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Refill Tips For HP Color and Black Cartridges.
I find that their cartridges can be refilling many
times. This helps save our land fills and you money.
To reset the ink levels on the HP
#56, #57, #58 go to the bottom of this page and click on to the next page.
Last update... 07/22/2003
Important Warning:
I have found the HP's color cartridge
number " C1823 " color cartridge has some serious flaws.
More and more I find that the print head is delaminating and causing
printing problem and can be difficult to refill because of this problem.
Could this be why HP released the newer cartridges? Look
very closely at the print head before refilling if the print head moves
up and down then the print head is going to delaminate. The one on the
right is defective the one on the left is ok for refilling.
Tech Tip: Please save at least 3 or more color and black cartridges even if they no
longer print. You can use them to reset some of the error codes that may appear after
refilling.
Important Tech Tip: HP's New Printers show when the
cartridge is low or out of ink. After refilling the ink levels will not go back
to full. I have a way you may try and this might reset the ink levels to
full. Please follow example below.
Reset method
for the black and color cartridges. #78, #45, #15
Making the printer think you have
inserted a new cartridge.
Turn on the printer. Put the refilled
color and black cartridges in the printer. Open the cover and remove both
cartridges. Place both cartridges in front of you with the foil contacts facing
you and the print head down. With adhesive tape cover the four upper contacts
on
the left edge first vertical outside row on both cartridges.
Now re-insert the two cartridges and
close the cover than re-open the cover after 3 to 4 seconds. Wait for the
printer to give you access to the cartridges again. It should park on the left
side. Remove the cartridges again and remove the tape from the left side. Now
put new tape over the four far right outside vertical row covering the four upper contacts.
Now re-insert the two cartridges and
close the cover. Reopen the cover after 3 to 4 seconds. Wait for the printer to
give you access to the cartridges and remove them. Remove the tape and carefully
clean the contacts. Re-install the cartridges and close the cover. This should
reset the ink levels.
Last step is alignment of cartridges.
Go to utilities and run alignment.
This may not work for all models.
BLACK CARTRIDGES ( with print heads & bladders) HP has some of the most popular black cartridges HP
51629A, 51626A and 51645A. The 29A and 26A are bladder cartridges. These
cartridges are the most difficult to refill. Especially if you run them out of
ink. We have found that using our Snap & Fill tool will generally produce
the most success. Some refill kits tell the customer to drill a hole on top of
the cartridge and fill it there. Good luck! HP 51645A is one of the best to
refill when you follow our instructions. We have a new tool "
Snap & Fill " for refilling the
51645A cartridge. Check it out on our new products page.
COLOR CARTRIDGES ( with
print heads ) Most color cartridges retain the ink using sponges. We have
found through our research that if you drip the ink into the sponge that you
will get a better refill. The best time to refill any color cartridge with a print head is when it is half
empty. Some of the newer HP printers will show how much ink is in the cartridge
through their on screen software. After you refill the cartridge the ink levels
will not return to full but you can continue to print. We now have our new "
Snap & Vac " tool. This
simple tool will draw air out of HP's C1823A, C6578D and 6625A color cartridges
and most of the time the cartridge will start printing again.
If you ever get one of this errors
after removing the color or black cartridge for refilling follow the steps described. Some
of HP's Cartridge will cause this problem because they used the wrong lubrication
on the contacts and they become corroded.
Error Codes: cartridge unusable,
cartridge not installed correctly, printer improperly shut down.
To reset the printer install the first old cartridge that you
saved and turn the printer off and then on. Follow this step until you have
replaced at least three cartridges. This should reset the printer and the error
code should go away. Now install the cartridge that showed the error code. This
works most of the times.
Refill Tip Using The Snap And Fill.
After removing the cartridge check that you
are getting two black lines on a paper towel before refilling. If not the jets
are clogged and the cartridge needs to be soak in our head cleaner for about 30 minutes.
Color cartridge refilling problems.
Problem: Color cartridge
HP51641A, C1823D, 6578D, 6625 will not print one or more colors after
refilling.
Cause: Color chamber went
completely empty before refilling.
Fix: If one or more color
chambers went empty and you have try our new
" SNAP & VAC " to remove
the air trapped in the print head and one or more colors still won't print. Try
this last fix, place the print head on some paper towels. Now push some air into
the hole if the color chamber that will not print. Ink should flow out of the print
head. This method sometimes will restart that color chamber. To avoid this
problem try not to let the color cartridge go completely empty.
Problem: Colors don't print
correctly after refilling. This can happen sometime when one or more colors seep
under the print head and cross contaminate.
Fix: With MS paint or any
other program that will let you make large blocks of color. Make one block of
each color, yellow, red and blue. Print at least 15 or more copies or until the
colors start to print their correct color.
Problem: I filled the color
cartridge as the instruction said but it won't print?
Can Not Be Fix: Look at the
photos and you will see why. The photo to the right shows that the print head
has delaminated. The photo to the left shows a good print head.
Because the cartridge has been run completely dry or tape has
been applied over the print head, the print head has delaminated. The thin skin
that covers the print head has fallen off. This cartridge will not print......
Time to bite the bullet and buy a new cartridge. Next time refill before
it goes empty and don't put tape over the print head. If you want to store your
black or color cartridges. Order our storage clips.
WARNING !
When refilling the HP color cartridge # 6578 or any color
cartridge please follow our instructions. HP
shows color blocks on the label of their color cartridges. They are not the
correct color order for refilling. HP would not intentionally miss lead the
color order would they?
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Instructions For HP # 56, # 57 and # 58
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