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‎06-28-2013 02:53 PM

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Hi eatdrinkNBmerry,

 

Yes, the machine is a printer, which happens to have a scanner. If the cartridges are not there, the ink delivery system will get fouled up and ruin it, so there are safeguards against that.

 

If it was just a scanner, it wouldn't need cartridges, but it is both, so it does.

Best of luck,
Mary

{I work on HP's behalf}

‎06-29-2013 11:15 AM

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Thank you Mary. 

 

In my opinion it seems rather silly that it won't even let me set up and connect to WIFI without cartridges.  And I do understand that it is a printer but scanning does not require ink, so not sure why this is a requirement as well.   I'm sure there are ways to disable the ink delivery system so that the rest of the machine can work when there are no cartridges.

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