I've salvaged similar cartridges by sitting pouring
roughly half an inch of alcohol in a bowl and sitting
the cartridges in it.  Press down gently every couple
of minutes for about ten minutes or so.  Then dab dry
with a paper towel.  When you press the cartridges
against the paper towel you should see a bit of ink
flow out.

Dry the cartridges completely, place back in printer
and print two or three pages of something typed BOLD.

This clears up my cartridges most of the time.
Occasionally, they don't start printing perfectly for a
few hours, but usually the process is very quick.

James Ritchie
----- Original Message -----
From: "sgaber" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2000 2:36 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Print cartridge


> The print output from my venerable Desk Jet 500 was
getting
> faint, so I bought two cartridges. When I removed the
old
> cartridge, I could see it was abut half full of ink.
>
> Thinking maybe it was clogged, I tried to wipe off
the head
> with alcohol and a q-tip. I  removed a lot of
dried-up ink
> from the print head.  That did not help at all.
>
> Is there any way I can salvage cartridges like this
one?
>
> Dammed things cost $25 each.  I almost coulda gotten
a new
> printer instead of buying two cartridges.  But I'm
> sentimentally attached to this one, I suppose.
>
> What say you?
>
> Steven Gaber
> Oldsmar, FL
>
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