Warning for the new HP61 Cartridges

ian · May 10, 2011

This is a warning for anyone that is filling the new HP61 color cartridges.

I have filled a few of these cartridges and have noticed that HP are now changing the color order of the cartridges. They are swapping the Magenta and yellow on some of these cartridges. Some cartridges are Cyan, Yellow, Magenta and others are Cyan, Magenta, Yellow. if you get them wrong you will end up printing purple.

mikling · May 10, 2011

This is a neat trick to thwart remanufacturers and has been done before years ago..can't remember which ones. It looks like it springs up from time to time.

tigerwan · May 10, 2011

You might want to read this little bit on another forum, it will help.........

http://www.imagerzone.com/ForumsPro/viewtopic/t=18545.html

llama_91 · Mar 1, 2012

@Ian
I've noticed this as well, one other thing you have to look out for is te amount of ink to put into them, the standard capacity hp 61's barely hold 1ml per colour without leaking. They can physically hold about 3 or 4ml until coming back out of the top, but be cautious. 1.5ml per colour max.

The 61xl cartridges take about 14ml per black cartridge and 3ml each colour on the colours. The black ones do vary on amounts though.

I hope this helps!

BGold · Mar 18, 2012

hi! I have an HP DeskJet 1055 which uses HP 61 cartridges.
I think the black uses pigmented ink.
but I used a "universal" black refill kit (NCR from Walgreens)
which I'm guessing is dye-based since its "universal"

black printing seems fine.

2 questions - with different assumptions:

1. (if I don't refill/print color anymore) can i refill with black pigmented ink? can i get away with just cleaning the printhead or must I fill the whole cartridge up with cleaning solvent (came with my kit)? or am i stuck with black dye-only now for this printer?

2. (if I do want to refill my dye-based color) a. will this dye black still 'work" with color printing?
b. and/or can I go back to pigment black?

Thanks in advance...

ian · Mar 30, 2012

Hi, BGold.

The first thing you need to know is this. You can use die based ink to replace pigmented ink without any problems, you can not go the other way around or you will block your print head. The second thing you need to know is the new printers today use the color cartridges to print the grays in your black text. so if you fill your color cartridge with black ink you will lose your grays in your printing and it will look like crap.

Hope this helps.

BGold · Apr 1, 2012

Thanks for your response. So the black dye in my black pigment cartridge works fine. So I can't go back to pigment in that originally-pigment cartridge? Just (still) curious.
thanks

Ink Refill Kit King · Apr 26, 2012

If the print quality for your black is okay now, while using dye based black ink, stay with it. The dye black ink will probably work better for you if you refill the cartridges yourself. I would not switch back if the print quality is ok.

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