wonwinglo

Now I am sure there must be others here who have experimented with re-filling these overpriced ink cartidges ? I have tried refilling the ones in my Epson with some succes but the Hewlett Packard is another story ! all these are is a set of three sponges that soak up the different coloured inks,there is a copper strip which makes contact with the printer circuitry,it should be simplicity itself to do the job but somehow I dont seem to be having much success with refilling the HP ones ? I rang up HP about their kits and they say that the cartridge must be pressurised,but the instructions just say to tape the top back onto the cartridge,I have even gone one step better and tried squeezing the cartridge and glueing the top back on,ie there is some pressure,but this does not seem to work either as then ink exudes from the base and I usually finish up mopping up the ink,is there some secret with filling these things that someone knows about ? the cartridges are not exactly rocket science with what amounts to sponge reservoirs,in my curiosity have dissected them to see what magic they hold,not much ! any ideas please ?

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John

I used to fill my Cannon cartridges but found I still had to buy a new cartridge ever couple of times and they were never as good, I've just bought a Epson R200 which takes 6 cartridges, and I can get the set of 6 compatibles for about £7 which is cheaper than 1 original, try looking on ebay see if you can get a compatible saves a lot of messing about

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wonwinglo

Yes John I think this is the problem,re-filling the cartridges revolves around their condition and this includes those frail copper strips that make the contacts which become unserviceable,I will do a search for my HP640C and see if there are any good deals out there.

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KenP

I get my Epson compatable ones from www.e-inkjet.co.uk
Good service and cheap

Ken

Alun

My wife is currently doing a Law degree, at one point I was going through a black cartridge every week!! Even using compatibles was costing a fortune.

Bought a samsung laser printer for £80 and have changed the toner cartridge once in 2 years at a cost of £40. Paid for itself already, and the print quality is way better than inkjet.


I do realise that this is useless if your using colour !!!

wonwinglo

*** That is fair comment Alun,I think they are doing colour these days,but very expensive.

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