I bought a store-brand (refilled) color ink cartridge for my HP Officejet (7310xi All-in-One). When I installed it the screen gave a message saying HP Ink Depleted from Cartridge (specifically HP ink!). Obviously HP has put a smart chip in their cartridges to detect when their ink is depleted, meaning that it knows the cartridge has been refilled.

When I tried to print anything in color with that cartridge, the colors were screwed (mostly green). The message and poor print quality were both true on two different printers. So, this may just be a bad cartridge, and I will find out when I exchange it.

But… I’m wondering… does anyone know if HP has intentionally programmed their printers to NOT work with refilled cartridges, thus screwing us all and forcing us to by their own ridiculously overpriced cartridges?

Suzy

When remanufacturing an ink cartridge does one simply refill a spent ink cartridge, or is there more involved in it than that?

Avelina

I have a Lexmark 8350 all in one and I just installed a new ink cartridge but it still says low ink. The cartridge I installed is a refilled one does that make a difference? It prints just fine, it just says low ink when it’s not.

Lisbeth