5. Once you place cartridge back in printer, run cleaning cycle 1 to 3 times. If there are any gaps in printing, run cleaning cycle again.

Don’t Forget

There are a few things to remember when refilling your cartridge. It should be refilled before cartridge is completely empty to avoid chamber from drying out and clogging. Also, it is a good idea to let printer cartridge sit for a few hours (or overnight) so that pressure in cartridge will stabilize.

Some printers, like newer Epson models, have a green chip on their ink cartridges which is visible by looking at your cartridge. They are often referred to as “Intellidge” cartridges. The chip keeps track of how often cartridge is used and lets computer know when cartridge may be low or empty. As long as you reset chip, refilling cartridge with ink from a refill kit will not be a problem. A resetting tool can be used to reset memory on chip. This allows printer to recognize cartridge as being full which makes printing with a refilled cartridge possible.

Refilling your own ink cartridge is easy, good for environment, and very good for your pocket.

I played that other game Age of Empires many times to. Love that game as it takes s kill and thought as well as two fingers and rapid movement and I became extremely proficient at it as time went by. My computer often struggled to cope with size of my army and enemies that I faced. I would sit there for hours on end, maneuvering, shifting, attacking and withdrawing till sun started to come up on horizon. It would be then that I would force myself away and climb into bed only to resurface two hours later, make a large urn of coffee and re-attack with a vengeance. Although this game never caused me to start charging at other cars on highways or lobbing screwed up notes at others in office it did cause me to take a good look at myself. What would happen if suddenly I started to do this sort of thing in real life? If I started to make deals with my neighbors to attack next door offices or ping elastic bands at mail delivery boy? I’ve stopped playing games now and have become a serious and boring "been there, done that and cured myself" type of person. I do have long and empty hours where I feel urge to take up where I left off and I get extremely jealous when others talk about games or I see others playing them but I resist. I think it must be like smoking where one never loses urge to light up and take a draw – just one! No, No, I cannot! I now sit there and lecture others on dangers of playing games and that they should stop before it is too late. And they? They just nod politely and then disappear to talk amongst themselves............."must be and ex-player", whisper, whisper, whisper.