Click on a printer model to view a list of supplies we carry for that particular model or click on a cartridge number to view cartridge
prices and related supplies.
HP jet print cartridges are easy to recycle, given the right tools and the appropriate
inks. Here the right tools include a quick, reliable, repeatable and
effective system to create the vacuum (also referred to as ‘negative
pressure’) required by single color HP jet print cartridges for their operation.
With few exceptions, HP jet print cartridges belong to the category where the
printhead nozzle is part the jet print cartridge
itself.
Some black jet print cartridges contain a metal bellow that gradually expands
when ink is injected and gradually contracts as the ink is consumed during
printing. Pressure on the other side of the
bellows regulates the dispensation of the ink. The jet printing machine recharge system for
this type of HP jet print cartridge includes a
quick cartridge-snap-in tool making it easy (not to say fun) to create the
vacuum and, voila’ (as they say in France) you have a print cartridge as good as
new.
HP jet print cartridges are remanufactured industrially and the process is identical to that employed by the jet printing machine recharge system. This should reassure some or all of the (understandably) doubting Thomases who believe that some arcane trick or consummate skill may be required to
recycle jet print cartridges.
One word of advice given here, as well as in the instructions, is not to run
printhead nozzle-host jet print cartridges (meaning most of the the HPs) completely dry before
recharging. This has to do with heat. The drier the jet print cartridge the hotter the metal electrodes which are part of the
printhead nozzle. Excessive heat tends to damage the electrodes. The electrodes carry the current that heats the air that creates the bubble that pushes the ink that forms a droplet that reaches the paper
you wanted to print on. Faulty electrode pairs break the chain.
HP
color jet print cartridges also contain their own printhead nozzle and rely on the sponge
ink-retaining reservoir system. The jet printing machine recharge system for one-style of HP color
jet print cartridge contains a ‘top-popper’
with which you literally pop open the top cover of the jet print cartridge so as to
access the (3) fill holes.
As with all jet printing machine recharge systems we
include the most recent and updated collection of tips and good-to-know
information gathered from our users. Still uncertain?
"Do not let "the
native hue of resolution
be sicklied over by the pale cast of thought"
Shakespeare, Hamlet
Charge on and recharge your own
HP jet print cartridges!
Business
Inkjet series | Designjet series
| Deskjet series | Deskwriter series
| Officejet series
PSC series | Photosmart series
| Other HP printers | All HP printers