21 Steps to Refill & Reuse a Printer Cartridges

When you operate your office from home, then you may require a lot of things to work with full capacity. Printer are among one of the necessary thing. Printer ink is very much expensive. You need to be careful while using printer. Suppose you have taken pictures from your digital camera and want to take print out from your printer, your printer will run out of ink very soon.

Follow this how to guide and refill your printer cartridges instead of buying a new one, you can save literally hundreds of dollars in printer ink.

1. Purchase an ink refill kit at an office supply store.
   
   
   
   
   
2. Gather your kit, a roll of paper towels, and some clear scotch tape together on a large flat working surface, a table or desk.
   
   
   
   
   
3. Remove the empty cartridge from your printer.
   
   
   
   
   
4. Cover your hands with a pair of disposable plastic gloves while you work with the messy ink.
   
   
   
   
   
5. Take a paper towel and fold it in half twice. 
   
   
   
   
   
6. Place the empty cartridge on it.
   
   
   
   
   
7. Read the instruction manual included with the refill kit to learn how to refill your particular type of cartridge.
   
   
   
   
   
8. Locate the fill holes on the top of the cartridge.
   
   
   
   
   
9. Use a sharp pencil to pierce the refill holes in the top of the ink cartridge Or you can take the top label off with a knife or screwdriver (Correct places can also be found in the kit instructions).
   
   
   
   
   
10. In addition to black, there are three colors of ink.
    
    
    
    
    
11. Insert the long needle of the refill ink bottle deeply into the correct hole penetrating the foam down into the bottom of the cartridge. 
    
    
    
    
    
12. Slowly, add the ink. 
    
    
    
    
    
13. Stop quickly as soon as you see a bit of ink oozing out of the hole.
    
    
    
    
    
14. Carefully daub the cartridge contacts on the paper towel, you should see a splotch of the ink leaking out onto the paper towel. 
    
    
    
    
    
15. Cover the hole with a small piece of clear scotch tape.
    
    
    
    
    
16. Repeat steps 11-15 for each ink color.
    
    
    
    
    
17. After you have refilled all three colors, carefully blot (don't wipe or rub) the cartridge printhead on a folded piece of paper towel.
    
    
    
    
    
18. If the blot shows the colors either faded or not at all, blot on wet paper towel and again on dry, to get the ink flowing.
    
    
    
    
    
19. Replace the ink cartridge into the printer. 
    
    
    
    
    
20. Immediately print something, anything, just to get the ink flowing. 
    
    
    
    
    
21. Follow the cleaning or priming cycles for your specific printer.
    
    
    
    
    
    Source: http://www.wikihow.com/Refill-and-Reuse-a-Printer-Cartridge