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Solution Page
The remanufactured M5659 cartridge that I Refilled is printing the wrong colors
This problem is most likely caused by a little cross-color contamination at the
very bottom of the cartridge and is fixed easily:
- First, check your instructions to make sure that the colors were injected into the proper
chambers. Don't use the manufacturer's label on the cartridge as a
guide - the colors on the manufacturer's label don't match up with the
colors in the cartridge. If you have injected the colors into the
wrong chambers the cartridge needs to be replaced.
- If the colors were injected into the correct chambers you almost definitely
have a little cross-contamination This happens when ink is injected too quickly for the sponge to
absorb it. A drop of ink is forced through the printhead (at the bottom of
the cartridge) and
gets wicked up into one of the other two color chambers. All you need to
do is to remove a little of the ink at the bottom of the contaminated
chamber. First, make sure that the cartridge isn't still dripping.
Then determine which color isn't printing correctly and go to the associated
color intensive page on our site
to print that color out until the color prints out correctly. If all
colors are bad print out the page with all of the colors on it until all of
the colors look good.
NOTE: To help avoid cross-contamination you need to keep ink
from leaking through the printhead: After getting the needle all the way into the cartridge, pull it back out a little
(1/4") before you SLOWLY inject the ink into the cartridge. The cartridge should take the ink with very little effort on your part. Continue to inject the ink
SLOWLY as you gradually pull the needle out of the
sponge in the cartridge.
DO NOT force the ink into the cartridge. Finally, once you have
filled a chamber you can reduce the pressure in the chamber by removing a small
amount of ink (about 1 ml). To do this simply use your syringe/needle to
suck out a little ink before proceeding to the next color.
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Make sure that the cartridge has finished dripping:
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After you fill this cartridge, it is normal for it to drip for up to an hour
while the cartridge is stabilizing itself after receiving the ink you
injected. You can not print if the cartridge is still dripping.
The little drops of ink which are accumulating on the printhead while the
cartridge is dripping will impede the printing process. The prints will
usually have blotches of ink in spots, and very inconsistent printing throughout
the pages you print. The cartridge needs to completely stabilize before
you attempt to use it in your machine. Once the dripping has stopped, the
ink on the printhead needs to be removed from the printhead before placing the
cartridge into your machine. A paper towel, or sponge, is the best way to
remove this ink because they generally will not leave any of their own particles
on the printhead when you are wiping it off.
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