A 1ml disposable syringe. The smaller the needle, the better. Your printer cartridge. My printer uses a HP56 cartridge. But the refill method is same for most inkjet cartridges. There is a black spot on the white-sticker covering the top-cover of the cartridge.
Underneath the black spot is a hole through which ink can be injected into the cartridge. You can peel off the sticker to locate the hole. Or simply pierce the black spot with a needle as shown in the figure.
Draw ink into the syringe slowly and inject it into the hole. That's it! Some important tips: 1. The needle size is very small. If you draw ink into the syringe too quickly, you can create air-gaps. Air gaps can block your ink cartridge. So make sure that there are no air bubbles, before you inject ink through the hole. Refilling is a messy job. The image has a clean background only to make it look good! I was advised to fill the cartridge to near-capacity and not full.
So I filled it to about 13ml. Probably this is to prevent leakage. Once, the cartridge is filled, it should be allowed to set for a few hours. This lets the ink to settle at the bottom of the sponge. Sorry for the poor image quality in this instructable.
I ruined it by putting the camera too close to the objects. I have been doing this little trick to save me hundreds of dollars on printer ink for over a year now. So here I am sharing with you how I buy dirt-cheap printer ink for my ink cartridge refills…it will change your life. Did you know that printer companies oftentimes mark a printer at a lower cost assuming that most people will likely pick the budget printer but the ink will cost you more money?
Sometimes the budget printer will only have spaces for smaller, more expensive ink cartridges that run out quickly leading you to buy in more often. And at a higher price! I am constantly printing colored pages on my printer. Before I discovered this secret of refilling my own ink cartridges, it would have made me cringe to consider printing out all of this stuff!
But last year, I discovered a product that not many people know about. It does take a bit more effort on your part than just plopping in a new cartridge, but it will change your life and your budget! And it will take you less time to implement than a trip to the office supply store. Have you ever taken to your ink cartridges to an ink store or Costco where they refill your cartridges for you? Well, this is basically the same concept except you are refilling the cartridges at home.
So not only does it save you a trip, but it still saves you tons of money. Even more than taking your cartridges to an ink refill store! Now, like I said, I do print a lot of colored pages so yours might not be that much. But that was about how much I was spending. That is complete robbery! If you can't find a convenient place to refill your empty cartridges, you may want to look into purchasing an ink refill kit.
These kits are available both online and over-the-counter and are affordable on virtually any budget. A typical cartridge-refilling kit includes a bottle of replacement ink, a syringe with which the ink is injected into the cartridge and a seal to prevent leakage. While it's less convenient than having someone do it for you, using a refill kit can be a smart choice for business owners who are willing to trade their time for money. Cameron Sherber has been writing professionally since , and his comic strips appear regularly in "The High Plains Reader" and "The Huffington Post.
By Cameron Sherber. Office Max If you regularly purchase workplace essentials from office supply giant Office Max, you'll be pleased to learn that the store offers a speedy ink refilling service.
Walgreens If you're a fan of multitasking, consider taking advantage of the one-hour cartridge-refilling service at your local Walgreens.
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