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Posted on Dec 08, 2008

Ink System Failure on HP Photosmart c5180

Received a message saying the ink system has failed. Unable to print. Refer to printer documentation. (???) Error 0xc18a0201. Supposedly our warranty has run out, so HP won't help without a charge.

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  • Anonymous Dec 08, 2008

    Same message appeared on 7 Dec 2008 on our C5180.

    GDunn

  • marciromero Dec 08, 2008

    Same problem. Not sure what to do.

  • judy2236 Dec 08, 2008

    My printer indicated that my Yellow ink was depleted. I had replaced all the other colors, so didn't think that was unusual. I had bought the pack with all the color in it. I replaced the yellow and that's when the trouble started. It kept saying not only was the yellow out of ink, but others that had been almost full before replacing that cartridge were out also. At first, I could print in black, but then I couldn't even do that. I bought a new package of all colors and replaced them all, and it still says "replace the following empty ink cartridges to resume printing" and it shows a yellow ink cartridge. The exclamation point light under the Cancel keeps flashing. I can't print anything at all.

  • Anonymous Mar 15, 2014

    I receive a message on printer panel see documents oxco5d2281, please help

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Ink system failures is a very serious problem on HP printer systems. If you have this problem you should be ready to replace your printer. However there are still troubleshooting steps that you can do to try to resolve this problem. try this Ink System Failure Trouble shooting guide.

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