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From: mitchell@cbmvax.UUCP (Fred Mitchell - QA)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: REFILLING HP DeskJet INK CARTRIDGES -- a warning...
Message-ID: <8077@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 4 Oct 89 00:43:20 GMT
References: <890922.08325265.044109@SFA.CP6> <4056@ucselx.sdsu.edu>
Reply-To: mitchell@cbmvax.UUCP (Fred Mitchell - QA)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <4056@ucselx.sdsu.edu> coffey@ucselx.UUCP (pat coffey) writes:
>
>I've been refilling my hp carteidges for about 6 months now, and,
>last weekend, my dj stopped printing.  I put in a brand new cartreidge
>that had an expiration date of 12/90 and it printed about 10 pages
>and then died.  Ususally when the cart. is running out of ink, it
>starts skipping and printing lightly.  This time, it just stopped 
>printing all together.  I cleaned it as well as I could, but, alas,
>nothing.  I am trying to get it repaired now.
>
>I hope I didn't break it by refilling; but I may have. :-(

Try cleaning the electrical contacts on the print head & DJ. I think the
DJ manual mentions something about this.

I have had my DeskJet for over a year with *no* problems. But I've never
even dreamed of using refilled cartridges. Also, I never leave my printer
on- I turn it on only when I need it, and off it goes when I'm finished.
Less to worry about- like spikes and the like!