Ink cartridges with old dates?

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Ant wrote:
I rarely print. Maybe a few pages per month. Hence, why I had this
almost two/2 years old ink cartridge. I managed to get HP to mail me a
replacement for free.

My last inkjet (HP Deskjet 1200C) used separate cartridges, and they
would crust over if you didn't print at least a few pages per month.
The last time, I couldn't get the cartridges to come back. I made a file
with full-sheet grids in C, M, Y, and K (offset so I could see them
individually), and printed that a bunch of times. No dice.

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