How to Clean Dried HP 61 Ink Cartridge - Printhead Blocked & Clogged

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[CommentFactsAndNotNegativity]

First I tried to swab the dry ink from the cartridge with Q-tip and rubbing alcohol, but that didn't solve my problem. Printer was still missing ink on lines of the document from top of the page to the bottom. After watching your video I boiled a bit of water, poured a little under 1cm of it into a coffee cup and left the cartridge in there for 4 minutes. Wiped it dry as you describe and put it back into the printer. On the first document the print was perfect! Thank-you.

[gailconder]

I was ready to buy new ink until i watched your video and followed your instructions. It worked and it saved me lots of money. Thank you so much!

[Spork]

Thanks so much! My ink cartridge was full and I had no idea what to do as I didn’t want to buy another expensive cartridge. This worked out great 👍

[michaelbaumann]

You just saved me like 80.00 with this information.. highly appreciated and thank you so much

[just_beautiful]

I didn't have to buy a new cartridge because of your video. Thank you!

[Goatmasterfunk]

Made an improvement for me. I rarely use my printer but my black cartridge seems to create problems. I only soaked it for a couple of minutes but I think longer may even give better results.

[nevillelee]

HP troubleshooter couldnot solve blank sheets.
Found this video. Followed the instruction and the method worked. Left cartridge in warm water for less than 5 minutes. Reinserted an hey presto printing page !!

[wandatruillo-dickey]

You did it! Brand new cartridge wasn’t able to exchange. Tried this. And it worked. I was so relieved

[arcjackson]

Greetings! you saved me frustration and money! after months of wondering what was wrong with my printer lol thank you it worked!

[djprojugs]

If it's a dried ink issue, the chance of fixing varies by how long it's been sitting unused as well as how much ink left inside the cartridge. From my experience If it's been a year or more and still pretty much full it's worth trying but you will want to soak it and dab it dry and repeat that multiple times. I've had to do over 5 or 6 times before getting decent results and a final soaking one time I even boiled the water. Basically the ink dries from the bottom and works it's way up the longer it sits unused. So basically what your doing with each soak is getting a layer of ink wet again removing it when dabbing and then you repeat the process to soak that next dry layer of ink. So my opinion if you still can't fix it after 10 tries max is probably too far gone and better off just replacing that cartridge.

[rainrose]

this method totally worked - perfect print on the first try after soaking for 5 min! thank you!!

[barbarawilder]

Thank you so much. Your video came up just as I was going to buy a new cartridge. Worked PERFECTLY. I have subscribed and look forward to future videos.

[iTzNEAZY]

Found this video searching Google, tried it and worked great for me. Thanks bro 🤙

[DaCollecta]

Thank you. After buying a new printer altogether.... just saw your vid now, tried And it worked 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[betelhemajijo]

I appreciate you. Cause of ur method my printer starts working! Thank you.

[suzanne-]

I'm going to try your method tomorrow and hopefully it will work for me. Thank you for sharing this tutorial video. Your explanation method is wonderful. So easy to follow and understand. Much appreciated. Wish me luck please.

[RhianeHacker]

Thank you for this video!! I was contemplating buying some new cartridges but you've saved me needing to now!

[cynthiaharris]

Very good tip. It worked the first time. Thank you for saving me money, time and frustration.

[TheDragonDelasangre]

Thank you, this fixed my nearly full cartridge to perfect working order.

[LRoufa]

Very good video - your solution worked. So easy. Thanks.