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can I refill my ink jet cartridge with water or alcohol?
My work provided a color printer for me. They will pay for black ink
ONLY. The problem is although I only print with black ink, it still uses the color ink very slowly. My work will NOT pay for the color inks. Now my printer stopped working because the color ink ran out after several month of use. I'm tempted to refill the color inks with either water or alcohol since since I never print with color anyway. So my question is, can I refill these color ink cartridges with either water or alcohol? I'm not planning to print with the color, it's just so my printer thinks there is ink and it will print in black. |
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can I refill my ink jet cartridge with water or alcohol?
From: "Stan"
My work provided a color printer for me. They will pay for black ink ONLY. The problem is although I only print with black ink, it still uses the color ink very slowly. My work will NOT pay for the color inks. Now my printer stopped working because the color ink ran out after several month of use. I'm tempted to refill the color inks with either water or alcohol since since I never print with color anyway. So my question is, can I refill these color ink cartridges with either water or alcohol? I'm not planning to print with the color, it's just so my printer thinks there is ink and it will print in black. LOL Just buy the bloody cart's. -- Dave Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |
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can I refill my ink jet cartridge with water or alcohol?
Stan writes:
My work provided a color printer for me. They will pay for black ink ONLY. The problem is although I only print with black ink, it still uses the color ink very slowly. My work will NOT pay for the color inks. Now my printer stopped working because the color ink ran out after several month of use. I'm tempted to refill the color inks with either water or alcohol since since I never print with color anyway. So my question is, can I refill these color ink cartridges with either water or alcohol? I'm not planning to print with the color, it's just so my printer thinks there is ink and it will print in black. What printer are you using? Perhaps there is a chance to select a true black mode. I know about Canon printers, but not other brands. -- Gernot Hassenpflug |
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can I refill my ink jet cartridge with water or alcohol?
"Stan" wrote in message ... My work provided a color printer for me. They will pay for black ink ONLY. The problem is although I only print with black ink, it still uses the color ink very slowly. My work will NOT pay for the color inks. Now my printer stopped working because the color ink ran out after several month of use. I'm tempted to refill the color inks with either water or alcohol since since I never print with color anyway. So my question is, can I refill these color ink cartridges with either water or alcohol? I'm not planning to print with the color, it's just so my printer thinks there is ink and it will print in black. Set for black only (still uses color but at a slower rate). I know Epson will use color ink and is set up to do so to protect the head. AN EPSON PRINTER WILL NOT PRINT WITHOUT COLOR INK CARTS USING COLOR INK. If you ask properly they will tell you that and the 'reason' Does the printer belong to you or the company? If the latter the company is paying only for part of the cost. |
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can I refill my ink jet cartridge with water or alcohol?
"NotMe" wrote in message ...
"Stan" wrote in message ... My work provided a color printer for me. They will pay for black ink ONLY. The problem is although I only print with black ink, it still uses the color ink very slowly. My work will NOT pay for the color inks. Now my printer stopped working because the color ink ran out after several month of use. I'm tempted to refill the color inks with either water or alcohol since since I never print with color anyway. So my question is, can I refill these color ink cartridges with either water or alcohol? I'm not planning to print with the color, it's just so my printer thinks there is ink and it will print in black. Set for black only (still uses color but at a slower rate). I know Epson will use color ink and is set up to do so to protect the head. AN EPSON PRINTER WILL NOT PRINT WITHOUT COLOR INK CARTS USING COLOR INK. If you ask properly they will tell you that and the 'reason' Does the printer belong to you or the company? If the latter the company is paying only for part of the cost. When a cleaning cartridge is made one can fill it with a 90% isopropyl alcohol / 10% ammonia solution to help clear the heads on an Epson. I've done that as well when I'm putting a printer in storage for awhile. One will also have to reset the chip on the cartridge so the firmware on the printer sees it as 'full'. -- Jan Alter |
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can I refill my ink jet cartridge with water or alcohol?
Stan wrote: My work provided a color printer for me. They will pay for black ink ONLY. The problem is although I only print with black ink, it still uses the color ink very slowly. My work will NOT pay for the color inks. Now my printer stopped working because the color ink ran out after several month of use. I'm tempted to refill the color inks with either water or alcohol since since I never print with color anyway. So my question is, can I refill these color ink cartridges with either water or alcohol? I'm not planning to print with the color, it's just so my printer thinks there is ink and it will print in black. Tell them " I want a laser printer,....and you can take this piece of junk back or I QUIT " |
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can I refill my ink jet cartridge with water or alcohol?
On Jan 18, 9:12*pm, "NotMe" wrote:
"Stan" wrote in message ... My work provided a color printer for me. *They will pay for black ink ONLY. *The problem is although I only print with black ink, it still uses the color ink very slowly. *My work will NOT pay for the color inks. *Now my printer stopped working because the color ink ran out after several month of use. *I'm tempted to refill the color inks with either water or alcohol since since I never print with color anyway. So my question is, can I refill these color ink cartridges with either water or alcohol? *I'm not planning to print with the color, it's just so my printer thinks there is ink and it will print in black. Set for black only (still uses color but at a slower rate). *I know Epson will use color ink and is set up to do so to protect the head. *AN EPSON PRINTER WILL NOT PRINT WITHOUT COLOR INK CARTS USING COLOR INK. *If you ask properly they will tell you that and the 'reason' Does the printer belong to you or the company? If the latter the company is paying only for part of the cost. My company will pay for new print heads, but not new color cartridges. I was desperate for the printer to work and just refilled it with water. I will post again if my printer messes up. For now, it works fine and I'm only printing in black and while. However, the printer does prime in color when I turn it on. |
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can I refill my ink jet cartridge with water or alcohol?
On 1/18/2012 5:42 PM, Gernot Hassenpflug wrote:
You did not tell us what your printer is. Without that information, it isn't possible to help you very precisely. However, I can answer if it is like my own Hewlett-Packard inkjet printers. In my HP control routine, there is a setting for black-only. This stops the printer from sucking out your wildly expensive color ink all the time. I think that it's the color ink that runs most deeply into the pockets of HP's CEO. Why, with a stash of money like that, you might believe that she'd be so wealthy that she could almost run for Governor of California. Setting the printer control routine like this is especially helpful. The color cartridges can be pretty difficult to fill, especially if the refill ink that you use is lousy and wrecks your cartridges. There's a certain outfit that's doing business under the names of 20 former ink suppliers who they bought, and their ink ruined almost all of my HP color cartridges. They're in Los Angeles, and if you go to one of these fake fronts, you'll think that you're doing business with a little company in Canada. I got suckered because people right here on this forum were pleased with the ink from this Canadian outfit. They didn't know about the switcheroo, and I didn't either until one of their employees explained some of this much later, to me. If you notice that a certain ink site has too much in common with another ink site, don't walk: run, to a competitor who looks completely different. Refilling black is easy. Refilling the 3-color carts can be a real pain, even more so when they don't work after all the trouble. I found two Korean brands, InkTec and their own off-brand, to be fine. There are more which are trustworthy, but I don't know who they are. Richard |
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can I refill my ink jet cartridge with water or alcohol?
On Jan 21, 5:31*pm, Richard Steinfeld
wrote: On 1/18/2012 5:42 PM, Gernot Hassenpflug wrote: You did not tell us what your printer is. Without that information, it isn't possible to help you very precisely. However, I can answer if it is like my own Hewlett-Packard inkjet printers. In my HP control routine, there is a setting for black-only. This stops the printer from sucking out your wildly expensive color ink all the time. I think that it's the color ink that runs most deeply into the pockets of HP's CEO. Why, with a stash of money like that, you might believe that she'd be so wealthy that she could almost run for Governor of California. Setting the printer control routine like this is especially helpful. The color cartridges can be pretty difficult to fill, especially if the refill ink that you use is lousy and wrecks your cartridges. There's a certain outfit that's doing business under the names of 20 former ink suppliers who they bought, and their ink ruined almost all of my HP color cartridges. They're in Los Angeles, and if you go to one of these fake fronts, you'll think that you're doing business with a little company in Canada. I got suckered because people right here on this forum were pleased with the ink from this Canadian outfit. They didn't know about the switcheroo, and I didn't either until one of their employees explained some of this much later, to me. If you notice that a certain ink site has too much in common with another ink site, don't walk: run, to a competitor who looks completely different. Refilling black is easy. Refilling the 3-color carts can be a real pain, even more so when they don't work after all the trouble. I found two Korean brands, InkTec and their own off-brand, to be fine. There are more which are trustworthy, but I don't know who they are. Richard Sorry Richard, I haven't log on for a while. here is the info you asked for... Model Number: C8192A Model Description: HP OFFICEJET PRO L7780 ALL |
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can I refill my ink jet cartridge with water or alcohol?
On Jan 21, 5:31*pm, Richard Steinfeld
wrote: On 1/18/2012 5:42 PM, Gernot Hassenpflug wrote: You did not tell us what your printer is. Without that information, it isn't possible to help you very precisely. However, I can answer if it is like my own Hewlett-Packard inkjet printers. In my HP control routine, there is a setting for black-only. This stops the printer from sucking out your wildly expensive color ink all the time. I think that it's the color ink that runs most deeply into the pockets of HP's CEO. Why, with a stash of money like that, you might believe that she'd be so wealthy that she could almost run for Governor of California. Setting the printer control routine like this is especially helpful. The color cartridges can be pretty difficult to fill, especially if the refill ink that you use is lousy and wrecks your cartridges. There's a certain outfit that's doing business under the names of 20 former ink suppliers who they bought, and their ink ruined almost all of my HP color cartridges. They're in Los Angeles, and if you go to one of these fake fronts, you'll think that you're doing business with a little company in Canada. I got suckered because people right here on this forum were pleased with the ink from this Canadian outfit. They didn't know about the switcheroo, and I didn't either until one of their employees explained some of this much later, to me. If you notice that a certain ink site has too much in common with another ink site, don't walk: run, to a competitor who looks completely different. Refilling black is easy. Refilling the 3-color carts can be a real pain, even more so when they don't work after all the trouble. I found two Korean brands, InkTec and their own off-brand, to be fine. There are more which are trustworthy, but I don't know who they are. Richard Sorry Richard, I haven't log on for a while. here is the info you asked for... Model Number: C8192A Model Description:HP OFFICEJET PRO L7780 ALL BTY - so far the printer still works fine. I will post again in a few months if it still works. |
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