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Article #4531Re: REFILLING HP DeskJet INK CARTRIDGES -- a warning...
From: Fred Mitchell - QA
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 1989 00:43
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 1989 00:43
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In article <4056@ucselx.sdsu.edu> coffey@ucselx.UUCP (pat coffey) writes: > >I've been refilling my hp carteidges for about 6 months now, and, >last weekend, my dj stopped printing. I put in a brand new cartreidge >that had an expiration date of 12/90 and it printed about 10 pages >and then died. Ususally when the cart. is running out of ink, it >starts skipping and printing lightly. This time, it just stopped >printing all together. I cleaned it as well as I could, but, alas, >nothing. I am trying to get it repaired now. > >I hope I didn't break it by refilling; but I may have. :-( Try cleaning the electrical contacts on the print head & DJ. I think the DJ manual mentions something about this. I have had my DeskJet for over a year with *no* problems. But I've never even dreamed of using refilled cartridges. Also, I never leave my printer on- I turn it on only when I need it, and off it goes when I'm finished. Less to worry about- like spikes and the like!
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!ginosko!uunet!cbmvax!mitchell From: mitchell@cbmvax.UUCP (Fred Mitchell - QA) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: REFILLING HP DeskJet INK CARTRIDGES -- a warning... Message-ID: <8077@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: 4 Oct 89 00:43:20 GMT References: <890922.08325265.044109@SFA.CP6> <4056@ucselx.sdsu.edu> Reply-To: mitchell@cbmvax.UUCP (Fred Mitchell - QA) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 19