Hp 8500 Office Jet Pro never warned ink was low, how to change this?

Question

We have 2 of these units and prefer to only have the hp printers.  Got this printer setup, it seems verbose in asking to register, please register, you must register, you cant print until you register.  ok fine lets regsiter then!  thats ok youre already registered.
the next day: WARNING! You must take action! your HP Printer has an alert you must read! click HERE to read the alert!  okay okay whats the alert?  Your printer is not registered, would you like to register to get valuable gift offers and get an email from hp about new and exciting things you can print?  next day WARNING! You must take action, the printer software could be totally worthless, all drivers are erased or will fail, click here now before its too late!  click.  you havent checked for updates to your hp driver software, want to check now?  ok click.  please wait....  your drivers are up to date.  click here to close this message.
Im NOT KIDDING or being sarcastic, and I say all of this for a reason.  today when trying to print, I mean while it was in the process of printing a page, the page stopped and it said OUT OF INK.  looking closer it was the black cartridge that was TOTALLY EMPTY.  The printer is used at an office where printed documents are very important.  While printing documents for a meeting with a client, this hp 8500 stopped and said the ink was not low, it was OUT of ink and printing cannot take place, do not pass GO, do not collect $200, come back when you're sober.  It uses only the HP ink cartridges, fortunately some other ones were on hand to install and finish printing.  this could have been a printing disaster. 
With all the other alerts it gave to register over and over, and then the messages saying check for updates, each time the entire message was carefully read, nothing about ink levels, everyone who uses an inkjet for office printing where its important knows the cartridges get used up and have to be replaced.  but why wouldnt this warn about low ink when it asks everything else?   Is there a basic way to set the printer driver in windows to give an alert when the ink starts to run low??

Answer 1

Hi harleyfire
I understand you would like to be able to have the ink alerts automatically and the registration keeps prompting you all the time.
For the registration that keeps coming up you can correct this by doing the following:
On the Windows taskbar, click the Windows icon.
Right-click Computer , and then click Manage . The Computer Management window opens.
In the left pane, click the arrow next to Task Scheduler , and then click Task Scheduler Library .
Under Name , point to any of the following tasks to select them, click Delete in the Actions pane, and then click Yes in the Task Scheduler dialog box.
Any Webreg task (Example: Webreg 20031218075500)
ExtendedService Plan - After triggered, repeat every 30 minutes indefinitely
HPCeeScheduleForryan - After triggered, repeat every 6 hrs for 3000 hrs (30.00:00:00)
InternetServiceOffers - After triggered, repeat every 30 minutes indefinitely
Registration - After triggered, repeat every 30 minutes indefinitely
ServicePlan - Multiple triggers defined
Close the Computer Management window.
For the Officejet 8500 a910 you can change the settings for the ink alerts through the software. Double click the Officejet 8500 icon on the desktop and it opens the HP Printer Assistant. Then click on icon for estimated ink, then click on the tab called Advanced Settings and click Show Alerts options. Show me ink alerts right away.
If you have the older model Officejet 8500 a909 you would have to uninstall and reinstall and should prompt you for the ink alerts.
Hope this helps.
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