Overfilling HP Color Ink Cartridges

Written by Barry Shultz


There is a situation that concerns most HP refillers. In our refilling instructions we use a suggested amount of ink that TYPICALLY will sufficiently chargerepparttar cartridge without overfilling it. This is just a guide and sometimes an overfill can occur. What do you do then?

When you overfill a cartridge there is a great risk of one color overflowing intorepparttar 107184 chamber ofrepparttar 107185 color next to it resulting in cross chamber contamination. It can definitely cause a quick death to that cartridge if it is excessive.

The best thing you can do is try to siphon allrepparttar 107186 ink out ofrepparttar 107187 cartridge with your injector and inject a cleaning solvent. Siphon outrepparttar 107188 solvent, rinse and repeat as necessary.

This can be very time consuming so a little bit of preemptive measure may save you a lot of time and frustration. Lets examine some ofrepparttar 107189 things that can be done to prevent this inrepparttar 107190 first place.

By inserting a toothpick intorepparttar 107191 refill holes, or vent holes, you can get a better gauge of how much ink is in each chamber. Use a new toothpick in each chamber so you don't contaminaterepparttar 107192 ink. Keep in mind that HP "D" cartridges only hold 19ml of ink, half that of an "A" cartridge.

Another gauge would be more difficult but a lot of people report success using it. This isrepparttar 107193 "page gauge". You can keep track of how many photos you print (or any print that uses a lot of color) and when you reach a pre-determined number of pages you know it's time to top off your cartridges. Each user will have a different page gauge depending on their usage and it make take a little while to figure out what it is for your particular situation.

Cartridge Not Recognized

Written by Barry Shultz


Sometimes when you refill a HP or Lexmark cartridge you getrepparttar dreaded message "Cartridge Not Recognized". What does this mean? It recognizedrepparttar 107183 cartridge before I refilled it!

HP and Lexmark haverepparttar 107184 print heads right onrepparttar 107185 cartridge and if you'll notice there is some circuitry onrepparttar 107186 side which also has electrical contacts that connectrepparttar 107187 print head torepparttar 107188 printer. There are many contact points that must be made betweenrepparttar 107189 cartridge andrepparttar 107190 printer. Ifrepparttar 107191 connection isn't perfect you will getrepparttar 107192 error message.

There are a couple of things you can do to rectify this. First try snapping repparttar 107193 cartridge in and out a few times. If that doesn't work removerepparttar 107194 cartridge and clean offrepparttar 107195 foil contacts with a Q-Tip dampened with alcohol.

Be careful not to wiperepparttar 107196 nozzles, whererepparttar 107197 ink comes out, or you might contaminaterepparttar 107198 ink insiderepparttar 107199 cartridge.

Before you putrepparttar 107200 cartridge back in use another Q-Tip dampened with alcohol and clean offrepparttar 107201 contacts inside your printer whererepparttar 107202 cartridge connects.

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