "ink subsystem" and the printer is essentially bricked until that error is resolved.
It's pretty infuriating that these units have been rendered useless even for simply scanning stuff due to ink issues. I think it's pretty obvious that HP did this intentionally to maximize ink sales to people who scan far more than they print.
Any ideas on how I might be able to turn these back into useful scanners again without gifting $60+ to HP for ink that probably is never going to get used?