Steven,

If cleaning the printheads did not work then it is
likely they need replacing then, you should be able to
finish using up your ink cartridges once printheads
are replaced.

Jennie
--- sgaber <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 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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