Refill Inkjet Printer Cartridges 

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Pro tip: insert empty syringe into cartridge first and pull the plunger up to create a vacuum inside the cartridge, you should then be able to inject the new ink much easier with less mess! Hope this helps everyone! 😊

Thank you for this valuable information. HP is a really big scam. I just canceled my subscription, and they told me that I cannot you the 4 filled cartridges that are installed in the printer and that I have to buy new ones from the story. I got a message in the printer that I could not print any page. This company is a big scam and needs to be exposed because to their practices.

A HUGE THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS ON YOU TUBE! I COUDN'T AGREE MORE ABOUT HP's price gouge ink scam. I refuse to pay their outrageous prices for ink. They also block 3rd party cartridges when their printers are updated, so make sure to not update, and disable updates if using other cartridges. It's a huge hassles to reset some printers.

I've been refilling my old Brother printer for 11 years and still have not replaced the cartridges. Two tips: 1. Figure out how much ink you need by SLOWLY refilling till you get a tiny bit leaking out. After that, just use one ml less. 2. No one mentions this, but the ink is water soluble. I do this in my laundry room sink with hot water running and plenty of paper towels. Now that I'm good at it I never have any leaks or accidents anymore. Always use rubber gloves, of course. Since it's water soluble, you can clean the syringes by drawing hot water in and out and flushing them until they are completely clear. This works great trust me. Follow all the other directions watch a few more videos there's a good one about priming and drawing the air up out of the empty cartridge. There's plenty to learn, but it does work and I must've saved hundreds and hundreds of refilling. I think I paid 20 bucks for my kit and haven't used it all yet.

Syringe tip: When you've finished with a syringe you will use again, but maybe not for a good while store with the plunger pulled out a quarter inch from fully in. When you come to use it, just push it fully home to get it moving. Sometimes the seal sticks in the barrel and will detach from the plunger when pulled..

For some printers you might even need 3 to 5 cartridge sets, since they remember the last 2 to 4 used cartridges. No need to refill all of them though. Just re-install the old (empty) cartridges one after another (turn printer off-on between changes). Then re-install the refilled one. To "fool" the printer you best use original cartridges, since non OEM cartridges often have the same, limited, range of serial numbers, so there is a fair chance you will have duplicate serial numbers and so this trick might not work.

I'm glad you mentioned marking your cartridges A B, etc for switching them out... I refilled my cartridges A and popped them back in the machine. The printer prints fine but I have an error message stating used or remanufactured cartridges detected. I thought about switching the A cartridges out with the still sealed package HP cartridges (B) and then reinstalling the A cartridges later, but since I'll know when my ink is getting low, simply by seeing cruddy printing, I'll know to pop the B's in. Since I have to replace my cartridges every 3 months, I should have plenty of bottled ink for a few years. Thank you!

Just came across your video today. I did the same thing with my old HP. It wasn't as advanced (Stupid) as your printer. It had a 2 cartridge memory for each colour. So I had 3 cartridges which I switched around - numbered 1, 2 and 3. When cartridge 1 and 2 were empty (of the same colour) I just had to install cartridge 3 and the printer would accept the cartridge. No stupid questions or anything 🙂

You have no idea how much I needed this video!! I had to like it midway. Thanks.

Thank you for how to refill printer cartridge !

Thank you for such very clear demonstration. It was very helpful. 🎉🎉❤

Been using the refillable ink w/ syringe method for years, I've saved hundreds of bucks.

Great video, but… you should have scrolled down at timestamp 8:31 to answer the question”yes/no” about a new or used/counterfeit cartridge. I don’t have 2 sets of cartridges (yet) so I am periodically refilling the cartridges as I go. But to be sure, your video is AWESOME for a getaround for these expensive cartridges.

How many people were on the way to the store to buy another ink cartridges, yet gave this a thought and you’re here watching this video?? 😂 Now your going to Amazon to buy the refills instead 😅😂🎉

When you install Epson cartridges it sets a timer going to estimate how many days printing you will be likely to do. I do not print things out ver much at all (less than 1 document/month) so it always said that one or more of the cartridges were empty when they definitely are almost full. You could buy a device from JR that you could fit some cartridges into securely and with a bit of perseverance fit other cartridges securely enough to allow the zapper to work. This would reset the timer. I bought one of those continuous ink systems for it but you had to remove the lid from the cartridge slot and my printer didn’t recognise the continuous ink cartridge as being fitted. I no longer use that printer even though I have refills and cartridges .The yellow head seems to be completely blocked even with new refill you can’t see anything and you need to do a few test prints to get the others to print consistently.if you do print quite a bit though the Zapper did work if you can still get them. I think the printer was an r285 which had an adapter so you could print on suitable CD/DVDs. I now use an HP mono laser printer which is quick and I think the toner doesn’t dry out and lasts longer than ink. I also have an older mono laser printer. It isn’t supported after Windows XP but I have found an old pc and an XP installation disc so I will use that.

I followed the instructions... refilled original HP 910 Cartridges (HP OfficeJet Pro 8035e)... the refilling process worked out fine, kept printing normally... but 2 weeks later, Printer doesn't let me print anymore and is showing the following message: 'CARTRIDGES REJECTED - The indicated cartridges have been recently identified as used or counterfeit". Is there a way to print with refilled Cartridges with this Printer?

hmmmmm, i now feel like throwing my 9012 out the window for this planned obsolesence

Thank you for your help!!!! This will save me a lot of money!! I usually buy the ink from ebay for like $30-40.00. Now I know what to do!!!!

I have contacted a few professionals and they told me to refill these cartridges when they show you a low ink level. You have to do it immediately or they are done for.

Excellent explanation that they've pre-programmed the printer NOT to accept the last used cartridge hence your 'work around' A and B swap out...thank you. Not ready for the messy job but getting there...they're charging extortion high prices for simple ink - license to rip you off.

Never, EVER, update the firmware of any printer. EVER.

you sir, are the real MVP!!!

It’s hilarious the gov is suing Apple for $20b for increasing price of iPhones but turn a blind eye at this printer scam that’s been running for a few decades.

Thanks for the video. Would love to know what brand the kit is and where to buy it? Drop a link☺

May I ask which refill kit you ordered? Does the ink in that kit work just for HP printers or all inkjet printers? Many thanks!

thanks very much bro i just got this printer but the cartidges are very expensive so i bought this ink how many papers i can print if i refilled all the inks ? and 100 ml can refill all the ink cartidge or just partially ?

Honestly I don't print that often, only a few pages a year, so I quit buying ink and just started doing my printing at FedEx. It's annoying because I have to drive 15 minutes to get there and back but it's worth it.

Hello Christopher, I have the HP Office Jet Pro 9018e, and the Cartridge depleted display is on for both the Cyan and Yellow Cartridges. I went ahead and purchased the JETSIR 4-color refill kit from Amazon. Based on the video the second set of cartridges is needed as I was going to try and fill the original ones by turning on and off the printer. BTW I bolted down to Staples to grab a quick replacement set before finding & watching your video and got sticker shock on the 962XL 4 color which was $122.99 before tax and roughly $132.00 OTD I thought thank goodness there were not like French fries with choices coming in sizes small, medium, or large. Sir the large box is $199. Thank you Christopher for the Video and if you have anything else you would like to add please do.

May 2024 here. Hi Can you show how to refill this printer model? HP OfficeJet Pro 8120e

I've been refilling the same Canon cartridge for over a year. Only Time it gets a little messy is when I overfill.

You shouldn't have to lie to your printer, just let us use the product we paid for

I need to know if this is the same process for 964XL HP cartridges. Thanks!

My HP9025e is still stuck at "depleted cartridges must be replaced…" on yellow when it is full. Not sure how to get past this because it won't print yet

Yes I'm having the same problem with my cannon ts3522 and I sent 100 dollars on it and the ink runs out in a week I truly only get about 20 prints and that's with only 3 or four pictures

Another important tip: Be very careful with the bottom part of the cartridge, as it is quite easy to damage the print-head, ruining an othewrwise perfect cartridge, forcing you to buy a new one, just for a working print-head. (Hard lesson to learn...)

All good thill they program the chips in these things to only allow for a certain number of prints. Then it won't matter.

How do you know when it's full? You cut out that part.

I feel the money has always been in the refills, not the printer with these companies.

Thanks - so in other words it can be messy! What is the shape on the front of those syringe needle? Has it been blunted? I have bunch of new carts for other printers that I want to use so will go buy a syringe.

Canon tank printer G7020. Still using the ink that came with the printer when we bought it 3 years ago. Came with two sets of ink.

If somebody could create a chip modifier, or figure out how to modify the chips to change the page count, that would be by far the easiest way

I've been trying with the refill process on an other printer, but I had a lot of leakage, and bad printing results. What am I doing wrong?

When I buy a printer, I never use it online or upgrade it. I make sure I don't get one with cloud service either, keeping it offline ensures I will not be updated from the original factory settings, beyond my own personal settings. I also have an eco-tank Epson, I never use HP or Canon.

I just spent $50 on two cartridges of HP61 and I almost threw out the old ones. Now to look for a video on refill.

Chris. Thank you for the video! Now I see why I just buy cartridges. I don’t have the patience to do what you did to refill a cartridge and run the hp software gauntlet.

You told that it remembers the old cartridge so you cant use it again. that means it only remembers the last used cartridge? so you can practically change two cartridges between uses and its okay? what about the chip? is it reusable?

Hi, can you refill the HP office jet Pro9120 cartridge?

Canon had a great printer the Pixma IP 1000. Very easy to refill the cartridge and it has no sensor so it can't tell if it's counterfit or not. Too bad I had no idea about the ink waste pad. If I did I would have drilled a hole at the back for draining excess ink. If that waste pad sensor is triggered it will tell you it's full and it will lock out your printer you have to take it to a repair center so they can reset it.

What if you refill the cartridge before it's completely empty? Like when they get down a half?

SPOT ON

Does this trick work after participating in the instant ink program for 6 months?

It's amazing what lengths they go to steal from the public, how much does making the item know the cartridges are old add to the cost of the product.

Do you know maybe if I can do the same mine doesn't have the touch screen though

Customers shouldn't need to invent workarounds just to prevent the seller of a product sabotaging it like this.

Looks like they may have updated the firmware. I am not able to locate the HP Smart that allows you indicate it is a used cartridge. Can no longer replace it with a refill. PLEASE HELP!

I refilled when near empty but not empty. I printed and it went fine. then it informed me that it was empty. It printed white papers since. I then did like the last in your video and it went and shut off my printer and now the printer does the same thing over and over again goes on you see the line and dots from left to right and shuts itself off again.

i am not sure if hp would even be able to enforce the warranty unless they have a lab to test the ink or see a refilled cartridge.

can i refill my "refill ink into hp 1255" or is this not refillable?

After fighting my own printer battles HP 8920), the conclusion is NEVER to let them get DEPLETED. The ink level screen will ALWAYS show low, but all bets are off if they get depleted. Plus, it’s a sure bet your warranty is gonna be trash, even if they still honor them.

Thank you so much for your help

Helpful video!

I wouldn't recommend any HP product to my worst enemy.

Interesting and thanks.

Does this procedure work with other brand name?

Canon User : Press Stop and we good to go 😂

Fill them when they are still 1/2 or 1/4 full. If the printer doesn't set a flag that the cartridges are empty, then you won't need multiple sets to defeat the "used or counterfeit" message. This is just a question that occurred to me during the video. I've not tried it, but seems like it could be a solution. Has anyone tried it?

Hello..can i use this method on hp catridge 955

Hate Hp! …have 3 of the 8600 and all give a message of printer head error on one and other doesn’t register a 1/2 filled authentic ink shows empty then the last one won’t work at all because it still shows empty black authentic cartridge. Don’t have a regular computer so couldn’t do this last step of troubleshooting.

Wish there was a solution to expensive color laser toner cartridges.

Thanks so much! 😎 4:05

Can you link the ink you used? Thanks.

I am thinking more smarter, what if we just refill the cartridge before it is completely depleted ? Say at 75% used. In this case we should not need other cartridges

I do not think that you would have any such with a Brother printer . Firstly they do not force you to use theier brand,. Secondly the printer printer itself lastd for yrs. I fou purchase a Generic bRos. cartridge ,esp. the XL it will have more ink for your $

In New Zealand we pay $50 per ink cartridge.

看来不止中国这么做，欧洲也是呀，不过我们用的是中国版墨盒，型号是965

Thank you!

THANK YOU.. THANK YOU... THANK YOU!!!!

How do you know when it’s full ?

thank you for info

Thanks

Thanks!

Thank u do much

Really shows how little companies care about recycling when they pull this scheme

Can this work with Canon cartridges?

It would be interesting to see how many cartridges it would take to fill a gallon jug. I bet we would be paying a few thousand for a gallon.

My mom has a newer printer, and when the ink gets slow, it automatically orders new ink through the iOS app.

This video demonstrates why you should buy a tank based printer: no hoops and no blue fingers.

and that s why it s good to do your own homework....

Seems like a lot of work

Pro-tip here: DO NOT buy HP at all, mever! Buy Epson EcoTank printer and forget about that shitty scum.

yes the video was very helpful...the scam didn t help anything....the guy probably got fired... thanks...

Why doesn't someone simply start a company that makes printers that they sell for more money without the ink scam? They'd instantly put all the others out of business.

HP sponge cartridges are "the worst."

Boy o boy, what a damn racket... Can you explain why you need the extra empty cartridges? How does the damn printer know you put the same cartridges back in?

Should weigh a newly bought cartridge too.

You have to label the syringes? You can't tell from the color of the ink in them? 😅

Get a CSS

Have u heard of news paper

Ditch the cartridges and get an ecotank. You'll save hundreds of dollars.