Reset Hp Printer

[Waldo 96]

I have an HP printer and use compatible inks. 364 inks I believe.

 

Once I had used the original inks, I removed the chips and place them on the contacts within the printer which they would naturally touch if connected to ink cartridges. I then place the compatible inks over the original chips, so the printer thinks original ink cartridges are installed.

 

Compatible inks often come with chips attached, and they often work. Time to time I get a faulty one that the printer doesn’t like, in which case I use the original chip method described above.

Edited October 1, 2020 by Waldo

[woolyhead 15]

On 01/10/2020 at 08:52, Waldo said:

I have an HP printer and use compatible inks. 364 inks I believe.

 

Once I had used the original inks, I removed the chips and place them on the contacts within the printer which they would naturally touch if connected to ink cartridges. I then place the compatible inks over the original chips, so the printer thinks original ink cartridges are installed.

 

Compatible inks often come with chips attached, and they often work. Time to time I get a faulty one that the printer doesn’t like, in which case I use the original chip method described above.

That sounds ingenious! Could you tell me where in my printer I would find these contacts. Are they the ones which a cartridge touches when installed? Should I place the HP chip face up or face down? Presumably face up otherwise how could I place the compatible cartridges over the HP chip  and make contact on the right pins?. Would I have to solder the HP chip in place?  Could you draw a sketch of what you do, please, to make it easier to understand. I would like to follow your idea when I understand it a bit more.

Edited October 2, 2020 by woolyhead

[Waldo 96]

1 hour ago, woolyhead said:

That sounds ingenious! Could you tell me where in my printer I would find these contacts. Are they the ones which a cartridge touches when installed? Should I place the HP chip face up or face down? Presumably face up otherwise how could I place the compatible cartridges over the HP chip  and make contact on the right pins?. Would I have to solder the HP chip in place?  Could you draw a sketch of what you do, please, to make it easier to understand. I would like to follow your idea when I understand it a bit more.

Just had another look...

 

In my case, the chips I removed from the (original HP 364) cartridges are glued in to tiny plastic holders (not sure where I got those, but I think they came with some early compatible inks I got). Anyhow, these are then placed faced down, such that the chip contacts touch the contacts inside the printer.

 

If you remove a cartridge from your printer, you should be able to see where it was touching contacts within the printer. You'll probably need the small plastic things though, remove the chips from the original cartridges and glue them in these plastic holders. Unless you can find another way of getting them to touch against the contacts inside your printer. If it was me, I'd avoid soldering them.

 

Hope that helps.

[woolyhead 15]

Yes it does a bit, Waldo. I've got a pretty clear picture of what you've said now. Presumably there is enough space for the compatible cartridge and the chip, both in the space allowed for just the compatible. And I suppose the chip gets its power via the cartridge contacts in the printer. Your idea is very good indeed. Thank you for posting it to us. As it happens the supplier of my colour cartridge replaced the no-go one and the replacement works ok. But I will eventually buy an original HP cartridge, use it and then extract its chip and try out your idea for myself. Why does the chip work, seeing as how it will have come from an empty cartridge by then. Why doesn't it still record the fact that it's cartridge is empty and thus fail to work as required when transplanted into your printer?  In your case, did the chip come from an empty cartridge? Also, what do the plastic holders do? I suppose their dimensions must be fairly critical? Are they used to hold the chip at the right place on the printer's contacts and to stop it sliding down below those contacts? I suppose they fill the space surrounding the contacts and get the position of the contacts by filling this space, right up to its edges. In other words like a jig? How many times can you use this chip? Sorry to ask so many questions but unless I understand exactly what I'm going to do it might not work out for me.

Edited October 4, 2020 by woolyhead

[woolyhead 15]

 About this transplanted chip: why doesn't it still record the fact that it's cartridge is empty and thus fail to work as required when transplanted into your printer?  About the frames: I suppose they fill the space surrounding the printer's contacts right up to its 4 edges and thereby position the contacts  of the compatible. In other words act like a jig? That deals with the x and y dimensions anyway. One more thing I don't understand Waldo. In what plane are the leads on the chip positioned relative to the chip's body and how thick is the chip's body? What I'm asking about here is the situation in the z direction ie how the compatible's contacts can reach down to the chip's contacts, past the chip's body. After all, the compatible's contacts group is flat and it was designed to press down on the printer's contacts with no space between it and the printer's contacts.  You're saying there is enough space for the compatible to go in and for its contacts to still press down on the chip whose own contacts are pressing down on the printer's contacts,  aren't you? The chip must have a very thin body to make this possible I would have thought. Please don't  misunderstand me. I believe what you have told us but just can't quite imagine this aspect of it. Could you please explain a bit more. Last question: how many times can you use this chip?

Edited October 5, 2020 by woolyhead

[Waldo 96]

The chips are quite thin yes, maybe 1mm or less. They're also quite pliable and may bend as you peel them away from the original ink cartridges. At least, that's the case with the particular cartridges my printer takes. Also, my printer still works even if it thinks the ink cartridges are empty. It's a fairly old printer though. There's enough space for it to all fit, but the cartridges do fit a little tight; other than that it's been no problem.

 

I think when I get my compatible inks now, they come with chips attached, they printer knows they're not genuine, but it still works with them. If I do have any issues with this method, I use the original chip method as a backup.

[woolyhead 15]

Thanks Waldo. That has cleared up some of my questions. I didn't imagine the HP chip could be flexible and as thin as you say but I can see it could be. My printer's contacts form a pattern that almost fully occupies the allocated overall area, although there is a small gap around the edges. I mean there are no large spaces on it, apart from the distances between contact pins.  The thin ribbon you talk about would therefore spread right across the allocated area and the actual chip on it would fit between the printer's contacts. These contacts are a bit wider than a pin head and rise up about 1.5 mm and the gap between them is about 2.5mm. I know that chips can be smaller than 1mm in diameter so a chip could go between contacts ok.  What about the frame. How thick is it? If it goes around the space allocated for printer contacts it has both elbow room (x.y) and height (1.5 mm in z). The only thing is the electrical situation: A compatible's contact's press on the HP chip's contacts and at the same time these HP chip contacts press on the printer's contacts. So at least some of the pins will have contradictory voltages on them. Electrical circuits can't have that situation. One or both the sets of electrical information has to alter so as to become just one set of values. If the chip's output impedances are considerably smaller than that of the sources internally connected in the compatible and then taken out to a  compatible's contacts, the HP chip will win, as it were. And this has to happen for the trick to work.  Otherwise if they are roughly equal impedances the result at every pin could well be that the voltage on it is the average of the two.  So since the trick does work it must be the former situation regarding output impedances. Good old HP, giving their chips low output impedances!  It would also suggest that the trick could not be played by using another compatible's chip instead of an HP one. Maybe only HP chips can do this. You've certainly made me think. a lot about this. Thanks Waldo. 6 hours later ... I just realised something about this question of two different voltages at the same point on every one of the HP contact pins.  If the compatible's contact with the HP chip doesn't go right through the chip tape but only into the chip then coming from this there need only be one voltage on the HP printer's contacts. In case anyone is reading this let me say that I realise there doesn't have to be an actual  voltage coming from the compatible because that would occur if the compatible had a different input impedance from the HP chip at every point. That would generate a different voltage at these points if the HP printer injected a constant current into each of these points, a different voltage from those of the HP chip. The net result would be the same.

Edited October 6, 2020 by woolyhead

[JHD 0]

I used to have a HP but I don't want this brand honestly. I don't know why. I always prefer Epson over HP when is talking about the printer. I currently own L375 and whenever it throws any kind of error I use adjustment program. For example as found here: https://www.printresetter.com/epson-adjustment-programs-resetters/. For HP Printers,  I don't think you will be able to find any valid reset tool and you must search for different solutions online or simply pay any repair company to get your printer fixed.

[Thirsty Relic 210]

I've a very old and reliable HP printer, use compatables and occasionally one works for a while then comes up with the message that I am using an incompatible, non genuine cartridge.  Previously, I've just ditched the cartridge, put another one in and all is fine.  This time, however, I tried something new.  I'd tried resetting, leaving the printer for a while etc top no avail, then I tried a cartridge it had used then rejected previously.  It worked!  So a simpler answer may just be to change cartridge when it complains, even to one it had previously rejected! 

[RollingJ 2,002]

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