Change computer date with "smart" chip in HP printers?

[John]

I rarely use the colors on my HP 2200 inkjet printer and I've had to replace
several completely full cartridges since the printer will shutdown in the
middle of printing.

Up until recently, I could set the date back on the computer and continue
printing but now the yellow must be changed regardless of whatever date the
computer has been set to.

I'm wondering if changing the date of the computer before installing new
cartridges will extend the cartridge lifetime? What would happen if I set
the date a year or two ahead when I install a bunch of new print cartridges?

 

[Bob I]

Try reading here
http://www.hojohnlee.com/weblog/archives/2005/02/27/how-to-reset-hp-ink-cartridge-expiration-drm/

 

[John]

Try reading here
http://www.hojohnlee.com/weblog/archives/2005/02/27/how-to-reset-hp-ink-cartridge-expiration-drm/

I have already checked out:

http://www.alotofthings.com/supportforrefillers/expirationdatehp1011.htm

which mentions changing the HP*.INI date. I opened the only HP*.INI file with
a hex editor on my XP PRO computer but couldn't find anything remotely like
the string he was was referring to.

My logic in advancing the date a year or two into the future when installing
the cartridges (and then setting the computer time back to normal) is that I
would have that much more time before the cartridges expired. BUT, if
there's an expiration date from the time the cartridges are manufactured,
then the cartridges would become instantly null and void the moment I plugged
the cartridges in.

Too bad that I paid so much for the HP printer or I would have just chucked
it. When it came time to buy a printer for my wife, you can be certain it
wasn't an HP.

 

[Will-Lee-Cue]

What models have this time limit?
Is the HP Deskjet 1220C exempt from this?

Willee

 

[Mary Sauer]

There is a battery somewhere in some of these printers whose sole purpose is to read
the expiration date on an ink cartridge. Might try removing it.

 

[Michael Swift]

Too bad that I paid so much for the HP printer or I would have just
chucked it. When it came time to buy a printer for my wife, you can be
certain it wasn't an HP.

I've an almost new Epson C82 in the garage which wouldn't recognise
compatible cartridges, it's about time the government got stuck into
printer makers, thieving bar stewards.

Mike

 

[Bob Headrick]

What models have this time limit?
Is the HP DeskJet 1220C exempt from this?

The models that enforce out of ink or cartridge expiration are those that have
separate printheads and ink supplies. If the ink runs out or become old and
thickened damage to the printhead may occur, thus the expiration. This
includes the Business Inkjet Series, the D series all-in-ones and a few other
models. No DeskJet printer has a cartridge expiration, so the DeskJet 1220 is
not affected.

The original poster would probably be better off with a different printer. The
ink generally expires after 30 months in the printer. If you do not use a
color cartridge in 2 1/2 years you would probably be better off with a DeskJet
such as the 6540 which will work without a color cartridge installed if
necessary.

Regards,
Bob Headrick

 

[measekite]

Why do you no longer disclose that you are employed by HP?

 

[measekite]

That is good.

Too bad that I paid so much for the HP printer or I would have just
chucked it. When it came time to buy a printer for my wife, you can be
certain it wasn't an HP.

I've an almost new Epson C82 in the garage which wouldn't recognise
compatible cartridges, it's about time the government got stuck into
printer makers, thieving bar stewards.

Mike
[/QUOTE]

 

[Rebecca]

Why do you no longer disclose that you are employed by HP?

Why do you top post?

 

[Archdeacon Jud ibn Habib al-Arubah]

On or about 24/12/05, "Bob Headrick" <[email protected]>, the broken down
vagrant and insatiable yellow-stream queer who likes violent butthole
surfing with marmots, and whose partner is a whore-bitch with a

The models that enforce out of ink or cartridge expiration are those
that have separate printheads and ink supplies. If the ink runs out
or become old and thickened damage to the printhead may occur, thus
the expiration. This includes the Business Inkjet Series, the D
series all-in-ones and a few other models. No DeskJet printer has a
cartridge expiration, so the DeskJet 1220 is not affected.

The original poster would probably be better off with a different
printer. The ink generally expires after 30 months in the printer. If you
do not use a color cartridge in 2 1/2 years you would probably
be better off with a DeskJet such as the 6540 which will work without
a color cartridge installed if necessary.

That reads as if you're a paid shill.

 

[Tony]

Why do you no longer disclose that you are employed by HP?

Because he isn't.
And if he was why should he?
Happy Christmas.

 

[measekite]

I just

measekite wrote:

felt


Why do you top post?

like it

 

[Bob Headrick]

No DeskJet printer has a cartridge expiration, so the DeskJet 1220 is not
affected.

Hmm, and I thought the comp.periphs.printers resident troll was a problem. My
killfile is growing.

- Bob Headrick, retired from HP

 

[weird fox terrier rot]

On or about 24/12/05, "Bob Headrick" <[email protected]>, the sloppy
skid-row bum and immodest mama's boy who likes abhorrent twinkie
tweaking with skunks, and whose partner is a weekend ho with a

Hmm, and I thought the comp.periphs.printers resident troll was a
problem. My killfile is growing.

- Bob Headrick, retired from HP

I can make it grow bigger, shit for brains. I stopped counting unique
aliases at 906,112,329,122,895,473,669,885. How much disk space you got,
fucksnot?

 

[demonic daughter]

On or about 24/12/05, "Bob Headrick" <[email protected]>, the exhausted
street bum and older he-she who likes extravagant weasel shaking with
porcupines, and whose partner is a piece-of-ass with a low-grade

Hmm, and I thought the comp.periphs.printers resident troll was a
problem. My killfile is growing.

- Bob Headrick, retired from HP

I can make it grow bigger, shit for brains. I stopped counting unique
aliases at 906,112,329,122,895,473,669,885. How much disk space you got,
fucksnot?

 

[Andrew Rossmann]

The models that enforce out of ink or cartridge expiration are those that have
separate printheads and ink supplies. If the ink runs out or become old and
thickened damage to the printhead may occur, thus the expiration. This
includes the Business Inkjet Series, the D series all-in-ones and a few other
models. No DeskJet printer has a cartridge expiration, so the DeskJet 1220 is
not affected.

If the heads are also user replaceable, then why force the expiration?
If you damage the heads, then HP makes even more profit from their
replacement!

 

[John]

If the heads are also user replaceable, then why force the expiration?
If you damage the heads, then HP makes even more profit from their
replacement!

I wonder why the ink doesn't go bad in Europe -- the "smart" chips are banned
in the EU since they thwart recycling.

 

[Rebecca]

The fucked-up ****, Martyn Howells <[email protected]
wrote in e-mail because she is a psycho bitch:


Probably because, like me, he is capable of remembering what the previous
posts were and gets pissed off at having to keep on reading them before
getting to the latest.

Martynz


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From: "Rebecca" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 12:28 PM
Subject: Re: Change computer date with "smart" chip in HP printers?

 

[Will-Lee-Cue]

Well ... I Guess if the expiration time is over a year from when it is
installed then I see no problem on this end. I think I am an average home
printer user and replace the ink in my HP 1220C at least once a year.