Resetting Cartridge Ink Levels
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Resetting Cartridge Ink Levels
by Barry Shultz...mostly :-)
On some HP printers including the HP 700 Series and many 800 series printers 3 years or older you can reset the cartridge level system by the following method.
Remove both black and color cartridges from your printer. Turn the printer
on and off 5 times. In between the on and off allow twenty seconds for the machine to power down completely. When turning the printer on allow
it to go through normal start up so that it realizes there are no cartridges.
Some HP printers retain the ID of the last 5 cartridges used (black and color).
When the printer cartridges are not present it removes the ID from the current list. After 5 times it has removed all of the IDs and therefore believes
the cartridges are now new.
The newer HP cartridges still need the tape trick. That is, selectively putting
square pieces of tape on specific places on the foil contacts. For some reason this does not work every time. If this happens you need to repeat the
procedure from step one. Many people give up if the first try is unsuccessful.
Keep at it because it will eventually reset. I don't know why some of them
are buggers. Some cartridges seem to have a mind of their own.
Same goes for Lexmark. You need the tape trick here. Ironically the same problems here as with the HP cartridges. It may not work on the first try.
For newer Epson cartridges, the skinny ones like T0346 or T048 resetting seems to take some manual dexterity. The guides on the universal
resetters are a bit sloppy and if you don't have it lined up just right the cartridge
won't reset. New guides are being shipped with the resetters but I'm still
getting calls that they can't get the cartridge lined up properly. It just
takes a little patents to get it lined up.
For Canon cartridges.....ah what can I say? Gotta love those Canons!!!
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Till next time.
Happy printing
Barry Shultz
Atlascopy, Inc.
PO Box 1292
Dover, DE. 19903
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