Officejet 8600 setup cartridges

Hello,
A few days ago i reset my Officejet 8600 to factory settings, in order to resolve some problems. After this reset however, i was told to use the setupcartridges to reinstall the printer. Unfortunately i don't have these anymore, and the printer's warranty is expired. Is there a way to recieve or buy these setup cartridges. The printer is used for voluntary purposes, so it would be a shame if our organisation won't be able to use the printer again.
Thanks in advance!

You will need to contact HP and purchase setup cartridges, they are not available through retail channels. If you are in the US or Canada call 1-800-HPINVENt.
It is a bit late now for your case, but others considering a printer reset might benefit from the post here.
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There is a priming process when a new cartridge is installed to remove air from the printhead. It primes all the colors and black whenever a cartridge is changed. If a cartridge is near empty and a different cartridge is replaced the priming may cause that cartridge to now be reported as low.
I would suggest running the printer until it refuses to print as a cartridge actually becomes empty, then replace all the cartridges at once that are at low levels.
The initial low on ink indicator is set before the cartridges actually run out of ink to give you time to purchase a replacement. You do not need to replace the cartrdiges until they are actually depleted.
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Got Officejet 6600 from third party vendor, had no setup cartridges.

My company bought an HP 6600 to use as a standalone copier. It's not hooked up to any computer. Our printer did not come with setup cartridges (All original packing intact, but company removed the setup cartridges for their own use.). This was communicated in the product info page where we bought the printer, so we were aware of this.
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Hi @Maxbrn , and welcome to the HP Forums!
I see you're having setup ink issues. To resolve the need for setup ink, I'd suggest giving us a call.
You can utilize this website to learn how to contact us appropriately, based on your region:
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@ REBjr. - I understand that you are getting error message on the printer that is related to the print cartridges. Are you using genuine HP non refilled ink in the printer? I would start by doing a hard reset to the product in an attempt to restore the printer to a known working condition and try to clear the error message prior to replacing any parts. Here is a document that will provide the steps to the hard reset. Also, is there residue on the black cartridge? If so, I would look at this link here. It addresses getting an ink cartridge error message on the printer when trying to install a new black cartridge in the machine. I hope that this helps.
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Hi C3PONOR,
Thank you for visiting the HP Support Forums! I see you are interested in the approx page yield for the setup cartridges, well the setup cartridges and regular cartridges hold the same amount of ink, however remember when setting up the Officejet Prox X476dw it will require more ink as it will have to prime the tubes and use the ink for servicing tasks. I always recommend the XL cartridges as you get up to 3x the prints.
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