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From: jlong@blackbird.afit.af.mil (Jeffrey K. Long)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Refilling HP DeskJet ink cartridges
Summary: its cheap and works fine!!
Message-ID: <1330@blackbird.afit.af.mil>
Date: 6 Sep 89 03:32:34 GMT
Reply-To: jlong@blackbird.afit.af.mil (Jeffrey K. Long)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Air Force Institute of Technology; WPAFB, OH
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Well, I finally ran my last DeskJet ink cartridge dry last weekend. 
There were no computer supply stores open (it was Sunday and I needed
 a printout for some church handouts) and I really wasn't thrilled about
 the idea of shelling out $18 to buy one even if they were open.

Then I remembered some discussion I saw on the Net about 9 months ago
about refilling the cartridges with ink, it was cheap and easy, or so the
discussions said.  All you needed was a bottle of "Sheaffer, Skrip Ink in
Jet Black" and a syringe.  Well, the ink was a whopping $2.00 at the 
mall office supplies/art suplly store and fortunately (?) my wife is an
insulin dependent diabetic, so the syringes were handy!

Let me tell you folks, it really is easy, and it works great!!  I used a
pointed knife to open a VERY small hole in the green plastic top (on the
flat part near the part of the cartridge that the molded 'arrow' points
toward).  I then injected about 2cc of ink and reinstalled the renewed
cartridge.  Turned the printer on, pressed the "prime" button once, and
then printed out over 150 sheets!!  The cartridge is still going strong,
and if you ask me, the print quality is a shade BETTER than it was before
(maybe that is due to the knowledge of the costs of this fix, but I don't
think that is it :-))

I remember there being some "warnings" about this method possibly
"clogging up" you DeskJet, but if you look at how the cartridge fits into
the printer, you will see a series of rubber seals that prevent any Ink
from comming out of the printhead unless it is actually moving accross the
page to print something.  So What If It Eventually Clogs This "RENEWED"
Cartridge???  I still got much more life out of it than I ever would have
before, and at less than 7 cents for a fill-up (60cc for $2.00) it sure
beats running out and buying a new cartridge the first time it runs out of
ink!!

STANDARD DISCLAIMER:  This method worked for me, but it may not work for
you, and I make no claims that it will,nor that it is safe for your
printer!!


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|   Jeff Long              jlong@blackbird.afit.af.mil  (ARPA net)      |
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