Recent content by DavoC770

Hi All, I have disabled the black cartridge ink level indicator on my HP cp1160 printer as per instructions in the user manual, the question is: How do you reset it so that it will resume indicating ink levels? Will it automatically reset when a new cart is installed? There is no indication that...

Well, I got a reply to my questions, here's my e-mail and the response: Thank you for your email. Our resettable chips do not reset the expiry date as this information is contained in a highly complex algorithm which has not been decoded. Therefore the No 14 chips have an expiry date of...

Thanks for your reply, Grandad - good news about water temp not harming carts. A very timely reminder about the dangers of hot water.

Wow! Grandad, what a great post about cleaning Canon BCI-6 carts! I have a Canon that uses them and the cleaning method you have posted knocks my socks off! Yes, it's not about saving money in a lot of cases, it's the challenge of tinkering and finding a solution. I don't really use enough ink...

Thanks Grandad, Didn't get a chance until just before I logged back into here to do some searching. Found those sites and a lot more but the biggest problem is going to be that the printer will refuse to work when the cart expiry date is reached. However, I found a bunch in UK...

Hi All, HP 14 carts are very expensive here in Oz, I would like to refill mine but the carts have a chip in them that communicates with the printer (mine is a cp1160) so that when the cart is empty the printer still says that cart is empty after you refill it. I know you can disable the 'cart...