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From: s_loewer
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: HP DeskJet  from black ink  to  colored ink
Message-ID: <90.248.11:02:52@ira.uka.de>
Date: 5 Sep 90 18:00:18 GMT
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   Hello DeskJet Users !

   I want to exchange some experiences in re-inking and colorizing my
   DeskJet  ink cartridges.

   First I got soon some problems with a cartridge re-inked with
   'Black Pelikan' ink. You can get this ink easily in almost any
   shop in germany for less money. After the cartridge was empty
   I filled it up  with that ink. But soon some of the ink holes were dead.
   The prime button made things a litter better, but not perfect.
   Then I simply blew with high presure into cartridge through the small
   hole on the top, so that the ink dripped out at the bottom. Afterwards
   the cartridge worked nearly fine again.
   So  was it about reinking a completely empty cartridge ?

   Another point is to fill another color (not black) in an old (black)
   cartridge.  The problem is to clear the old black cartridge in order
   to get bright color later.
   Does anyone have got experience in colorizing black cartridges ?
   Does anyone had opened an old cartridge ?


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