I have a HP F370 series printer and refill my own cartridges as a cost saving. Recently when printing, I'm getting only the top half of the image or printed word appearing on the page.
I removed and very carefully cleaned the heads with Meths and replaced. No change. I've been using this particular cartridge for a longtime now. Can anyone suggest what could be the problem, or is it simply time to replace with a new cartridge?
By Rebecca from Gold Coast Australia
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I think that it's time to replace your cartridges. Cartridges can only be refilled so many times then they wear out themselves.
I never refill ink cartridges. It's almost cheaper to buy a new printer every time than to buy the ink! I have two printers. An HP all in one color printer/scanner/copier that I use for photos and I have a Brother printer that uses toner. I use this printer most of all because the toner lasts a long time, is cheaper than ink and only prints black for documents and letters.
The cartridges have a expiration date on them. Check to see if they are expired. This may be the problem, if so you will have to replace them.
I had an older printer and used to refill the cartridges all the time with no problems. Then I bought a HP printer and tried to refill those cartridges. After several refills, I had problems with part of the printed letters not printing too. To make a long story short, a lot of companies have now changed their printers to not accept refilled cartridges. They want you to buy new cartridges from them because this is where they make their money.
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