Color cartridge...give life with drops??

[Camilo Plata]

Hello. I've a HP 710c printer. On this days the color cartridge got
empty... it was 1am and I needed to print something at the moment. So,
I thought on a solution... putting some drops of water on the ink
exit...so, this drops, mixed with the dry ink, will allow me to print
what I needed.

The next day, i bought a new color cartridge, but I had a problem .
When i try to print a photo it starts fine, but progressively the
quality goes down. The image looks moved, stained.

Have you ever seen something like this? Is it a due to a defect on the
new cartridge? Or, I hope not, is ther any possibility I've messed up
my printer with this trick with the drops of water??

I thank you any advice... I've spent a lot of money on the new
cartridge, but worst is to destroy your machine... :-(

Camilo

 

[fidik]

I think that your new cartridge is defective. Try soaking it for a minute or so
in a container with 1 cm or 1/4 inch of water. You will get a little bit more
out of it but not much since it appears that it has gone dry.

I soak my cartridges habitually especially after refills as they get
progressively drier, this process which is similar to yours does not affect the
performance of new cartridges.

 

[Mike Berger]

You probably still have water in the ink system. Print a bunch of pages
in color to clear it out.

Camilo Plata wrote:

Have you ever seen something like this? Is it a due to a defect on the
new cartridge? Or, I hope not, is ther any possibility I've messed up
my printer with this trick with the drops of water??

I thank you any advice... I've spent a lot of money on the new
cartridge, but worst is to destroy your machine... :-(

Camilo

 

[Vlad]

On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 12:27:48 -0500, Mike Berger <berger@shout.net>
wrote:

You probably still have water in the ink system. Print a bunch of pages
in color to clear it out.

Camilo Plata wrote:

HP cartridges are different from the others.
It's not possible to have water in the system.
You most likely have a defective cartridge
Vlad

Have you ever seen something like this? Is it a due to a defect on the
new cartridge? Or, I hope not, is ther any possibility I've messed up
my printer with this trick with the drops of water??

I thank you any advice... I've spent a lot of money on the new
cartridge, but worst is to destroy your machine... :-(

Camilo