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costco refill ink cartridge service
When I was in the Burbank, CA COSTCO this a.m. I noticed a new
service that was posted in the photo dept. For $7. to $9., they will refill your ink printer cartridge with the appropriate ink. They say they will do it for you in one hour. I haven't tried the service yet, but I intend to. If anyone reading this has used the service, please let us know if you were satisfied or not! best, Aaron |
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On Sep 30, 4:02 pm, " wrote:
When I was in the Burbank, CA COSTCO this a.m. I noticed a new service that was posted in the photo dept. For $7. to $9., they will refill your ink printer cartridge with the appropriate ink. They say they will do it for you in one hour. I haven't tried the service yet, but I intend to. If anyone reading this has used the service, please let us know if you were satisfied or not! best, Aaron Never tried it as I refill my own, but you can't get hurt much for that price. What I would do as a test is weigh the carts on a digital scale before and after the filling to see how much ink they install. I assume they would fill the carts completely, but ink can be lost in final purging and testing. So I would like to know what I'm receiving. I wonder if they would fill a 42ml HP #45 cart for that price. |
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Al writes:
On Sep 30, 4:02 pm, " wrote: When I was in the Burbank, CA COSTCO this a.m. I noticed a new service that was posted in the photo dept. For $7. to $9., they will refill your ink printer cartridge with the appropriate ink. They say they will do it for you in one hour. I haven't tried the service yet, but I intend to. If anyone reading this has used the service, please let us know if you were satisfied or not! best, Aaron Never tried it as I refill my own, but you can't get hurt much for that price. What I would do as a test is weigh the carts on a digital scale before and after the filling to see how much ink they install. I assume they would fill the carts completely, but ink can be lost in final purging and testing. So I would like to know what I'm receiving. I wonder if they would fill a 42ml HP #45 cart for that price. What about the chips in the current class of HP, Canon, Epson cartridges? Will the refilled cartridges continue to work in your printers without causing any problems? Will the printers reject the cartridges after a certain number of pages printed? Thanks. -- Jeff |
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On Sep 30, 5:37 pm, (Jeffery Small) wrote:
Al writes: On Sep 30, 4:02 pm, " wrote: When I was in the Burbank, CA COSTCO this a.m. I noticed a new service that was posted in the photo dept. For $7. to $9., they will refill your ink printer cartridge with the appropriate ink. They say they will do it for you in one hour. I haven't tried the service yet, but I intend to. If anyone reading this has used the service, please let us know if you were satisfied or not! best, Aaron Never tried it as I refill my own, but you can't get hurt much for that price. What I would do as a test is weigh the carts on a digital scale before and after the filling to see how much ink they install. I assume they would fill the carts completely, but ink can be lost in final purging and testing. So I would like to know what I'm receiving. I wonder if they would fill a 42ml HP #45 cart for that price. What about the chips in the current class of HP, Canon, Epson cartridges? Will the refilled cartridges continue to work in your printers without causing any problems? Will the printers reject the cartridges after a certain number of pages printed? Thanks. -- Jeff That's a printer by printer question and somebody here can answer if you are specific. I use old printers without chips so I'm OK for now. Some printer chips can be reset and the professional refillers do that service with the job. Other printer chips only give you nags or don't allow the ink monitoring to work so you could live with a home refill if you did not purchase your own chip resetter. |
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assume they would fill the carts completely, but ink can be lost in final purging and testing. So I would like to know what I'm receiving. I wonder if they would fill a 42ml HP #45 cart for that price. Al Or a 220ml Epson cartridge. Bob AZ |
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costco refill ink cartridge service
Al wrote:
On Sep 30, 4:02 pm, " wrote: When I was in the Burbank, CA COSTCO this a.m. I noticed a new service that was posted in the photo dept. For $7. to $9., they will refill your ink printer cartridge with the appropriate ink. They say they will do it for you in one hour. I haven't tried the service yet, but I intend to. If anyone reading this has used the service, please let us know if you were satisfied or not! best, Aaron Never tried it as I refill my own, but you can't get hurt much for that price. What I would do as a test is weigh the carts on a digital scale before and after the filling to see how much ink they install. I assume they would fill the carts completely, but ink can be lost in final purging and testing. So I would like to know what I'm receiving. I wonder if they would fill a 42ml HP #45 cart for that price. $9 to refill a #45 is no deal. It takes about $2 in ink and is very easy to do yourself with the snap and fill adapter from Inksupply.com http://www.inksupply.com/snapfill45.cfm http://www.inksupply.com/partnumber....er=HP 800PT-K It's a lot quicker and cleaner then popping out the ball, and squeezing the cartridge with a clamp. The adapter covers the print head and the attached syringe is used to first collapse the foil bag inside and removes the remaining ink. Then a full charge of ink (42ml) is injected back in. This way the foil bag will always have a slight vacuum, which keeps the ink from dripping out. If you are refilling a small capacity black 21ml (45G) you can still inject a full 42 ml but remember to just reset the level indicator the first time it shows empty with out actually refilling it. I like to just write on the side of the cartridge with a fine permanent marker to make it easier to keep track of refills and resets. |
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On Oct 1, 8:39 am, tomcas wrote:
Al wrote: On Sep 30, 4:02 pm, " wrote: When I was in the Burbank, CA COSTCO this a.m. I noticed a new service that was posted in the photo dept. For $7. to $9., they will refill your ink printer cartridge with the appropriate ink. They say they will do it for you in one hour. I haven't tried the service yet, but I intend to. If anyone reading this has used the service, please let us know if you were satisfied or not! best, Aaron Never tried it as I refill my own, but you can't get hurt much for that price. What I would do as a test is weigh the carts on a digital scale before and after the filling to see how much ink they install. I assume they would fill the carts completely, but ink can be lost in final purging and testing. So I would like to know what I'm receiving. I wonder if they would fill a 42ml HP #45 cart for that price. $9 to refill a #45 is no deal. It takes about $2 in ink and is very easy to do yourself with the snap and fill adapter from Inksupply.comhttp://www.inksupply.com/snapfill45.cfmhttp://www.inksupply.com/partnumber.cfm?action=search&search_part_num... It's a lot quicker and cleaner then popping out the ball, and squeezing the cartridge with a clamp. The adapter covers the print head and the attached syringe is used to first collapse the foil bag inside and removes the remaining ink. Then a full charge of ink (42ml) is injected back in. This way the foil bag will always have a slight vacuum, which keeps the ink from dripping out. If you are refilling a small capacity black 21ml (45G) you can still inject a full 42 ml but remember to just reset the level indicator the first time it shows empty with out actually refilling it. I like to just write on the side of the cartridge with a fine permanent marker to make it easier to keep track of refills and resets. The price of $7-9 for the 1.5 oz. of ink in the #45 is not too bad when somebody else is doing the refill. Ink can cost up to $4/oz. I buy cheaper bulk ink myself. I wish I had one of those ink fill adapters. I have my own system. When I remove the fill ball at the bottom, I tap the hole and taper the edge. Then I close it up with a tapered machine screw. I have used hot melt glue, but this screw is the surest leak free method for me. My method takes a little time, but I use those carts for so many repeat fills that it still pays. PS. 21ml is nowhere close to 45g. |
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Al wrote:
On Oct 1, 8:39 am, tomcas wrote: Al wrote: On Sep 30, 4:02 pm, " wrote: When I was in the Burbank, CA COSTCO this a.m. I noticed a new service that was posted in the photo dept. For $7. to $9., they will refill your ink printer cartridge with the appropriate ink. They say they will do it for you in one hour. I haven't tried the service yet, but I intend to. If anyone reading this has used the service, please let us know if you were satisfied or not! best, Aaron Never tried it as I refill my own, but you can't get hurt much for that price. What I would do as a test is weigh the carts on a digital scale before and after the filling to see how much ink they install. I assume they would fill the carts completely, but ink can be lost in final purging and testing. So I would like to know what I'm receiving. I wonder if they would fill a 42ml HP #45 cart for that price. $9 to refill a #45 is no deal. It takes about $2 in ink and is very easy to do yourself with the snap and fill adapter from Inksupply.comhttp://www.inksupply.com/snapfill45.cfmhttp://www.inksupply.com/partnumber.cfm?action=search&search_part_num... It's a lot quicker and cleaner then popping out the ball, and squeezing the cartridge with a clamp. The adapter covers the print head and the attached syringe is used to first collapse the foil bag inside and removes the remaining ink. Then a full charge of ink (42ml) is injected back in. This way the foil bag will always have a slight vacuum, which keeps the ink from dripping out. If you are refilling a small capacity black 21ml (45G) you can still inject a full 42 ml but remember to just reset the level indicator the first time it shows empty with out actually refilling it. I like to just write on the side of the cartridge with a fine permanent marker to make it easier to keep track of refills and resets. The price of $7-9 for the 1.5 oz. of ink in the #45 is not too bad when somebody else is doing the refill. Ink can cost up to $4/oz. I buy cheaper bulk ink myself. I wish I had one of those ink fill adapters. I have my own system. When I remove the fill ball at the bottom, I tap the hole and taper the edge. Then I close it up with a tapered machine screw. I have used hot melt glue, but this screw is the surest leak free method for me. My method takes a little time, but I use those carts for so many repeat fills that it still pays. PS. 21ml is nowhere close to 45g. High quality OEM ink from MIS costs $0.67 per fl oz. HP CARTRIDGE number 45G (not 45 grams) is 21 ml (volume). If you are saying 21ml is no where close to 45 grams you are correct. In fact liquids having a specific gravity of 1.0 weigh 1 gram (g) for every 1 milliliter (ml) of volume. |
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Joel wrote:
Al wrote: The price of $7-9 for the 1.5 oz. of ink in the #45 is not too bad when somebody else is doing the refill. Ink can cost up to $4/oz. I buy cheaper bulk ink myself. I wish I had one of those ink fill adapters. I have my own system. When I remove the fill ball at the bottom, I tap the hole and taper the edge. Then I close it up with a tapered machine screw. I have used hot melt glue, but this screw is the surest leak free method for me. My method takes a little time, but I use those carts for so many repeat fills that it still pays. PS. 21ml is nowhere close to 45g. Are you sure it would cost around $4 to refill ourselves. I don't count but I paid around $20-25 (don't remember) for 6 bottles of ink for my Epson RX680, and I have refilled somewhere around more/less 10 times and most of them still have around 1/2 left, and the Yellow has around 1/3 left, the Light M has around 2/5 left. And I am using the clear refillable ink catridges without foam inside. Ohhh.. I think you mean $4 per OZ of ink *not* $4 per refill. I think you are right. And *if* you use the refillable ink cartridge then it's much easier to refill, and you don't need to take your time as the old needle method. Cuz. - The refillable ink catridge is a special clear ink cartridge with no foam inside. Or you can see think ink level inside. - The catridge has 2 holes and comes with PLUG - All you need to do is a. getting ink in the syringe (no needle) b. Push the end of syringe into one hole firmly c. Instead of pumping ink into the cartridge you PULL the flunger to create VACUMM, lets go of the flunger and the vacumm inside the catridge will suck the ink in equal the air being sucked out. And you can use the catridge right away without having to wait, and there should be no bubble issue. Or no cleaning needed The subject cartridge is the standard HP#45. It uses a foil bag and there isn't any foam. When refilled with a snap and fill refilling adapter no holes or needles are required. A syringe is attached to the adapter which fits over the print head nozzles and is used to suck out all of the air from the foil bag. Then the syringe is filled with ink and then re-connected to the adapter to inject the ink thru the print head nozzles. An extraction of a small amount of ink at the end of the refill process is what creates the vacuum. It cost $0.67 per fluid ounce which is $2.13 for a 42cc HP #45 cartridge. |
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Joel wrote:
tomcas wrote: Joel wrote: Al wrote: The price of $7-9 for the 1.5 oz. of ink in the #45 is not too bad when somebody else is doing the refill. Ink can cost up to $4/oz. I buy cheaper bulk ink myself. I wish I had one of those ink fill adapters. I have my own system. When I remove the fill ball at the bottom, I tap the hole and taper the edge. Then I close it up with a tapered machine screw. I have used hot melt glue, but this screw is the surest leak free method for me. My method takes a little time, but I use those carts for so many repeat fills that it still pays. PS. 21ml is nowhere close to 45g. Are you sure it would cost around $4 to refill ourselves. I don't count but I paid around $20-25 (don't remember) for 6 bottles of ink for my Epson RX680, and I have refilled somewhere around more/less 10 times and most of them still have around 1/2 left, and the Yellow has around 1/3 left, the Light M has around 2/5 left. And I am using the clear refillable ink catridges without foam inside. Ohhh.. I think you mean $4 per OZ of ink *not* $4 per refill. I think you are right. And *if* you use the refillable ink cartridge then it's much easier to refill, and you don't need to take your time as the old needle method. Cuz. - The refillable ink catridge is a special clear ink cartridge with no foam inside. Or you can see think ink level inside. - The catridge has 2 holes and comes with PLUG - All you need to do is a. getting ink in the syringe (no needle) b. Push the end of syringe into one hole firmly c. Instead of pumping ink into the cartridge you PULL the flunger to create VACUMM, lets go of the flunger and the vacumm inside the catridge will suck the ink in equal the air being sucked out. And you can use the catridge right away without having to wait, and there should be no bubble issue. Or no cleaning needed The subject cartridge is the standard HP#45. It uses a foil bag and there isn't any foam. When refilled with a snap and fill refilling adapter no holes or needles are required. A syringe is attached to the adapter which fits over the print head nozzles and is used to suck out all of the air from the foil bag. Then the syringe is filled with ink and then re-connected to the adapter to inject the ink thru the print head nozzles. An extraction of a small amount of ink at the end of the refill process is what creates the vacuum. It cost $0.67 per fluid ounce which is $2.13 for a 42cc HP #45 cartridge. It sounds like HP has different design than Epson which has foam inside, and after 3-4 fills the ink probably dry out inside the cartridge so you will get much fewer print. And most people replace the catridge with a newer one after 2-3 refills. Most HP printers that are using the #45 black use a color cartridge that does use foam. I wouldn't say the foam dries out but you are correct that you only get about 3 refill with the color as opposed to 6 or more on the black cartridge that uses the thin foil bag. The thing that eventually kills either color or black is the burning out of the resistors which is more likely caused by plugging of the nozzles. |
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