I have a HP PSC-1507 which uses the HP 92 and 93 cartridges. I have recently started refilling the cartridges, and for the most part, it has gone pretty well. I am using color ink purchased from FullerInkJets, an e-bay supplier, and am having good printing results.
(As an aside, I also purchased pigmented black ink from FullerInkJets which did not produce good results at all. The ink bled into the paper and produced a very fuzzy copy. So I switched to another internet supplier, Printer Filling Station, and have printing results equivalent to the HP Vivera ink. I plan to switch to them for the color ink too.)
My problem is how to avoid overfilling the color cartridge. The 93 cartridge holds very little ink. The instructions I have say to use 1.0 to 1.5 cc per color. Today, the red ran out so I filled the red chamber with 1.5 cc. OK so far. Then I filled the blue and yellow chambers with approx 1.25 cc. But since these chambers still had some ink in them, I evidently overfilled them. Ink ran out the jets and muddied the print head. After I cleaned the print head up and inserted the cartridge in the printer, the cleaning cycle wiping blade sprayed ink on the inside of the cover.
The cartridge prints ok, and it doesn't appear to be still leaking. But I'd like to avoid this problem in the future. What is the best procedure for handling this problem? Should I underfill the other two chambers? Should I watch closely and continue to fill until ink starts coming out the jets, then use the syringe to remove a little ink from the cartridge?
Your experience with this will be very helpful.
Thanks,
Michael
(As an aside, I also purchased pigmented black ink from FullerInkJets which did not produce good results at all. The ink bled into the paper and produced a very fuzzy copy. So I switched to another internet supplier, Printer Filling Station, and have printing results equivalent to the HP Vivera ink. I plan to switch to them for the color ink too.)
My problem is how to avoid overfilling the color cartridge. The 93 cartridge holds very little ink. The instructions I have say to use 1.0 to 1.5 cc per color. Today, the red ran out so I filled the red chamber with 1.5 cc. OK so far. Then I filled the blue and yellow chambers with approx 1.25 cc. But since these chambers still had some ink in them, I evidently overfilled them. Ink ran out the jets and muddied the print head. After I cleaned the print head up and inserted the cartridge in the printer, the cleaning cycle wiping blade sprayed ink on the inside of the cover.
The cartridge prints ok, and it doesn't appear to be still leaking. But I'd like to avoid this problem in the future. What is the best procedure for handling this problem? Should I underfill the other two chambers? Should I watch closely and continue to fill until ink starts coming out the jets, then use the syringe to remove a little ink from the cartridge?
Your experience with this will be very helpful.
Thanks,
Michael