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It's used. First time starting it. It shows everything is good, albeit low ink, sits for a bit then starts making some noise then produces this error and you can only turn it off. Without cartridges installed it just waits for you to put them in until it does anything else. What do you think...

Thanks! Sounds like a great idea, but I see the point in all the steps. I know that if I put them nozzle down, they leak. Would you recommend upside down? And leave them uncovered? Actually, most of them I drilled holes on top to refill. I think I'll tape and store as you suggest in some...

Thanks. I did a new search for "starvation" only in the title and am studying up on the results. Complicated issue!

So what do you mean exactly by "ink starvation" and how do you fix it?

Well yeah I thought so too but it's full. It will either print blue properly or this faint pink. I wouldn't think it's physically jammed in there. I'd guess it's an electrical issue of a dying cartridge but idk how these things work

What are you exactly then?

This is a HP 65 cartridge. Only the blue fades. I've soaked the bottom of the cartridge in alcohol and hit water. Is this a physical or electrical issue?

I've ruled out the rubber rollers so it's gotta be some wear or defect with one of the parts in there. Just seeing if anyone might have a suggestion

Thanks! So... Don't know how I'm suddenly so bold... So this is normal then. I think I've had them in the past do this too, can't say for sure. I already did clean them and the contacts in the printers too. Okay, just checking to see if there were other tricks I could try as these cartridges...

Well my question didn't seem like a simple and popular one suitable for search engines. "what part of I don't get it.."? Huh? Don't be offended. C'mon. So you look like you got experience with these cartridges. Since I've got two printers responding the same it's probably the cartridges. Do...

These cartridges worked some months ago. Since then I've just kept them taped at the bottom with scotch tape. Both printers tested fine with these back then. What happened after all this time? Do they just die like that or could there be an issue with my printers? Is there any way to revive...

I'm about to open a couple new ones but only to use for testing so I don't want them to dry up and die prematurely. Normally I just put scotch tape on the underside on I guess the "printhead" part. Should this method suffice or do you have a better suggestion?

Hmm.. I've got a couple of those. Don't always work. The ink is already coming through though and like I said initially did but then fade shortly after. I'll try the tool then report back...

I can fill them to the top and soak the bottoms in hot water and alcohol til the cows come home but they'll still struggle to put out ink properly. Sometimes they'll start to properly then quickly fade and sometimes leave little puddles sporadically. Mind you I DO cover the holes I punctured...

thanks so much guys! It wasn't easy lol. I tried doing it without taking it apart putting paper towel under printhead flushing it, and after taking it apart and cleaning it printer had several brain farts gave error messages making me go back in and mess around some more... but last time I made...

Thanks! Is there a pic of the transparent ones around somewhere you know of? It'd help me see how these work. But this was very helpful.

"pigment" and "dye-based"... I'm not sure if that means something important but I didn't want to slow you down to ask so I just keep moving the best I can and I appreciate the mistakes I make in life as I learn, it makes the lessons stick, and I just don't absorb new info that that well with...

Interesting... So after trying to transfer JUST the magenta ink from vent section to fill side seems like all ink found some of itself back to proper place in cartridge. Idk, you tell me, but it went from blank page to this. If any of you understand what happened in the last half hour pls...

Hmm... Having trouble finding all that 5ml ink I put in them from the vent hole. So the ink must've found its way elsewhere. I've gotten some out of the bottom outlet but only maybe 1.5 ml. Is there a better place I can drill into to get it? Wish I could see inside to know how these things work...

Hey Peter, thanks for the link. Should've checked it first before I refilled. So it didn't specify which hole but I'll presume the other one, not the vent hole. So I just filled an chamber meant for air? Well I'll try to suck it out and put it in the right hole. As you can see I don't have to...