HI I HAVE HAD THIS PRINTER FOR A VERY SHORT SPACE OF TIME.I REFILLED AN INK CARTRIDGE ONCE BEFORE LEARNING THIS WAS NOT A GREAT IDEA. FROM THEN ALWAYS USED LEXMARK INK CARTDIDGES. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT NO LONGER RECOGNISES ANY CARTRIDGES!I THOUGHT MAYBE FAULTY CARTRIDGE SO BOUGHT A NEW ONE AND THE SAME ERROR CODE KEEPS OCCURING AND THE WHOLE THING UNUSABLE NOW!

TAYLOR, January 2006

Check the ribbon cable which goes from the print cartridges to the to the right rear oif the printer. I had the same problem and tried a new set of cartridges and the same problem. Upon further inspection, I noticed the ribbon seemed loose and a slight tug and it cam off. Low insertion type of ribbon cable. Have to disassemble printer but I believe this will fix the problem.

Daren, March 2009

Refilling the ink cartridges can cause damage to the P6250 printer and to repair it this will need a new P6250 motherboard to be replace inside the printer.

Silichip, February 2006

Yah, I have no idea what is up with this.

I just got a new one shipped to me today, and its still saying cartidge error. The cartridges are brand new and the right ones. I took back to where I got it and they tried different cartridges still nothing. I finally got my 2nd one, and am still unable to print one page. Have to say Im not very impressed with this printer, on my 2nd one in less than a month and havn't seen one line of ink on a page yet.

Jeremy, January 2006