Empty Refilled Cartridges From 5-6 Months, Can I Just Refill Them Or?

[Radeon89]

Hi all,

I have a set of refilled cartridges (PGI520 CLI521) that is empty (*) from around 5-6 months, can I just refill these cartridges or considering the long time I must do some preliminary action?
Ofc I will refill this set with the same ink used previously.

(*) with EMPTY I mean that the printer show them as empty. We know that the printers show the cartridges empty even if in the truth they are not.

Let me know

Thanks

 

[stratman]

You may be able to just refill and begin using but I recommend you flush the cartridges to ensure proper ink uptake when refilling and decrease risk of sludging from ink concretions on/in the sponges as well as any contamination (eg fungal) that would impede flow of ink during printing.

 

[Smile]

I would purge them with distilled water plus ammonia first. If they are DYE ink type then it will clean them like new