{"id":12373,"date":"2016-10-17T15:04:51","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T13:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/?p=12373"},"modified":"2016-10-18T09:58:49","modified_gmt":"2016-10-18T07:58:49","slug":"tricks-and-tips-how-to-refill-your-printer-cartridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/tricks-and-tips-how-to-refill-your-printer-cartridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Tricks And Tips: How To Refill Your Printer Cartridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Replacing your printer cartridges can get quite costly, but luckily there is a more simple and affordable alternative.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Here&#8217;s how to refill your own printer cartridges in 3 simple steps<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12395\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-17-at-3.02.15-PM-1024x615.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-10-17-at-3-02-15-pm\" width=\"595\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-17-at-3.02.15-PM-1024x615.png 1024w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-17-at-3.02.15-PM-300x180.png 300w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-17-at-3.02.15-PM-768x461.png 768w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-17-at-3.02.15-PM.png 1172w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1 &#8211; Get Everything Together<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>you&#8217;ll need the printer ink. These are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/search?search=printer+ink+refill\" target=\"_blank\">available here<\/a>\u00a0and are easily obtainable for most standard ink printers. Read the box to see if the particular ink that you are buying corresponds with your printer.<\/p>\n<p>Next you&#8217;ll need a 1ml disposable syringe.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, you&#8217;ll need your empty printer cartridge.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2 &#8211; Find Where To Insert The Ink<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On most standard ink printer cartridges the place where you will insert the ink is located on a sticker near the top of the cartridge. On the sticker is a black spot where the hole is found that you can insert the syringe. It is also safe to peel back the sticker.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12374\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-16-at-11.25.03-AM-1024x1022.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-10-16-at-11-25-03-am\" width=\"423\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-16-at-11.25.03-AM-1024x1022.png 1024w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-16-at-11.25.03-AM-150x150.png 150w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-16-at-11.25.03-AM-300x300.png 300w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-16-at-11.25.03-AM-768x767.png 768w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-16-at-11.25.03-AM.png 1154w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3 &#8211; Refill The Cartridge<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Be careful when filling the syringe; draw the ink in slowly to prevent any air bubbles from forming in the ink. Also, you might find that some ink spills during the process so always have a dry cloth handy to clear pup any spilled ink. Fill the cartridge to about three-quarter capacity and allow to set for between 2 -3 hours before using.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Replacing your printer cartridges can get quite costly, but luckily there is a more simple and affordable alternative. &nbsp; Here&#8217;s how to refill your own printer cartridges in 3 simple steps &nbsp; &nbsp; Step 1 &#8211; Get Everything Together First\u00a0you&#8217;ll need the printer ink. These are available here\u00a0and are easily obtainable for most standard ink<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"\/blog\/tricks-and-tips-how-to-refill-your-printer-cartridge\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1358],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-17-at-3.01.25-PM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12373"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12373"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12396,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12373\/revisions\/12396"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}