How hard is it to inject the ink and when will I know it is full? I have the 920 HP Color (skinny cartridges) to fill up.
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The directions tell you how much to put in. But I just fill it up slowly until it starts to come out other end....messy, but works great. It's not hard to fill the containers, just make sure you are putting it in the right spot. Again, directions make it very clear where to fill up container....there should be a hole opening under the label on the edge.
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normally, after refill, you need to go to the feature " tools" then "cleaning the cartridge", then the ink flows immediately
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It's not hard at all. Be careful and ware gloves. The ink will stain. Slowly inject the ink until a little drop is noticed around the injection area then suck a little back out with the syringe and easy as that your done.
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it isn't difficult to inject the ink, just use a drill with proper sized bit to remove the white plastic "bubble", fill the syringe once completely full, and slowly add the ink to the cartridge, then refill the syringe again about 1/2 way, and again slowly fill the cartridge. Once the ink starts to bubble over the hole you are filling, stop, wipe up the excess, and put the sticker over the hole. Flip over the ink cartridge, only if you let the cartridge sit for a while, and add a little to the sponge at the bottom, this will clear any dried ink that may be there. After that, do a couple of print head cleanings, and it should work fine. it isn't difficult to inject the ink, just use a drill with proper sized bit to remove the white plastic "bubble", fill the syringe once completely full, and slowly add the ink to the cartridge, then refill the syringe again about 1/2 way, and again slowly fill the cartridge. Once the ink starts to bubble over the hole you are filling, stop, wipe up the excess, and put the sticker over the hole. Flip over the ink cartridge, only if you let the cartridge sit for a while, and add a little to the sponge at the bottom, this will clear any dried ink that may be there. After that, do a... » Read More it isn't difficult to inject the ink, just use a drill with proper sized bit to remove the white plastic "bubble", fill the syringe once completely full, and slowly add the ink to the cartridge, then refill the syringe again about 1/2 way, and again slowly fill the cartridge. Once the ink starts to bubble over the hole you are filling, stop, wipe up the excess, and put the sticker over the hole. Flip over the ink cartridge, only if you let the cartridge sit for a while, and add a little to the sponge at the bottom, this will clear any dried ink that may be there. After that, do a couple of print head cleanings, and it should work fine. « Show Less
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With the ink kit you will have a disposable syringe (they can be purchased at a pharmacy for 25 cents) for each color. Peel back the HP label on the cartridge and you will see hole where you will inject the ink. Fill the syringe and slowly, very slowly inject the ink. As soon as it looks like the ink is starting to bubble out of the hole, stop. Put the label back on, set the cartridge in a position so the ink will flow to the sponge pad. For the 920 you can dab a wet paper towel (distilled or pure water is best) on the sponge until ink flows. Then you are all set. Remember, less is better than more, and make sure the top label is sealed. You should get ink on the towel which indicates ink is flowing. If not, wait several hours or up to a day. The 920's work very well for this job. Also, if you can, take out your print head and clean it. There are videos on You Tube that show you how to do this. Good luck, hope this helps.
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1. This is the FAT cartridge. If you need the SKINNY black one, you will want to order the HP 564 Photo Original Ink Cartridge. 2. If the cartridge says "XL" there is more ink in it. If it doesn't say XL, it contains a normal amount of ink.Hope this clears up some of HP's cartridge confusion.
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if there are places to inject new ink on your cartridge yes. i have an hp printer.
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My hp 3100 does it self. I did have one cartridge that I think I overfilled. that I could not get to work again.I would try restart and try sucking a few drops out. I now fill til I see a drop then pull back a little. You can try cleaning it also, nut I think putting too much in messes them up permanently. You may mess one up now and then, but when you get the hang of it, you will save a fortune, if you print as much as I do. I make my own fliers for my small business.
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John, In the kit there are some syringes carefully suck up some of the ink into the syringe and slowly inject it into the top of the ink cartridge until the cartridge is full you can not tell until it over flows unless your cartridge is of the clear type. Prior to filling the ink though you might want to drill and enlarge the entry hole with a small drill bit this will allow air to escape while your injecting the ink. After your finished filling the cartridge I found it a good idea to place some tape over the hole to keep ink from spilling and to prevent evaporation.Hope this helps!
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Depends on the cartridge capacity. I used one tube of ink to fill my large capacity cartridge.
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If you go to INKSUPPLY.COM you can find instructions for filling ink cartridges, ink supplies for your specific printer, syringes and other related supplies that will allow you to fill your cartridges. Never allow the cartridges to drop below 1/4 full, the sponge will dry up making the cartridge useless.I hope this helps.sgn
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I bought this 4 a HP 4620 series. I filed the hyprodermic cylenders stright frpm the bottoes. Injected the ink into soft pad on bottom of cartage. (Cartage doesn't hold quite as much ink as injection cylender.) After the first use label the cylenders as to the color used. Clean immeditally after use under running water. It can get to be somewhat messy job. Carefully is the key word.
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If you print a couple pages a day you will be buying ink every few weeks. It drains it. I have had many HP printers and never has one used ink the way this one does.
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I was just speaking with an HP sales rep @ OfficeMax this afternoon. I don't know about the cables, but he finally admitted to me that the 4 ink cartridges that come with the printer (black, red, yellow, blue) are indeed full size cartridges (the plastic part) but HP doesn't FILL them up for inclusion with new printers. You can consider the ink a "starter pak". He couldn't/wouldn't tell me if they were 1/2 full, or 1/3 full, or less...but that they were "enough to get started". I've decided NOT to purchase a new HP printer. When I have finally gotten tired of purchasing cartridge after cartridge after cartridge, and never getting the advertised yield of pages from any of them, I will search for a new printer from someone else. HP doesn't work for my loyalty as they once did.
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110% agree. I have printed about 50-100 (and that is a high estimate) pages with very little color and I am already getting one of the ink wells is empty messages every time try to print.
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Although I didn't measure the ink itself, as that would require draining and wasting a cartridge, I can tell you the actual ink compartment measures exactly 1cm x 2.5cm x 3cm. It is full. There is also an adjoining compartment that has a sponge soaked with the ink. From this it's a little math to determine volume...
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When you open the HP Printer door, the cartridges automatically go to the left. You don't pull them out the cartridges, you push each cartridge in. Starting with the black one, push it in and if you want push the new one in one at a time. The next one is yellow - same - blue - and magenta. If done right, you shouldn't get ink on your hands. Hope that helps
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If you have a continuous ink system you just put right in the ink reservoir. You can also put it into a cartridge but only in measure amount otherwise the cartridge may leak. You may also need to reset the chip on the cartridge or it will keep saying the ink levels are low despite plenty of ink in it.
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It comes with 'starter' cartridges which are about half full. HP makes a large portion of its profits from ink sales. I'd suggest a different brand of printer.
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Some of these don't read to say the ink is full but they still print out just fine. There are several things you can do by following the directions with your printer to get them to show your ink is full.
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Thats the exact ink cartridge my HP printer takes, and it worked fine! Please note (this was very frustrating to discover) that ink cartridges have a computer chip in them and are pre-programmed for how much ink was originally in it. It won't read a refill of ink. You can override the warnings that printer ink is low for only so long-- i was only able to refill my cartridge once before my computer refused to use the cartridge. I bought a new cartridge and plan to only refill each cartridge once. Still saves a ton of money, though!!