I have a HP PSC 1315 printer, scanner, copier. The instruction manual and the printer itself say to use 27 or 56 black, and 28 or 57 color cartridges. I have a couple of 21 black and one 22 color cartridges that are unopened. The pins and physical mounting appear to be identical to the newer cartridges. I know that I can just put the cartridges in and see what happens, but does anyone know for sure if these older cartridges can definitely be used?
The carts have chips inside that will complain that you have the wrong cart. I have the identical printer in the office but have not tried swapping carts. When I tried it with other printers and almost interchangable ink and toner carts, it usually fails.
I suggest you look into refilling the carts. I've had really good luck with refilling black ink carts and almost no luck with the color carts. Bulk black ink is cheap at 1000ml for about $30. At 10ml ink for the HP27 cart, that's 100 refills.
Since my customers that have such printers don't do much color printing, I set their printer driver to print everything in black and white. The almost empty color cart just sits in the printer doing nothing. When possible, I try to sell them on a laser printer replacement (HP LJ2300dn this week) and using the AOI inkjet printer as a small scanner.
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HI Jeff:
I appreciate your comments, I'm going to try the swap later today and will report results.
I already refill cartridges with ink from Stratitec. I have refilled some cartridges more than 15 times, eventually they start to streak because some of the jets get tired. Had good luck with color also, I never put in enough to fully fill the limited color volume, maybe
2/3 of what is claimed to be the refill amount, that way there is no slopping over or out. I usually just drill the vent hole a little larger to inject, and cover it with tape when finished.The only problem is the "print" command always tells me the cartridge is almost empty and you have to hit the "continue" command to keep on going. But for the $$ saved, it is worthwhile. A little bleach on the hands for 5 seconds gets any spilled ink stains off of me.
Bob H
Did you buy their "auto reset" cartridge?
or, you could go through this exercise to reset the cart:
Streaking is not a common problem. Usually, it's a clogged jet that causes a white gap in the printing. Whenever I get streaking, it's usually a semi-hardened blob on ink on the edge of the cart. Cleaning it with soapy water or ammonia cleaner usually fixes it.
Not me. I get about a 1/3 yield from my color refills.
My syringes don't have markers, so I have to guess on the refill amount. However, slopping ink is not the problem. It's clogged jets.
Try the cart reset procedure listed above.
I use maximum odoriferous ammonia cleaner. It cleans the dried ink and also helps eject the crowd of visitors that often infest my palatial office. If I have a clogged head, I use a small ultrasonic cleaner for a few seconds.
This might be of interest: "Wholesale - ink cartridge converter-hp27/28 /56/57 to hp21/22"
The "conversion" is in the wrong direction, but it shows that substitution can be done. However, the $435 price tag might make it uneconomical.
Let us know if you're able to use the substitute carts.
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I tried a 21 Black and a 22 Color cartridge yesterday, they worked fine. On the HP machine, inside, it said 27, 56 for Black, and 28, 57 for color, don't know why they didn't list the older cartridges.
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