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From: longj@lonex.radc.af.mil (Jeffrey K. Long)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: DeskJet ink cartridge problem -- blow
Message-ID: <1990Nov17.003614.10628@lonex.radc.af.mil>
Date: 17 Nov 90 00:36:14 GMT
References: <1990Nov16.215400.4544@ns.network.com>
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In article <1990Nov16.215400.4544@ns.network.com> logajan@ns.network.com (John Logajan) writes:
>
>The other day, my several times refilled ink cartridge stopped working.
>I filled it up some more, but that was apparently not the problem.
>
>So I held my finger over the "extra" hole I had burned in it for refilling,
>and I blew into the top hole (in the green plastic part) pressurizing
>the internal ink supply (I held the printhead downward.)

I have been refilling my deskjet cartridge for over 2 years now, and I have
never had any problems.  I too find that I have to "blow" my cartridge
occasionally, but it seems a small price to pay to have not had to buy
a new cartridge in 2 years!!


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