‘Ink System Has Failed’ Error Code HP Printer
HP printers are constantly reinventing themselves to offer you a great competitive printing experience with a push of a button. These excellent printing services are offered across home and personal uses, small businesses to large scale businesses and offices; to the smart world of portable printing options for the innovators who are on the go. This technology is served to you in the form of Laser Jet series, Desk Jet series, multi-function wireless printers, portable photo sticker printers, HP Ink Advantage Ultra printers, HP Tank printers, office laser printers, large format printers etc.
With such high performance oriented printers, efficiency is bound to increase many folds. But nevertheless, there are days when your printer faces difficulty in functioning. This can happen due to many internal and external reasons. Not every time you can contact a technician. In that situation, self-help comes in handy if you have a fair idea on how to deal with HP Printer errors. This article is specially written to back you up when any errors pop up. We are going to discuss the error message called- HP Printer Error- ‘Ink System has failed’ in detail.
Causes ‘Ink System Has Failed’ Error Message HP Printer
What does HP Printer displays ‘Ink System has failed’ means?
The error message- ‘Ink System has failed’ is also sometimes displayed by your HP printer as- ‘documentation error 0xc18a0206.’ It’s basically a prompt of any underlying issues with ink cartridges.
What causes this error?
The following can be the probable reasons:
- When you don’t use genuine ink cartridges.
- When the printer rest hasn’t been performed.
- Low or zero levels of ink in the ink cartridges.
Troubleshooting Steps HP Printer Error ‘Ink System Has Failed’
How can you resolve the ‘HP Printer Documentation Error 0xc18a0206’?
Solution 1:
Resolving this issue is pretty straightforward. You can do so by following steps carefully:
You should ensure that you are using genuine ink cartridges in your HP Printer. You can also use genuine ink toners. You can check the authenticity of your ink cartridges online by supplying the product code. If the problem still persists you should now move on to the second step.
Solution 2:
Resetting your HP Printer can resolve the issue too. To do so please follow the following steps:
- Firstly, switch your HP Printer on.
- Now please allow your HP Printer to settle down and all its internal initializing functions are completed. It will go silent once it is ready.
- While your HP Printer is still on, you should now disconnect the power cord from your printer. The cord is present at the back of the printer.
- As a next step, you should unplug the power cord from the main wall outlet as well.
- Now you need to wait for at least sixty seconds.
- After the wait, you may now connect the power cord into the wall outlet.
- Now you can reconnect the power cord to the rear of your HP Printer. As a recommendation- you should connect your HP Printer directly to the wall outlet.
- As a next step please switch on your HP Printer.
- Just like the second step, please again allow your HP Printer to settle down and all its internal initializing functions are completed. It will go silent once it is ready.
A printer reset should ideally resolve the matter. If you still see the error message ‘documentation error 0xc18a0206’, then you can now move to solution 3.
Solution 3:
If a rest hasn’t fixed the issue for you, then the third probability is low or zero levels of ink present in your ink cartridges. With the following given instructions, you can resolve the matter:
- Check the estimated Ink levels by checking printer control panel on your PC.
- When the estimated ink levels display- ‘low-ink levels’ message or when the print outs become unacceptable, then you should consider replacing the ink cartridges.
Solution 4:
You can try cleaning the ink cartridges vents and contacts to resolve the matter with the help of distilled water and a clean cotton lint-free cloth. Follow these steps to clean it:
- Please switch your HP printer on.
- Open the ink cartridge access door.
- Remove the cartridges by pressing the tab on the front and place them safely on a clean paper.
- Examine the vent area.
- Wipe any accumulated ink in the vent with a lint free cloth and place the cartridges back in.
The scope of Services:
For further support, you can each us at Printer Technical Support Phone Number 24/7 for the HP Printer model number xxxx regarding any issues regarding HP Printer Error- ‘Ink System has failed’. Call now 
