Can't share any positive experience with inkjet refills. I print mostly in black and white on a laser printer. That being said, I can share this: -Professional refill shops use steam cleaners like the Scunci ones to clean the cartridges. Probably would improve performance/durability. -I believe that the print heads include a "heating element" of some sort that dries the ink on the paper. However, if you let the cartridge run dry, it will (perhaps permanently) clog the inkjets, so you don't want to let the cartridges run completely dry. Hopefully that will help some. William Closure ----Original Message Follows---- Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:58:46 +1000 From: "Alan E. Davis" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Inkjet ink replacement I have refilled two different types of HP cartridges. I like HP printers very much. The printers, and the PSCs, at least, (Printer Scanner Copier) work well with GNU/Linux. Very well. The large number of HP cartridge models makes it unwise to generalize; however, I have had really excellent luck filling Cartridge number 56, and color cartridge 57, with Inktek kits. I have refilled an inktek refurbed 56 at least 10 times, with quality not diminished to a noticeable (by me) level. I also tried to refill an earlier type of cartridge, for the Deskjet 932C, that had already dried out. I didn't have much luck, but I think the cartridge was bad or else there are two subtypes that look identical with different inks, so maybe I got the wrong ink. I was able to refill the #56 cartridge several times with the kit for the 932AC (don't remember the number of the cartridge). Earlier on, in about 1992, I tried to refill black HP cartridges for the HP portable deskjet---a standard cartridge for that time, the number of which I have forgotten. I was able to refill using a kit from computer friends, but after two refills, the quality was completely unacceptable. I think the newer inks and kits are much better. At least my experience is fantastic with the Inktek kits. The #56 kit (black) is 10.00 if you look around on line, and I get four good refills out of it. Alan -- Alan Davis, Kagman High School, Saipan [log in to unmask] 1-670-256-2043 PCBUILD's List Owners: Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>