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From: malloy@nprdc.arpa (Sean Malloy)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: Re-inking HP DeskJet ? (possible ?)
Message-ID: <7745@skinner.nprdc.arpa>
Date: 5 Jun 90 14:13:40 GMT
References: <90.151.10:36:36@ira.uka.de> <6331@ozdaltx.UUCP> <6342@ozdaltx.UUCP>
Reply-To: malloy@nprdc.arpa (Sean Malloy)
Organization: Navy Personnel R&D Center, San Diego
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In article <6342@ozdaltx.UUCP> doug@ozdaltx.UUCP (Doug Matlock) writes:
>To continue this discussion, I refilled a cartridge with Carter's Stamp
>Pad Ink over the weekend.  So far, so good.  It looks nice -- dark black
>-- but it still smears somewhat (though not as bad as HP ink).

>I got the name of a local distributor for the Graphic Utilities 
>refillable cartridges and ink here in Dallas.  They haven't answered 
>their phone, yet.

BrightDot Solutions in Lakeside, CA, is offering a service to recharge
and test DeskJet/DeskJet+/DeskWriter cartridges. They offer recharging in
Black, Blue, Brown, Green, Red, Turquoise, and Violet. I don't see
multiple passes with cartridge swapping as a solution for multicolor
graphics printing due to registration problems, but it should work for
spot color stuff.

Their prices (including tax and first-class return shipping):

	Black ink recharge		$ 7.50
	Color convert & recharge	$15.00 (you provide cartridge)
	Color convert & recharge	$27.50 (they supply cartridge)
	Two or more 			$25.00 (they supply cartridges)

(Their prices are going up on the 15th; the basic black ink recharge
is increasing by a dollar; I don't have the announcement with me, so I
don't have the increase amounts for the other types of recharge.)

They make no structural modifications to the cartridge, and advertise
a 24 hour turnaround. Their instructions are to send your undamaged,
carefully-packed empty print cartridges and check to:

	BrightDot Solutions
	12008 Serena Road
	Lakeside, CA 92040

Their phone number is (619)561-9415; their ad says "Call for product
info recording and free mailing container" -- but when I called the
number, I got a live person to talk to.

There is also a disclaimer that "BrightDot Solutions claims no
endorsement of its products or services by Hewlett-Packard or any
other company".


 Sean Malloy                                   | "The Crystal Wind is the
 Navy Personnel Research & Development Center  | Storm, and the Storm is Data,
 San Diego, CA 92152-6800                      | and the Data is Life."
 malloy@nprdc.navy.mil                         | -- _Emerald Eyes_, D.K. Moran