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The gentleman who drilled holes in the Xerox 8R7638 cartridge is very much
misinformed.

This cartridge offers the biggest saving of all when refilled - properly; up
to $US411.00 with our 8 refill kit.

Close the drilled holes with duct tape or hot glue, stand the cartridge head
down in an old mug with 3/4" steaming hot water. A mug or tumbler works best
as print head is offset at the corner - angle it downwards so that it's at
the lowest point in the mug. Blot head with a folded paper towel till a
thick unbroken line of ink appears on the towel.

Refill by gently prying off the side panel nearest the head with a fine pen
knife, it's not glued. Then inject up to 25ml ink (it holds 40ml but will
always have some ink in the sponge inside) You can see the hole to refill
about dead center in the plastic housing, not the white metal plate close to
the hole. Sponge is doughnut shaped, and you are at the center with the
needle, so you can't feel the sponge. Side panel should snap back on, or use
small piece of Scotch Tape.

Image Control has 8 refill kits for these Workcentre 250/ 450 & fax types
$US19.00 or $Can29.00.

Over 8000 more makes and models of inkjet cartridge refill kits, and generic
replacement toner cartridges for laser printers, fax and small copiers at
our web site link, below

Image Control, 1396 Kingston Rd. Toronto ON Canada M1N 1R3
http://www.image-control.com

"Keith D. Smith" wrote:

> I have a Xerox FAX machine that uses an inkjet printer mechanism to
> print pages.  On the power-up sequence, the machine displays "Xerox 3006
> (2.07)."  The machine was given to me by my son about three years ago
> when it became surplus for his company.  I did not receive any
> documentation with it.
>
> The machine worked fine for six or eight months, then it ran out of
> black ink.  The large inkjet cartridge tends to be pricey (about US $45)
> so I asked a local laser refill dealer to try to fill the inkjet
> cartridge.  After four to six weeks, he came back with my cart, having
> drilled a couple of holes in it and charged me $40.  Within two weeks
> the refilled cartridge developed white lines and then apparently ran out
> of ink.
>
> I arbitrarily chose a Canon refill ink my ReInk and got the machine to
> print, albeit poorly with the annoying white line effects.
>
> The the memory battery went out and I needed to blindly choose contrast
> settings for transmission once a new battery was installed.
>
> My questions:
>
> 1. Is the existing cartridge hopelessly clogged or can it be cleaned and
> refilled with a proper ink?
>
> 2. Should I buy a new cartridge and refill it eventually with the proper
> ink, discarding the cart I now have?
>
> 3. Does anyone have the default settings for the machines "normal,"
> "lighten," and "darken" contrast settings.
>
> Thanks for any help the group may provide.
>
> Cheers,
> kds