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My daughter was home from college and wanted to print a large batch of photo's. The kit made the photo printing both affordable and refilling of the ink cartridge easy. I was refilling the XL version of the HP cartridges, which as I recall hold about twice the ink of the non XL cartridge. I refilled using the recommend amount of ink (3 mls for the thin cartridges) and there was no ink released from the cartridge vent hole. If you overfill the cartridge, ink will be ejected out the vent hole. The kit comes with 100 ml of each ink, so I'll be able to refill the cartridges many times. The supplied ink worked fine with our HP Photosmart c309a printer and the photo's looked very good. The printer still thinks the cartridges are low in ink however since there does not appear to be a way to tell the printer software that the cartridge has been refilled. As a result, the HP software warns me each time I print that the ink levels are low. The HP cartridges don't have a transparent window so you cannot see the actual ink level in the cartridge either. So far that's not been an issue, but I am thinking about getting a set of the non OEM cartridges made from transparent plastic, so it's easy to see the ink level in each cartridge.
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I would give this 5 stars, except that after installing refills my printer still says ink is low and prints as if it is too. Maybe it needed more time to register the levels before I started printing again. It was so easy to refill...just followed the instructions. I was prepared for a mess, but there was none. Very simple and efficient way to refill the cartridges. As far as the ink showing as still low, it may be a printer glitch. I'll have to check that out.Best Deals for PrintPayLess Brand Smart Ink Refill Kit for HP 564 HP 564XL
Like most people, I find the price of OEM ink to be outrageous so I gave this product a shot to replace the HP 564 series. The box contains five syringes, five bases to hold your original cartridges for refill and 100mL of each ink type, but the value isn't what it seems.The reason this product gets two stars instead of one is that the instructions are relatively straightforward. On to the negatives:
the syringes are meant to be thrown out after a single use. Considering that most of the 564 cartridges hold less than 3mL of ink, that means that you would need to buy 30-40 syringes to refill each cartridge if you use all of the ink. I am sure you can find them, but it's an additional headache and expense.
the instructions note that the ink should be used within one year of opening, so unless you are an incredibly heavy user or have other outlets for the ink, you're going to toss out a lot of it.
there is very little margin for error in refilling the cartridges. If you add just a hair too much ink, the cartridges become a saturated mess and you'll end up with ink all over the place. Perhaps that is a chance you're willing to take to avoid paying HP's ridiculous prices, but I ended up with a mess and stained fingers from just one overfilled cartridge.
So as much as I hated to do so, I went back to the OEM cartridges...and hope I can find a better solution.
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