Inktec Refill Kit for HP 564(CB317WN) HP 564XL HP(CB322WN) Photo Review

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I recently purchased the whole set of refill inks for the first time after years of buying very good quality refurb cartridges for my HP printers. The only reason I went with the refill kit was the availability of the 564 cartridge "with chip" was scarce and the pricing wasn't all that great. I've always been skeptical of refill kits but took a chance anyways. I'll shout it from the top my lungs "The Intec refill kit is super easy to use!" Just go to their site and watch the brief instructional video before you touch anything. Follow the instructions!!! Wear your latex gloves, do the refill on a paper towel, use your head. For less than half the price of a set of HP OEM cartridges you get 3-5 refills depending on regular or XL cartridges! Wow! What is HP smoking anyways, charging almost a $100 for complete set of XL cartridges? Absurd! I'm using this kit on a HP Photosmart Premium w/fax (C309a) and have zero complaints. Printing a lot of CD/DVD's direct to disc which is the main reason I upgraded from the Photosmart C7280 AIO. Buy some silver inkjet hub printable discs, JVC or Verbatim (Taiyo Yuden blank media is now labeled JVC) link: Taiyo Yuden 100 x DVD-R 4.7 GB 16x silver ink jet printable surface, printable inner hub brick storage media (pack of 6 ) and prepare to have your mind blown by how awesome they look. Your friends and family will be jealous at first and then get tired of you showing them all the cool discs you're printing with your awesome new printer. Be warned that the Photo Black goes fast printing direct to disk.

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I purchared this refill kit months ago and have already used it for several refills. It is so simple that after using it once, you will be able to refill again and again without using the instructions. I suggest you read the instructions carefully the first time and follow them exactly. I found that removing and refillintg one cartridge at a time gives the best results. I also warn against overfilling. When it says 3ml, do not try to put in 4ml as it will overflow and there will be a clean-up job. Use the gloves and have several paper towels handy.

Every HP ink cartridge contains a "chip: that contains the date of manufacture and the approximate ink level. Refilling the cartridge will not reset this chip and the printer will continue to indicate the ink level to be low. Just ignore this information and enjoy the savings. I now use my printer more freely, printing pictures and color documents without the concern of running out of ink. I also haved saved a lot of money.

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Followup to my previous review: this is a followup comment after using this product for several months. This product worked fine for a while and then would not work properly. The problem was that of missing colors, broken text, and some times no print at all. Starting the printer head self-cleaning routine fixed the problem temporarily but the problem keeps coming back. The problem became worse overtime and eventually it rendered the cartridges unusable. The problem went away as soon as I installed a new original HP cartridges. I tried to refill a different set of cartridges and the problem is still the same. It works for a short time and then becomes problematic. Perhaps, it works shortly after the first refill because there was some left over HP ink in the cartridge that helped with lubrication or ink flow in the tiny flow channels. My next attempt was to refill using ink I had bought from Stratitec using a syringe I bought from Stratitec in conjunction with the refill clip that came with the Inktek kit. I simply drew ink using the syringe and a needle, removed the needle, inserted the tip of the syringe directly inside the port on the Inktek refill clip, and empty the contents into the cartridge via the clip. This refill technique worked fine. After the refill, the yellow, cyan, and magenta color refills presented the same kind of problem as those of Inktek inks. They did not work. I did not have Stratitec photo black ink; therefore, I have not tested that. The normal black ink cartridge refill using Stratitec pigment type black ink worked fine. The pigment type black ink apparently flows readily inside the printer head flow channels; however, it tends to wet the paper. The print quality is not as good as HP ink, especially if you print double sided. It is acceptable for day to day printing task where high quality is not essential.

In summary, I have now settled for using Startitec pigment black ink for refilling the black ink cartridge. I have to use the HP factory ink for the rest. Maybe someone can test bulk refill ink from other vendors using the refill technique I described above and tell us about some refill success.

The following is my original review:

I have the HP PhotoSmart all-in-one printer Model 309A and it uses a lots of ink. It is not cheap to buy the HP ink cartridges for this printer. Typically, it costs about $100 to buy all four original HP ink cartridges and they do not last very long. I was really considering junking my printer and looking around to buy a another printer that has a low cost per page.

I had used ink refill kit from Stratitec before for my old printer and I was happy with their product. One refill kit last me for several years with typical use of a family of four. However, Stratitec did not have the refill kit for my new printer.

After looking around, I came across the Inktec refill kit. Here are the positives:

1. Easy to refillThe Inktec kit is specific to my HP 564 cartridge and it contained only what I needed to fill my specific cartridge. Compared to this, some other refill kits are intended to refill all kind of brands and models and I had to read the manual in detail to understand which tools in the kit to use for which cartridge. I did not have to go through that for Inktec.

For Inktec refill kit, the ink bottle itself serves as a fat refill syringe; therefore, you do not have to deal with additional ink bottles, syringes and steps. This is a good product design which has greatly simplified the steps involved in refilling.

During refill, the ink may overflow through the cartridge vent, located on top of the cartridge, if you added to much ink in to the cartridge.

Tip: I do my refill task inside a stainless steel kitchen sink. If there is any spill, I can easily wash it down the drain.

2. The negative, if you call it a negative, the volume of refill ink is about a quarter of the volume I used to get for my old Stratitec refill kit. You may still get 3-6 refills from the Inktec refill kit depending on whether your cartridge is the standard HP cartridge or the extra volume HP cartridge.

Quality of the ink? I use my printer to print documents and often to print a label on a CD. I do not use it for printing photos. For my use, I did not see a difference with HP original ink and with the Intec refill. Overall I am happy with the Inktec refill kit.

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Note that this is a Photo Black refill, not the primary black.

This is nearly the same review as the one for the related black refill and color refill kit.

The only reason I don't give this kit 5-stars is the fault of HP, not the kit itself.

This is a good kit for someone looking to save a bundle on cartridges.

Ink cartridges have gotten progressively smaller over the years and despite increases in efficiency, these smaller cartridges have kept the cost of printing relatively constant over time. This is fine for some things, but in the technology arena, we expect more for less as time goes on. With this kit, it's possible to print more for less.

If you follow the instructions carefully and don't overfill cartridges (big mess) or leave your cartridges out of the printer for an extended period (they'll dry out), this kit will allow you to refill cartridges numerous times for less than the cost of buying a new HP cartridge.

The only disadvantage of this over purchasing new cartridges is that your printer will continue to complain that your ink is low, as the microprocessor in the cartridge will tell the printer it is still empty. This is by design to force you to purchase new cartridges. Just ignore the error. Eventually, your cartridges will also "expire," when they go past the manufacturer's shelf life limit, but again as long as you've followed the instructions, you can ignore these errors and continue to experience printing quality that's comparable with brand new cartridges.

Be aware that this kit is only for the Photo Black cartridge, not for the Primary Black cartridge. You need this kit for that cartridge: InkTec Refill Kit for HP 564 CB316WN and HP 564XL CB321WN Pigment Inkjet Cartridge-Black

You will also need the color kit: Inktec Refill Kit for HP 564 and HP 564XL Inkjet Cartridge-Cyan/Magenta/Yellow

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I hesitated to buy this, but the price of new ink cartridges is so prohibitive, that I decided to give it a try. It worked. It took a few minutes to figure out, but it was quick and simple and only slightly messy. I had to rinse a bit of ink off my fingers afterward, but nothing to complain about, and my printer worked immediately in a good clean print out.