Posted by kellieco on 2/29/08 7:40am
Msg #237614

ink cartridge

Hello, I know I read on here once how to clean ink cartridges, but I can't find it now. I'm getting lines down the side of my docs. I have a HP 1022. Any ideas? I use refill kits.

Reply by Lee/AR on 2/29/08 7:45am
Msg #237616

It's new cartridge time.

Reply by kellieco on 2/29/08 8:45am
Msg #237624

I was sure hoping for a different answer. I have 4 dirty cartridges. They are so costly. Thanks for the info. Have a good day.

Reply by titleme2nc on 2/29/08 9:20am
Msg #237626

I have heard that if you can find a Company like Cartridge World, you take your cartridge into them, they will just give you another one that is already filled. Their price for a HP92298A is $64.00 for a replacement or $68.00 to buy a Filled Cartridge. Small Lexmark refills run around $15.00. I'm going to get one Saturday. Good Luck.

Reply by Linda Juenger on 2/29/08 9:38am
Msg #237627

I have also used Cartridge World. I pay $89 plus tax. The good thing is they recycle them.

Reply by DogmongerCA on 2/29/08 10:05am
Msg #237631

Just a point of info:-)

If you have a HP 1022, your unit uses toner, not ink. Ink being liquid, toner be a powder. I am wondering how many times you are refilling your empties before you start getting the lines. Perhaps you need to start with a better cartridge to begin with. I buy HP new toners from E-bay, and my toner from tonerkits.com... Hope this helps:-)

http://search.ebay.com/HP-1022_W0QQcatrefZC6QQfposZ93651QQfromZR10QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQsabfmtsZ1QQsacatZQ2d1QQsadisZ200QQsaobfmtsZinsifQQsargnZQ2d1QQsaslcZ2QQsbrftogZ1QQsofocusZunknown

Reply by kellieco on 2/29/08 10:16am
Msg #237634

Re: Just a point of info:-)

Thanks for the Ink- toner correction. I bought the cartridges I have from Office Depot. I would say I refill 3-4 times. I'm wondering if maybe I put to much in. I buy my toner from tonerkits.com. Thanks for everybodys input.

Reply by DogmongerCA on 2/29/08 12:38pm
Msg #237668

Kelli, we need PAW:-)

I have been refilling cartridges for some time. On the cartridges I refill, at the top right top panel of the cartridge there is a reservoir that catcheds excess toner. Sometimes that can overflow and leak on the sides, or the( imaging?) film is worn out. I used to have a diagram that shows to use your hole cutter and dump the excess toner and then reseal the hole. You might want to see if you can find the HP directions. What the heck, you have little too lose

Reply by JanetK_CA on 3/1/08 3:08am
Msg #237732

Re: Just a point of info:-)

That's about what I get out of a cartridge and I consider it a pretty good deal. About $10 for a bottle of toner vs. about $60 for the so-called low capacity cartridge. I have a 3330 (HP). I bought the high capacity toner bottles because I figured them to be a better value, but I buy the low-cap cartridges and find that they hold nearly the whole bottle of toner. Seems like the new low-cap cartridges ("A" just come with less toner than the "X" size. I don't know if that will hold true of other cartridges.

I figure if I get 3.5 fills before it starts to streak, it's cost me a little less than $100 to do it myself. The large capacity toner cartridges for my printer cost about $85, so if I figure my refills are equivalent to about 3 new high-cap cartridges, I've saved more than $150 -- and that could be just over a few months. Brenda's right. Over a year's time, that will buy a lot of printer -- or whatever else you need to spend $$ on! (I buy from Tonerkits.com, too.)

Reply by Julie/IL on 2/29/08 11:08am
Msg #237642

Re: Just a point of info:-)

I don't mess with refillables. I'm too afraid of ruining the printer. I've heard that they cause alot of build up. That could be the problem.

Reply by Roger_OH on 2/29/08 12:14pm
Msg #237663

I've had very good luck with this company...

I've been using LD Products for remanufactured HP cartridges. They work fine, have great pricing for my model, and free shipping. See if they might work out better for you than refilling.

www.ldproducts.com

Reply by BrendaTx on 2/29/08 12:53pm
Msg #237669

Depending on what you paid for your printer

the refill benefits far exceed the price of the printer. If you paid $500 for it, you'll probably make that money back in five to seven refills. When I was going full time that would not take me very long. If you refill ten to twenty times you have saved enough to buy one or two new printers.

Plus...by refilling and doing edocs you are increasing your income per job making $20 net on each set of edocs if you charge $25. 25 sets of edocs and you've made enough to buy yet another new printer. (Not refilling means you are probably making $10 or $5 on a package of edocs. Definitely not paying for the time involved in them.)

No refilling in order to save the average printer is shortsighted imho.

If you have a really high dollar printer, you probably ought to be in a lease and/or negotiate a supplies contract.

Signing agents who don't refill are missing a huge, huge savings and means of income.

Reply by Raimond on 2/29/08 4:10pm
Msg #237685

Another ideas

Sometimes it is the drum that causes a dark line down the side of the page. After you replace the cartridge with a know good one if the lane remains, it could be the drum or the mirror for the laser.

Brenda is right on about refilling. The money you save is in your pocket or in your gas tank.
I refill each cartridge 4 to 6 times and keep 2 ready to install. My refills bottles are less than $20 from E-Bay. I have never had a problem with my printers accepting refills.