Be Green: Refill Your Printer Cartridges
How do you refill your own ink cartridges?
Want a way to reduce you or your company’s carbon footprint? One was is to refill your own printer ink cartridges and toner. This is becoming more popular and it saves you money and the help protect mother Earth.
Most printers have two printer cartridges that hold the printers ink. One is for black and the other can be multi-colored. What is inside these ink cartridges?
- Ink or toner
- An Electrical chip that can detect the level of ink still left in cartridge
- Ink heads
- A sponge
Did you know that you can refill these cartridges? All you need is some ink and a method for injecting it into the cartridge. What the printer manufacturers don’t want you to know is that it is easy to refill them. It saves you BIG money and in these near depression, who doesn’t want to save a little money? This also cuts down on waste. How you ask? Instead of throwing the ink cartridge in the trash, you are reusing it over and over.
How do you refill an ink cartridge?
1. Remove the cartridge from the printer.
2. Drill a small hole in the ink cartridge over the sponge inside that holds the ink.
3. Inject the ink into the ink cartridge.
4. Plug the hole that you drilled in the ink cartridge.
5. Place the cartridge back in the printer.
You can buy refillable kits online or at office supply stores.
Refill your own ink cartridges today and you wallet and mother earth will thank you!