refilled HP cartridges; reset the chip??

[photolady]

Well, so far I have not found the ink I need to refill mine since my 1270 uses different inks than come with those refill kits. Most printers like the 777 etc. also use only four colors where mine use six. I believe those inks in the kits are water based and as has been pointed out, my inks are alcohol based.

[alphanumeric]

Originally posted by photolady
Well, so far I have not found the ink I need to refill mine since my 1270 uses different inks than come with those refill kits. Most printers like the 777 etc. also use only four colors where mine use six. I believe those inks in the kits are water based and as has been pointed out, my inks are alcohol based.

Yes quit rite, you definitely want the correct colors and ink type. My 777 isn't that fancy but it still prints a good color print on the glossy paper. I can't see a difference using the refill ink, but I'm partially color blind so I'm not a good one to judge. I haven't had any complaints so I'm happy. It costs more to by two new cartridges than it did to buy the printer in the first place. It came out of the box with half empty cartridges too.

[jerryctx]

There is always a danger in using equipment in ways other than intended by the manufacturer. "Pulling" the cartridges will damage some printers. Using the wrong type of ink may do the same and will certainly yield poor quality prints.

Epson's 6-ink printers use all dye based inks. Some of their 4-ink printers use all pigmented inks (the Durabrite inks). Most printers use a combination; pigmented black for text, and dye colors for images. Make sure inks are intended for your specific make and model.

Before you risk expensive damage, check to see if your printer offers an "economy" mode that gives acceptable quality for some of your prints and check the Internet for low prices on the printer manufacturer's inks.

[photolady]

Jerry, I assume you meant this for anyone's interest, but I knew that what was suggested earlier about pulling cartridges by manually moving the heads could cause damage to the printer. Since my printer cost me over $400 I wasn't about to try what was suggested.

I get fairly cheap priced Epson brand ink on the net. However, I've always been leary of using any other inks in printer. I can set my printer to print at 360dpi or 720dpi instead of 1440, thus saving ink.

[jerryctx]

I assume you meant this for anyone's interest

Photolady- You are correct. I didn't mean to "talk down" to anyone but I have to assume that some readers are newbies who, like me when I bought my first printer, thought ink was ink.

[slipe]

MIS has refill kits for the 1270: http://www.inksupply.com/index.cfm?s...rcrefkits.html

MIS is high quality ink. They sell only ink specifically formulated for specific printers.

I’m using Inkjet Goodies ink for my Canon S9000 because so many people were happy with it over on the dpreview printing forum. But I have used MIS ink for years now in both my old Canon and in both my HP 722 and HP 930. I have literally gone through pints of their pigmented black for a savings of many hundreds of dollars. I like their pigmented black at least as well as the HP ink.

Aftermarket color is always a tad off due to patent rights from the manufacturer. I use Red River paper mostly in my S9000 and have to profile for that anyway, so it isn’t any more hassle to profile for the ink at the same time. With the MIS ink in the HP I don’t see much difference for normal graphics, but if I print photo quality I have to tweak toward cool a little. The HP ink isn’t perfect either though, and I don’t see a lot of difference.

The Canon cartridges are indeed easy to fill, but not as easy as the HP black. I use the instructions from www.oddparts.com with the set screw for the HP black. HP color is a little trickier. Most instructions have you wait until a color is empty and just add a measured amount of ink. The problem is that if you over-saturate the sponge ink will leak out the head and contaminate the other colors through capillary action. I sample the ink levels and just don’t fill all the way to the top. I find refilling is more reliable if you never let the cartridge get empty.

The Epson 2200 is a 6 color photo printer that uses pigmented ink BTW. Excellent printer.

[photolady]

Thanks for the link, slipe.

I know about the 2200....but out of my price range right now...

Maybe I could sell the 1270 on that auction house and then buy the 2200.....

[Redwolf]

HP has a billion dollar budget just for their Ink research.. You simply cannot beat their ink quality and drying times. It's always good to give a new HP cart. handy to test the printer when experiencing print quality problems.

With that said.. Its also not always necessary to spend the extra money for their quality ink.

When getting refilled carts. you have to be very careful of the quality. Most of HP's carts can only be safely used 4-6 times. normally (most people get way more than this), after that many times the cartridges will start to fail and cause problems.

Some problems you may get are the ink drying up in the nozzles and having nozzles not firing. or carts leaking their ink. especially if the printer doesnt cap the heads properly, or if the wipers are caked with ink. When they are caked up with ink, what happens is, instead of wiping the excess ink off the head, it smears the ink on the head and causes the cartridge to clog.

There are also quick drying inks, but I would personally stay away from those unless you have the time and money to experiment.

Its always fun to hear a customers response when you ask then to change all the cartridges to brand new ones.. and at 40 bux a pop and they have to change 8 cartridges.. .. You do the math

[mav100]

FYI for those of you with Lexmark printers. I have an X63 printer and there is no way to change the ink level within the software on the pc. However, it can be done on the printer itself when a new cartridge is loaded in. Just use the Options button once the cover has been closed and follow the prompts. I'd bet that other older Lexmark models like mine also have this feature. Finally that little indicator showing the cartridge is empty won't bother me anymore!

[Undertaker02]

A program that MAY help with the resetting of Epson Chiped tanks.. Mentioned in another thread.. cant find it right now..
info found here: http://www.ssclg.com/epsone.shtml


cheers

[alphanumeric]

Originally posted by Undertaker02
A program that MAY help with the resetting of Epson Chiped tanks.. Mentioned in another thread.. cant find it right now..
info found here: http://www.ssclg.com/epsone.shtml


cheers

Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou, did I say thankyou.
I have been searching for that utility for months with no luck. I just tried it on my 777 and it worked like a charm. After my earlier post about moving the cartridges to cheat them, I found that my printer has a hidden switch. The switch disables the motor so the print heads can be pulled over safely. Once you push them back you reset the switch. I guess I won't have to worry about that anymore, woohoo.

[spragers2]

Not much help here, but commenting on the post about Canon's i550 - I have the same printer. You can look at the CLEAR ink tanks and see exactly how much ink is left. I don't bother to refill them because I can get generic ink tanks for less than $3 a piece, compared with $11 a piece the last time I was at Best Buy.

The best part, though, is being able to look at the ink level when it says the ink is low, and see that I have plenty of ink to use for many more prints before swapping tanks

[andrea278]

Info on your cartridges can be found herehttp://www.stratitec.com/inkrefill/17.html and here
http://www.stratitec.com/inkrefill/16.html

I use universal ink from Stratitec in my HP photosmart 7350 and
my photos turn out great! Althought I have to follow a certain proceedure to reset the ink cartridge to show full. Also,once you go to their web site, you can send them an email and ask them about your ink cartridges showing empty.They are very helpful.
Both color cartridges in my computer would cost about $60. and I refill them myself for about $3. Quite a savings and its easy to do.
Good luck and post back.

Remember HP and most others dont want you to refill and will make it as hard as possible on you to keep you from doing this. Thats why they sell their printers cheap and more than makeup the difference with high priced ink cartridges.

I tried to follow the links but they don't work anymore, so could you please explain, I can't find how to make them work! I know I have to use scotch tape, but i don't know how to! Please heeeelp!

[ttodd]

I'll try that program later,, but in the mean time wanted to say,. I use the ink refills from a manufacturer that refills the epson cx5000 equivalents, ( T0691 T0692 T0693 T0694), and the problem I find most often,, is I can take 'out' one of these cartridges to replace with the same, and I THEN get an 'illegal command' from my printer informing me I have the WRONG cart installed and will not issue any furthur commands to my epson printer to 'charge it up' and the printer just sits there with greyed out commands waiting for me to replace the replacement... Finally I 'fool' the printer into believing it has the right one..
All of this with the chip commands, and this program I just installed will correct this??????????

[photolady]

Andrea, welcome to Virtual Dr. Now you too, do realize this thread is 5 years old and those links probably aren't there anymore is why they aren't working.

I haven't had that printer of mine for 4 years.