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From: dplatt@coherent.com (Dave Platt)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: Re-inking HP DeskJet ? (possible ?)
Message-ID: <59029@coherent.coherent.com>
Date: 1 Jun 90 04:51:06 GMT
References: <90.151.10:36:36@ira.uka.de> <6331@ozdaltx.UUCP>
Reply-To: dplatt@coherent.com (Dave Platt)
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In article <6331@ozdaltx.UUCP> doug@ozdaltx.UUCP (Doug Matlock) writes:

> I've not had any luck with Quink.  I've heard that Carter's Stamp Pad Ink
> is the best (permanent also), and I'll be trying that next.

Sheaffer's "Skrip jet black" works well.  It comes in a 2 fluid ounce
(60 ml) bottle, which is good for quite a few refills.

>                                                               The most
> difficult thing is finding something to inject the ink into the little
> hole on top (syringes are illegal, but I have a couple left over from
> legal treatments).  

If you enlarge the airhole on the top of the cartridge with a small
drill bit or reamer, you can use a mechanic's oil syringe, or a
gardener's syringe (used for injecting insecticides into squash vines to
kill borers), or even a narrow-tipped eyedropper.  You might want to
close up the airhole with a piece of plastic tape, afterwards, and then
punch a pinhole in the tape;  this will limit evaporation of the ink to
roughly what occurs with an un-drilled cartridge.



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