Assuming these even come with chips, would the chips be the kind that shows the correct ink level, or will the printer just show a question mark?
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They do not come with chips. There is a you tube video that shows how to fill and remove the chips from the old cartridges and put them on these cartridges.
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I haven't actually used my cartridges yet, but I am told that they reset when they are removed from the printer. I assume that they will also reset if the the printer is turned off. Will just have to visually monitor the ink levels. Eventually I am hoping that a chip resetter will be available for the OEM cartridges.
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I believe they do. It was suggested that after installing the cartridges you disconnect hour printer for about a minute. Then you will see the ink levels register.
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The process is to power down the printer then power on the printer. Let the printer reset itself and it should be fine. The chips never expire.
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Most likely. The printer won't recognize the new ink level to display full cartridges, but it will print still. I have a Photosmart C5580 and all inks are printing fine after refilling completely used up cartridges. I had to unclogged them using a Boiling water&glass; cleaner method though. However I tried these inks on a Lexmark printer which was completely out of ink and it would not print at all (that printer requires all cartridges to have ink in order to print and I think it requires a certain INK GUAGE level so the actual ink levels are irrelevant).
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They have a chip but I don't know exactly what it does except the printer will not work without it. On one reman cartridge (may have been a different brand) the chip fell off and the printer thought the cartridge was missing. In my experience, these cartridges continue to print ling after the printer says they are empty.
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the chip in the kit I got did not work. I put the old one in and live with the messages I get showing low toner level. Printer works fine.
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They are ready to use. I never read anything about these (LC-61) cartridges having a chip but you don't have to do anything with these cartridges they work fine the way you get them.
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Not true! I buy non-oem cartridges and refill them too. They print just fine. I have been doing this for 20 years. LC61 and LC51 don't have a chip. Some printers use chips in their cartridges in which case you buy a chip re-setter.
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when you replace an OEM with one of these cartridges, your printer will warn you that your installing a non-OEM cartridge...you just click OK and proceed with installing it...your printer will show ink level from full to empty as if it was an OEM cartridge.
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Henry, they are 'chips', not clips. The printer 'reads' the electronic chip and determines if this cartridge is the proper cartridge for the printer. If it is not, it won't print. If it is, the printer will work.
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Assuming you have a printer model that works with the refill kit, there could be a problem with the chip you replaced. Is the new chip installed in the cartridge in the correct orientation? Did you try using the old chip instead of the new one?
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if your cartridges are refillable, you can refill them with bulk inks. you will need to get a reset chip--you can check at refillbay.com to see if your printer type is listed for use with the chip. very easy to do
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They have new and used cartridges. I bought the new ones and it shows that it's full, but I haven't used one to the empty level yet They work just like the one I had before. I'm very satisfied with them. It does say not to refill them because once their empty the mechanism it it won't work to show the ink level.
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I don't rely on the ink level indicators as they show empty long before the cartridge runs out. Other than that, no problems.
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Hello, I bought 5 sets of ink cartridges off of a seller on that large auction site thinking I would save loads of money. Followed the instuctions to a tee and my printer now does not recognize the chips. Tried reset hold/ OK hold, nothing. Wasted 36 bucks on 35 cartridges I cannot use, not to mention the huge mess when you open the "pressurized" new cartridges. Ink on clothing and desk with no fore-warning. Avoid the refill cartridges that you have to pull off the chip and reset it on the new cartridge unless you love throwing money away while becoming totally annoyed and exasperated at this exercise in futility. Hello, I bought 5 sets of ink cartridges off of a seller on that large auction site thinking I would save loads of money. Followed the instuctions to a tee and my printer now does not recognize the chips. Tried reset hold/ OK hold, nothing. Wasted 36 bucks on 35 cartridges I cannot use, not to mention the huge mess when you open the "pressurized" new cartridges. Ink on clothing and desk with no fore-warning. Avoid the refill cartridges that you have to pull off the chip and reset it on the new cartridge unless you love throwing money away while becoming totally annoyed and... » Read More Hello, I bought 5 sets of ink cartridges off of a seller on that large auction site thinking I would save loads of money. Followed the instuctions to a tee and my printer now does not recognize the chips. Tried reset hold/ OK hold, nothing. Wasted 36 bucks on 35 cartridges I cannot use, not to mention the huge mess when you open the "pressurized" new cartridges. Ink on clothing and desk with no fore-warning. Avoid the refill cartridges that you have to pull off the chip and reset it on the new cartridge unless you love throwing money away while becoming totally annoyed and exasperated at this exercise in futility. « Show Less
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i have the mx-882 have only put in 2 of them so far but they worked ok have a bigger red light and show 100% ink... im wondering if they can be reset with a chip resetter... they are clear so would be real easy to refill... i was going to order some more of them today but they ran out (fulfilled by amazon) it was $9 and got the free 2 day shiping from my daughter... tood 2 days as promised...good luck you never know... the rest of them may not work but so far so good! opps sorry about the caps