7 Nov
2001
7 Nov
'01
11:04 a.m.
To take this a bit further off-topic, has anyone
rejuvenated inkjet cartridges ?
I have an HP Inkjet 500 that I bought a Ko.Rec.Type refill kit for. I refilled the
cartridge some time ago and it has worked fine untill recently when after a
period of inactivity it stopped printing even tho the cartridge is still 1/2 full. I
can only imagine that a solid has plugged the output. Would it be possible to
empty the cartidge and flush it out with some sort of solvent ?
HP switched to using a fancy type of ink cartridge a while back, that actually
counts the number of drops that come out of a cartridge, and stop the
cartridge after the number of drops reaches about 1.5 the volume that
should be in the cartridge. Of course, they had some other explanation
for it, but everyone knew it was to prevent refills. I dont know if
your cartridge is one of those types, but it sure sounds like it.
-Lawrence LeMay