What is a headprint?

A headprint is a key element to the printing process, since it’s responsible for the electromechanical procedure of injecting the ink on a paper sheet.

In a few words, they are the actual printer.

Two fundamental parts of the headprint play a major role in this printing process: the electronic circuit that controls the injectors, and the injectors themselves, which set ink on the paper sheets to produce a print. The original information for this post was taken from todoinkjet.com

The best advice for taking care of an ink cartridge

It all starts when we open up a new ink cartridge and try it out for the first time. Ideally, we’d stop using it before it ran out and always leave a bit of ink inside it. In this way, we could refill this cartridge and place it back in the printer with no problems.

If you follow these steps strictly, you won’t even have to clean your ink cartridges before refilling them. PEople who recycle or refill ink cartridges can notice right away that most people don’t know this, or choose to ignore it.

As a recycler, we’ve decided to save ourselves a bit of work and invest a large share of our time in in educating our clients, so they can take care of their ink cartridges and extend their lives. This save the client a lot of money and the recycler a bunch of work.

For reasons we’ve already explained, the client must understand printing on an empty ink cartridge could finish it.

We usually come across ink cartridges that have been stored for a long while, leaving the headprint unprotected. In this cases, the most important thing to do is clean them thoroughly, both inside and out, to check if all injectors are working properly and ink is flowing through them.

Another way of taking care of your injectors is to protect the print heads after the cartridge has been refilled. Applying a good technique will keep the injectors from clogging with dried ink before they’re placed in the printer. We’ll explain this later on this same article.

It is also important you use the printer constantly and avoid storing it away with the ink cartridges inside. Even when printer count with protection systems inside the print heads, they won’t keep them safe for long periods of time.

Even though these pieces of advice are trying to show you the best way of taking care of your ink cartridges, they don’t mean you can’t refill ink cartridges at all or save them for a while before using them.

These suggestions are focused on extending your ink cartridge’s working life, but there are also many ways of recovering them and using them to print once more. Keep reading here.

Advice for taking care of your ink cartridge’s electronic circuit

The electronic circuit is the one responsible for taking orders directly from the printer and translating them for the ink heads, which will start the printing process.

As the sole controller of the all ink heads, this circuit cannot be replaced or fixed once it’s burned out or damaged entirely, and the ink cartridge will stop working.

Most of the time, the circuit will stop working before the ink head; people usually find out this has happened one the printer doesn’t recognize they’ve just placed inside it.

Some advice for taking care of the electronic circuit:

To avoid messing with the circuit at all, remove and replace ink cartridges while your printer’s turned off.

By printer off in the traditional way, the ink cartridges will go back to resting position and we won’t able to take them out.

However, there’s a trick that can fix this. Once the printer reaches its changing position, we must unplug it to leave exactly in this spot. The information for this post was taken from this website.

Restoring codes for Epson L100, L220 and L1800 ink bottles

We stand in front of a new era in printers, a time for adapting to the evolution of printers and also for trying to get an original, built-in CISS in our printing devices.

It seems these rather original printers are around the corner, or is just Epson trying to get ahead of anyone who wants to take its place by selling built-in CISS printers? Well, guess what?

ink bottles epson code reset

 As usual, they win. They’ve set extremely high prices and are forced to sell the only thing that has earned them money their entire lives: ink cartridges. However, in this particular case, they won’t be selling ink cartridges, but only ink. This product is called bulk ink.

But how are they going to earn more money from this? It’s actually pretty simple. Ever ink bottle will have its own code, which you can insert when buying one of these articles directly and only from them.

Maybe you’re also interested in reading about eradicating ink pad end-of-life error messages on Epson L200 printers, as well as learning how to clean the print heads in an Epson L200 printer.

You can also find in our blog many helpful tutorial such as how to clean Epson L200 print heads thoroughly, just in case the former cleaning procedure didn’t work out for you; how to change the language on Epson L200 printers, and how to align headpritnts.

We’ve managed to find these codes by looking around and have tested them out already. So far, they’ve worked perfectly. The only thing you need to do with these Epson ink bottles is pour it into the Continous Ink System as you would in any other printer with CISS. You can start working with these codes shown ahead whenever you want.

epson reset code reset

Here are the restoring codes for the following printers:

Restoring codes for Epson and L100 and L1200 printers:

ID for Black ink bottles:

EKA-3TF-A24-GETR
J3K-958-9J4-5DLN
GDU-T62-G5N-3GMJ
7UR-BVW-47F-MBLZ
GPC-XJQ-VT9-799R
6T2-YBZ-9WX-J42A
3BV-YV9-459-S2RC
2YB-CXS-T8D-KXDG
445 - 645 - 6UD - E7VQ
X52 - 4HD - UVR - ZYRC
YVJ - FAW - J92 - QUES
VYM - 8WZ - 5F2 - RMQ3
B3M - QUH - 5ZB - YE8Z
TW7 - 6UE - BN4 - L8MB
63C - 8CD - DDQ - 55DA
A6X - 4HV - DQ9 - X3BZ
38J - 7W3 - 7WF - AL2B
H7R - HJK - FFU - P6EM
VB5 - 3TW - TVE - 9PAP
JW6 - W7J - D3S - JFGE
Y56 - DUY - NVN - 9425
RC9 - NKD - RVP - 29Q3
CK8 - JPG - HCX - MKRY

ID for Cyan ink bottles:

XXX-996-B96-BBUC
DV9-E8U-JW4-K47Z
WQ3-8ZR-M6Z-Z96F
MAY-M8D-8LZ-VUXC
VKP-V8T-87L-PGWB
LHL-K58-D3H-GV25
vbm - L3q - 4wp - v2te
Y2A - VBR - QBZ - XD3Q
H2X - 4UX - 7X9 - 4KCP
B84 - RUA - MM7 - UY85
JSL - 5PU - 5HL - QQBF
CL4 - CQB - HUG - Y53P
A92 - Y6J - YTM - 55VZ
DY5 - 744 - DTS - CR4A
J44 - 5LP - 2QL - WCWP
B94 - MK2 - UXJ - 2BGE
4ND - YSC - M3G - VGNC
NCW - 9EA - GCM - 7XMN
UQG - BCE - 7VQ - YGZY

ID for Magenta ink bottles:

LV5-BJ8-W26-GSJS
SYH-LYR-7RR-L8EF
MWA-MUJ-W6K-YJDY
HXB-ES6-5TD-UKRP
BJ2-HB4-8QP-GKPQ
4XP-YJ7-N7Z-6X63
VKT - 3N8 - K3S - EDQR
LDR - 2EA - 6KL - 4KCP
K5X - AW3 - VDU - X8GN
FEA - 8Q8 - UZM - B7U5
FXL - LFM - XAY - LUR3
9A2 - E8J - BH9 - 8D6Z
F7B - 339 -ED2 - J4UA
X4H - PNM - 2V5 - DGNZ
22L - AML - DVU - 9RK9
72W - J3K - 4BE - L7KG
EG2 - JSH - 6HY - KBX5
CEA - 393 - CPQ - 2URE
Y9M - T7N - W4B - H9UM

ID For Yellow ink bottles:

RXU-7VR-XK7-P7JZ
FX2-6XP-PGL-LTFP
K33-RG2-YRN-XACJ
QGM-5Z8-6UC-UWBQ
B5W-AZ8-F82-QADY
G4A-9VQ-A8Q-2EFZ
DN4 - 5BE - S26 - NMY5
ALQ - W9G - 92W - YDMN
PPZ - FTN - 6TL - D8EZ
QDB - L3C - 5NU - TP5G
VPT - 36F - A3E - KW7E
QGD - P7Q - PLX - CNUZ
7XG - B4Q - QFZ - XCJG
HM9 - JVZ - LQ3 -H4BA
5G3 - VR3 - HPU - 6XDZ
77X - 5CP - 527 - H4JZ
ADE - BRE - Z8S - JR6J
34R - 6Y3 - PBK - E8BG
62L - 9E4 - L76 - RHYG

Restoring codes for Epson L800 6 color printer:

ID for Black ink bottles:

QJK-8M3-8SK-WE7N
TQY-9DL-2WA-98EA
L5H-8YL-MGG-2CDJ
QTX-WHE-R6L-DTBM
TUP-AB9-KPS-MZX5
32X-FDB-UUT-26UC
ULL-WCZ-M7L-4PAR
75B-TB3-FAQ-JP73
NAK-F6A-ZAS-CKBA
QMT-F6L-AQ3-JQRA
LQ5-GTQ-R3P-DNRE

ID for Cyan ink bottles:

64S-GB8-D68-PEPB
A7R-VLM-LRA-X583
QWU-ZXZ-RVP-V7HZ
8LL-JEM-CD2-957F
JCK-WBR-J3D-PRGB
8SL-W74-UTP-QV8C
BZ4-YV2-8NS-XKPN
PKP-D6W-X6T-QPTE
37W-336-DX7-EKDY
WBA-5G5-ZJW-BTAN

ID for Light Cyan ink bottles:

TJT-2EQ-F9H-T97C
327-6WX-BN3-CFHS
SFL-J2G-RH2-857M
2PH-3MX-PXP-AVQ3
JSL-VJ3-LA2-C385
VCC-TAK-BGE-ATB3
U6Z-JFU-SS9-3X9B
N8L-WLQ-T2E-X98R
DDM-T5C-V34-5EWA

ID for Magenta ink bottles:

3BJ-VEF-RV7-J8AE
F68-2JE-E6T-BQ6N
RVR-9Z4-CA7-ZUDR
NQ8-TFS-Q34-J4RC
J9D-REA-BSM-CTYC
XD7-Z73-3NQ-UZPN
RUG-WCP-H55-7CDA
WEQ-7DM-T8X-9MCZ
2BC-4DV-Z7L-2VXN
2NA-VTV-NKV-MSWE

ID for Light Magenta ink bottles:

XKK-3TP-UU4-XE85
Z5Z- C5Q-Q6F-APZF
9F8-QEC-RDD-85TF
3PC-X3S-R89-LXZN
WEZ-6ES-WDA-C6PG
7WG-UKZ-9YK-J6ZN
NFT-WV9-ZZ9-6DMZ
LLW-HGE-6WG-WWPC
W4V-YY7-7MB-PGFF

ID for Yellow ink bottles:

UTV-GPF-2H3-BFW5
C9K-88G-JUQ-HGYM
FB7-Q2N-APU-XQ4E
SF8-WBQ-LH7-S5TF
BSY-YV3-Q65-KM9J
NL7-DRB-8Q5-W94R GCS-ZFE-7ZY-8RQJ
742-HR5-UE3-9D6P
UHN-PJ8-U8V-CHBR
9J9-9V8-AHU-MDDN

How to refill Canon 211 and 211XL ink cartridges

 As we all know, these are some great ink cartridges, that are known for their high page yield and overall functioning.

Canon 211 and 211XL cartridges are the most widely used ink cartridge model in Continuous Ink Systems (CISS), which have become rather popular in current times.

This particular ink cartridge’s quality lies on its high page yield and, like most good things in life, they tend to be a bit pricey. This condition has led us to refill them, so we can save some money and keep moving forward.

Here are the instructions to refill your Canon 211 and 211XL ink cartridges:

1. First of all, place the ink cartridge on a surface that can take one or more ink spills. This particular ink cartridge, due to its manufacturing, won’t let any ink leave the carcass, but we recommend you do this anyway.

2. Remove the label on top the ink cartridge to find three (3) small orifices. They’ll look too small to fit an ink-filled syringe, but you’ll be able to do it anyway. If you can’t do it, we recommend you use a small drilling device to widen these holes just a bit.

ink cartridge 211 tricolor

3. You must inject 5ml of ink into every one of these holes. Be very careful about the color placing, since mixing the colors up can damage the ink cartridge.

4. Remember to fill the ink cartridge very slowly with the colored ink. Try to put the label back on it while leaving some space for the air to flow inside the ink cartridge. Place the ink cartridge back in the printer and leave it there for about eight (8) hours so the sponges become soaked with ink.

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Make HP Officejet 6500 printers recognize its ink cartridges

We usually have problems with HP Officejet 6500 printers, since they refuse to recognize the ink cartridges we’ve placed inside them, whether they’re brand new, recycled or refilled.

printer hp 6500

We even considered the print heads were damaged, but this was a mistake: the problem persisted after these parts were replaced.

Replacing an entire HP Officejet 6500 headprint will cost you $45,00, a considerable amount to pay to replace an article that’s in perfect shape.

We’ve done quite a bit of research and have come to realize this problem is caused by a small sensor. This sensor is located on the left side of the mechanism that makes the ink cartridges move from one side to the other throughout the entire printing process.

Procedure to eradicate ink cartridge recognition issues on HP Officejet 6500 printers:

Step #1:
This procedure will help you clean your HP Officejet 6500 printer’s sensor, which is not recognizing the ink cartridges. We must press our printer’s On/Off button, located on the front side of the panel. The On/off button looks like this.

Step #2:
Open the gate leading to the ink cartridges. This will imply raising everything, the scanner included, to take a good look at the ink cartridges. Wait for them to reach the center of the printer and leaving the left side free.

Step #3:
Locate the sensor on the lower-left side of the ink cartridges; it will look like a small square. You must clean this section very carefully using a small piece of fabric to get the printer to recognize the ink cartridges.

Step #4:
Close your HP Officejet 6500 printer’s gate and wait for the ink cartridges to get back to their proper spot. You can now  print a test sheet.

Please verify the printer has properly recognized each ink cartridge. In case this doesn’t happen, you can contact us by leaving a comment in the section below this post.

My Sharp AL-1361 Copier prints the sides of my pages very blurrily

Thank you all so much for showing interest in this particular solution! If you’re reading this, we’ve been working on a Sharp AL-1361 that’s been printing sides rather bleary.

We’ve already tried anything in our power, such as replacing the toner and the entire unit with new ones. We’ve tried working with both new pieces, as well as with one new and one used article. So far, we’ve had the exact same print quality issues. We’d be very greateful for your help.

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Please explain this procedures in an easy way, so this solution can remain in yoreparo.com for othe users’ needs.

Solution to this problem:

Thank you all so much for collaborating on this particular issue and solving this case in a communal effort. This is clearly the best possible way of coming up with a solution, since some of you have knowledge in certain areas others ignore.

Obviously, whoever’s asking this question lacks the information necessary. Please be very specific about the terms you’re using, and thank you very much for the information you’re supplying.

Solution to this problem:

In order to solve this problem, we had to go all the way to the laser unit. This is the light that shines inside the scanner, the unit responsible for copying an image and turning it into text later on. The copier itself was in perfect shape regarding toner, toner developer, cylinder, etc.

However, the problem lied on the image it was actually receiving and copying. The copies didn’t come out properly because the printer wasn’t able to see the images well, all this due to a bit of filth that was getting in the way of the mirrors. The laser unit had to be dismounted entirely to clean each and every one of the mirrors inside it.

This process must be done with extreme care and using very delicate materials, since the mirrors are clearly very delicate.

Here is a picture of the mirrors you must clean inside the laser unit:

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