I bought the set for my printer which uses hp 61. Only time I get something to print is after I cleaned the heads but nothing after that
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Did you apply tape to the top of the cartridge after you refilled it? I made that mistake and had blocked the vent hole on the top (it's forward of the refilling hole). Removed the tape from the vent, and it worked great after that.
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I had the same problem because my cartridges were all dried up...too old. Here is how I revived them and was, quite frankly, amazed they came back. First, I put about 1/2" of 91% rubbing alcohol in a plastic tub (like a butter tub or a cottage cheese tub). I set the cartridges in this alcohol for a day...just let them soak. I then rubbed them clean with a soft sponge and let them soak a little more. --an hour or so...then took them out and put the holes side to a vacuum cleaner hose with the vacuum on full blast. Hold the cartridge in your hand, make like a fist around it and suck the cartridge. This pulls the goop out of the holes. Now, fill the cartridge as per instructions and put them back int eh printer and run the print had cleaner several times. If you are still getting crappy prints, do a short soak in the alcohol about five minutes and then vacuum again and repeat the head cleaner cycle. This should do the trick. If not, your cartridges are too far gone. What pleased me about the kit is, my cartridges have never performed as well or printed so long. The kit provides enough stuff to refill them dozens of times. Also, never let your cartridges go very long without color printing or b&w printing..about a week at most. They can dry out and this is what kills a lot of cartridges. Even if you have to go ahead and buy a new set of cartridges, the kit is well worth it. You will see with your first refilling. If you take care of your cartridges, and refill them at the first sign they are getting weak, I can bet you will never again pay $35.00 or $50.00 for a stupid cartridge set that only lasts ten weeks.
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I would suggest going to youtube and searching, that is where I found a couple guys that had good videos and walked you thru it, my 88s are working well aside from the fact that my cartridges are "past date" so looking to get some newer ones just to stop that issue. But try the youtube thing!
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Yes that's what I found also. I'm not sure if the "pads"inside the cartridge dried out very quickly or what, but I used 2 sets of the cartridges (color/black) & they worked fine. After that the other cartridges didn't work. Cleaned them etc. Still nothing. They printed for the test print, but wouldn't print anything else.
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According to the print cartridges that came with the printer, you need HP 61 black and 61 tricolor. I recommend getting the 61XL if you do a lot of printing.
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Almost certainly your printer has a dirty or clogged print head on one of the cartridges. Use the utilities to assist in diagnosing the problem. Regards, Bill
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I was having this same problem, I have purchased 3 Kodak printers it has been the same problem with all of them its your printer head and they can cost as much as a new printer after the 3rd one I threw it out and bought me a HP printer they are the best.
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I am not certain about this model but several earlier models of HP printers that I have had would NOT print when any ink cartridge was empty. I am away from my printer for a few weeks now but I'll test it when I get back.
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I could not get the print heads to work and my HP Office Jet 8500Pro is siting idle. I could not find a way to make it work. I spent hours withHP tech Support and they could not help, they suspect that the print heads are defective, I wish you can help.Dov Novick at: m34fun@yahoo.com
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If you run a supplies status page from your HP printer it will print you out all the model numbers you need for cartridges, fuser, transfer kit etc. and show you how much life is left in each. My advise would be to stick with 100% HP parts. You can also check with HP directly.
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I think it would depend if you are talking about a regular typed page or something requiring an excessive amount of ink. Also, are you sure your cartridge is not expired and actually drying up? Several variables? Is it exceptionally hot where your printer is located?? You might google HP 61 and see if it tells you how many "normal" pages of typing you should get? Hope this may help??
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You can try cleaning the print heads (google the model of your printer along with "cleaning print heads" and you should be able to find instructions") and try a better quality ink. It may or may not work. It did not work for me. I ended up having to replace my printer after using this poor quality ink. Good luck to you!
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Oh my I had the opposite problem! I was getting the ink system failure message before which made me consider a new printhead. I didn't know Amazon had them so I've ordered a new printer. Since it didn't help you maybe it wouldn't work for me. The reason for my problem-using remanufactured non OEM ink, the black cartridge was leaky. I thought it would be alright after wiping off and I did print some pgs. The problem was when I tried again about a month later..that's when I got the "ink system failure" msg and nothing I did took it away!
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I am assuming that you have tried to clean the print heads. This happened to me, and in the end I had to return the printer. It was under warranty and was replaced by Epson.
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Cartridges dry up if not repeatedly used. This is problem with HP printers. You probably need new ink cartridges or you can try removing them and cleaning with Q-tip of tissue with small amount of warm water. Let them dry a few minutes and restart Printer. If it doesn't work get new cartridges. Sorry about the bad news. I have a HP printer also.
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FWIW -- I bought a set for my HP Deskjet F4480. They were seemingly rejected by the printer. They wouldn't work at all. I pitched them and learned a lesson. Now when I print something, I use the smallest font available and I keep it in "black only" unless color is required. Hope that helps
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They worked fine in my HP6500 also. Have been using them for several weeks with no problem.
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I had same exact problem, Office Max told me printer heads need cleaned. You have to take it semi apart to pull out heads.. Very frustrating..
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I bought a set here (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00286DAV0/ref=ox_ya_os_product) and they worked out great. I only had to shave off a small bit of the plastic the inner ring og one of the cartridges so it would sit nicely.
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make sure all plastic and wrapping is off each cartridge and if still not recognized then go to settings on ur printer and preform Maintenance, it should clean everything and it will help it read the cartridges.