***IMPORTANT NOTICE*** Do not try printing with your cartridge completely out of ink, you could damage the printhead. Inkjet printers work by heating up a resistor inside the printhead, which heats up the ink before it is sprayed onto the paper. If there is no ink to keep these cool, it is possible to fry them.

Always refill before you are completely run out of ink.

Instructions: Wear old clothes and use newspapers or paper towels to work over.

Colour Cartridge
1. To locate the filler hole of the cartridge you must remove the plastic cover. This cover must be removed before refilling by carefully prying it off with a thin metal blade, such as a penknife or Gently clamp the cartridge bottom in a vise or similar device. Grab the top with a large wrench or set of pliers and crack off the top. This will likely break some plastic, but this is generally cosmetic damage.

Important: Make certain not to damage the sensors on the back of the cartridge.

2. Attach the needle to the syringe and fill with the correct color ink.

3. Insert the filling needle into the corresponding filler hole of the color to be refilled, (see diagram above) and push as far down into the cartridge. Note: You may feel a slight pressure because the cartridge contains a sponge.
( 8R7883 Photo Cartridge - Push the needle into each chamber to determine colour. )

4. Inject approximately 8 ml. of ink slowly or until the sponge is soaked.
Important: The sponge inside is white. And in order to prevent overfilling the cartridge do not change the color of the sponge to the colour you are filling. When the ink just begins to surface where the needle is inserted, stop filling, the cartridge is full.

5. After refilling, the top can be refitted and fixed with adhesive tape.

6. Replace the cartridge and run 1 - 3 cleaning cycles as per printer instructions.

If necessary leave cartridge in printer for up to 24 hours. (Allows ink to flow to the print head).

Note: Immediately refill any empty cartridges

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