Refilling Toner Carts (was RE: Rubber Restorer...)

From: Marvin Johnston <marvin_at_rain.org>
Date: Wed Nov 7 16:08:11 2001

Lawrence Walker wrote:
>
> To take this a bit further off-topic, has anyone rejuvenated inkjet cartridges ?
> I have an HP Inkjet 500 that I bought a Ko.Rec.Type refill kit for. I refilled the
> cartridge some time ago and it has worked fine untill recently when after a
> period of inactivity it stopped printing even tho the cartridge is still 1/2 full. I
> can only imagine that a solid has plugged the output. Would it be possible to
> empty the cartidge and flush it out with some sort of solvent ?

I've heard that a drop of 409 cleaner on the print head will disolve the
dried ink enough that it will again be workable. I haven't tried it but
I do trust the person who did try it and told me about it. I think he
said the sitting time ranged between a few minutes and perhaps 20
minutes. And this also worked on a cartridge that had been plugged for a
few months and just sitting around. YMMV
Received on Wed Nov 07 2001 - 16:08:11 GMT