(This information is presented by Jackstuff.com to give you a general idea of how to refill your cartridge. Always be sure to read the instructions that come with our refill kits before you start.)

1 - Place a sharp knife blade along the joint between the colored cap and the black body of the cartridge. Tap the blade with a hammer to break the glue seal. Cracking the cap will not be a problem, but try to do it neatly. Move the blade around to different places to completely break the seal.

2 - If refilling the 10N0026 or 18L0042 cartridge, it might be a good idea to use a marker or sharp object to mark the fill holes M-Y-C (magenta-yellow-cyan) or R-Y-B (red-yellow-blue) so you don't accidentally inject ink into the wrong compartment.

3 - Use a separate syringe and needle for each color. After pulling ink into the syringe, insert the needle into one of the vent holes in the appropriate compartment. When you reach the bottom pull back a bit, then start to slowly inject the ink. As you inject the ink, gradually pull the needle up so you can fully saturate the "sponge".

4- When you see ink through the clear plastic, or see ink bubble up the fill hole, pull back on the plunger to draw out 1cc of ink. You want to saturate the sponge without having "loose" ink on top of the sponge. This is an "overfill" situation.

5- If the printhead is wet and sloppy, set the cartridge upright on newspapers to let the excess drain out.

6 - Put the cap back onto the cartridge, and hold it in place with "scotch" or plastic tape.

7- If the colors look wrong when you first start to print with a refilled color cartridge, it is overfilled. Don't panic. It is not unusual for one color to leech over into the adjoining compartment at the printhead. When this happens, just print some pages of the offending color. Once the small amount of mixed inks have been used up, your colors will return to normal.

1 - No need to remove the cap. Use the hand drill included with the refill kit to enlarge the vent hole in the middle of the cap. Don't worry about shavings falling into the cartridge - they won't cause any harm.

2 - Insert the needle into the enlarged vent hole. When you reach the bottom pull back a bit, then start to slowly inject the ink. As you inject the ink, gradually pull the needle up so you can fully saturate the "sponge".

3 - When you see ink bubble out the vent hole pull back on the plunger to draw out 2-3cc of ink (remove about 1cc if filling a 10N0016 or 18L0032 cartridge). You want to saturate the sponge without having "loose" ink on top of the sponge. That would cause an "overfill" situation.

4 - If the printhead is wet and sloppy, set the cartridge upright on newspapers to let the excess drain out.

5 - Do NOT tape over the vent hole - it must be left clear.

Since inkjet ink is rather slippery, and the syringe is a smooth plastic, rinsing a syringe is not really necessary. If you wish, you can pull some clear water into the syringe and push it out a few times to keep it neat.