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From: bkuo@sal-sun75.usc.edu (Benjamin Kuo)
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Subject: Re: Refilling DeskWriter ink cartridges--a failure.
Summary: Don't drill the hole!
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Date: 14 Sep 90 16:58:08 GMT
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At the risk of repeating someone (I'm about 25 articles behind...), don't mess
with the cartridge in any way. Go to your local drugstore, and purchase a
large syringe (I don't remember how many cc`s). Before you refill the
cartridge with a strange color, take the syringe and fill it with water,
inject the water into the sponge (easily done through the hole at the
top of the cartridge), and suck it back out with the syringe several times.
When you've done this about 20 times (or less, if you've really used out
your ink) or more (if you haven't used enough...), get all the water out
you can (of course), and inject the new ink with the same syringe...

I've done this twice for a friend, and it has worked. An associate of mine
has successfully refilled twelve cartridges using brown, red, blue, and
is trying green (and looking for a good black...). He knows the exact
cc's to use, but since he has no access to the net (and I just moved)
someone else will have to figure that out. Just make sure the ink has
small enough particles that you don't clog and destroy the cartridge...

Benjamin Kuo