Refilling my own cartridges. I called HP to find out how to turn off the ink level gage on the HP Photosmart All-in-One C5180, they won’t tell me. I get the” we do not recommend you refill your own cartridges, you need to buy a new genuine hp cartridge.” Well I reset the ink levels by pulling the CMOS battery to erase the cartridge serial numbers on the Printer memory. But is there an easier way or code to put in the front panel to disable this, HP won’t help me, I tried several times to get that answer with no success.
Will...It sounds like we both have the same problem only mine is with a canon printer. I received the same answer "we dont recommend refilling cartridges, buy a new 30.00 one". Now, I have learned that by holding the printer reset button in for 5 seconds, it will deactivate the ink level indication. If you have a reset button, you might try that. Roger
I haven't tried removing the battery nor uninstalling the software. I have tried the 5 second reset button several times but with no luck. Canon said that it might take several tries. Now my canon MX-300 prints just fine, but everytime I print something, I get a low ink warning. All I have to do is "click" it off & do my printing. Just a pain and I would like to be able to monitor my ink consumption. Canon wants to sell us new cartridges and it looks like they have done their homework, but there must be a simple way around it. Does your printer work ok otherwise ? Roger
To pull the CMOS battery “No guarantee this will work for you, and if you damage your printer don’t blame it on me”, after many prints the low ink warning came back, but it continues to print in color now so I just ignore the warning. I did not have to remove the print software. You must remove the side panel where the memory card slots are, there are 2 screws on this, and you must take the screws out with the lid open. Once the screws are removed you have to pop the panel off, be careful because the circuit board is below this. Once the panel is removed and you see the circuit board, set the printer on its side when you do this. You must remove all the top screws on the board. Then gently slide the board back ½ inch toward the ribbon cables to release it from the memory card slot holes, then lift the board up leaving all the ribbon cables attached. You will notice a circular CR-2032 lithium 3 volt battery; you must gently push the battery out from the back side as the top tab will flex a small amount. “BE! CARFUL! Don’t break it like I have seen a few people do on this site by trying to pull tab up, “it will flex up just enough when you put the proper pressure on the back of the battery and “SLIDE IT OUT!”. Leave the battery out for a few minutes, so no residual voltage is left in the capacitors. Then just gently slide it back in the opposite way you took it out. Once I did this it seemed to clear the serial numbers on ink cartridges and everything went back to default levels. The only reason HP does not want you to refill your cartridges is because they don’t make money on your buying the expensive $10.00 per refill, VS refilling your own for pennies on the dolor. The other reason is, if you get air in the print system when a cartridge runs out you can damage the print heads, so don’t ever let a cartridge run empty, or use the wrong type of ink and you should be ok “No Guarantees!”, NOTE: This might void your warrantee if HP can prove you did this, if you need any service work done. But it worked for me. I might even modify the circuit board and rig a disconnect switch for the battery on the outside of the printer case, much easier then taking the printer apart.
But don't get me wrong, HP produces great printers; they just need to be more supportive to the guy who wants to save a little money. If I pay $169.00 dolors for a printer, I have the right to fill my own INK! Or buying a 3rd party continues refill system. SO if any HP engineers are reading this “Make a firmware patch that will add this to the C5180 menu, the option to disable the print cartridge refill warnings and serial number tracking feature, you can always add your legal jargon of this will void your warrantee. “I WOULD BE HAPPY WITH THAT!”
Also in pulling the CMOS battery, make sure you pay attention to how the battery is positioned in the slot, from what I remember the positive side should be facing up. “But verify this yourself” Hope this helps.
CMOS Battery Removal!!: (Do at your own RISK!) make sure you unplug your printer power for safety before you take it apart, if you leave it plugged in, there is a chance of electrical shock. Also if you leave it plugged in, pulling the CMOS battery won't clear the printer memory because the circuit board still has power from the outlet.
HP doesn't need to be anything, other than held accountable with their competing thugs in this extortion racket which they have been running! They rape the environment with their waste to bring in billions of dollars for nothing! They can sell ink, if they can validate their claims that theirs is best, but their current shenanigans are anti-recycling, therefore counter-cultural to the modern world, and every government should burn them for the damage which they have caused. There's simply no valid excuse for forcing consumers to throw away perfectly good plastic cartridges just because they can't rule Wall Street by selling ink alone! Throw the thugs in jail, and see how long they last before somebody whacks them!
On my HP Photosmart C5180, the Magenta ink (original HP ink cartridge) ran out before the others and the printer wouldn't let me print at all, even in black and white.
I drilled a small hole in the top of the Magenta tank and refilled the ink with a syringe and turned on the printer, but it still said that the Magenta needed to be replaced.
So I tried Will707's tip to remove and replace the CMOS battery to reset the ink levels. Turned on the printer and some warnings poped-up but I can print like normal now and that is the main thing.
Need I say, that when the other ink tanks run out, I will be refilling the ink myself rather than paying HP half the price of the printer for their ink.
Re: Photosmart C5180 Refill Ink problems.. by sue o (2/9/10 8:18 AM) reply
The 02 cartridges have a small chip on the face of the cartridges which need to be replaced after each refill. The chip monitors the amount of ink and lets the printer know when empty. Be careful about drilling holes in the cartridge as this will allow air into the cartridge which will allow air into the supply tubing and will result in an unclearable error condition making your printer unusable. The cartridge must be airtight.
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