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Current Category The 564 & 920 (original HP) ink tanks used in HP Photosmart C5380, C6380, 309A and some recent Officejet printers can be refilled. Find refill kits for # 564 genuine cartridges here. Note: Photosmart 5380, 6380 & 309A printers work fine even with "empty" cartridge chips, so no chip resetter or ARC chips are required. The only difference you'll notice is that ink levels will not display for refilled cartridges/chips. HP cartridges with separate print-heads are not quite that easy to deal with. It's not that they couldn't be filled up with ink, the actual refilling is not that hard. Ink chips fitted to these cartridge make the refilling tricky. An empty cartridge/chip usually disables these printers and they will not do a thing until the cartridge is replaced. Note: Refilling a chipped cartridge before it is empty and never letting the ink run out doesn't help either. The ink levels are calculated by the printer software and chipped printers don't check or measure the actual ink levels at all. To cut a long story short...If you want to refill any of the HP 02, 10, 11, 12, 18, 82 or 88 cartridges, invest in a set of refill friendly (refillable cartridges). They will make your life a lot easier. Not only are they very easy to refill, but also feature special ink chips that keep resetting back to full (when empty). Note: Newer HP printer models may not display ink levels, when auto-reset chips are used. The printers still accept these cartridges/chips, but may show a question mark instead of the ink level(s). This shouldn't affect printer operation. 1) Pull out a rubber stopper Note: With some HP models, it is necessary to remove the cartridge(s) momentarily after refilling, to trigger the ARC chip reset. Other models reset automatically. Refill friendly cartridges are available for many HP printers, including: Note: HP #18 and #88 refill friendly cartridges are the same configuration (large black & small colours) Refill friendly cartridges should only be fitted as a complete set...don't mix with compatible or original ink, as this can damage the cartridge chips. Most people find the refill friendly cartridges a breeze to fill (as you'd expect...), easy to deal with and reliable. The ink chips are always the latest version available. Refillable 02 cartridge chips have an expiry date, similar to HP original cartridges . When the expiry date is getting close, (about 2 weeks), it triggers "Ink is close to expiration " warning. Clicking "Cancel" or "OK" clears the message, but it will pop up again next time you print. This goes on until the actual expiration date, then the message changes to "Ink has expired". This doesn't disable the printer, you can still print as usual, but the messages are annoying. There is a simple solution to this. Buy a new black refillable 02 cartridge or chip. Now with 2016 expiry date. You don't have to replace the colour cartridges, even if they are "expired" as well. The black chip resets all the colour cartridge ink levels and dates so replacing the black cartridge is usually enough.
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