Refill HP 802 Tricolor Cartridge

Refill HP 802 Tricolor Cartridge

This is the tutorial for refilling the HP 802 Tricolor (color/colored) ink cartridge that is available in two variants -- HP 802 Tricolor Small and HP 802 Tricolor Large.

Again, the difference between them is physically the size of the sponge and of course the price. In this colored variant, again the large cartridge will pay you more since there'll be less refills and less work to do.

 Here's an image of the tricolor cartridge:

 

So the process of refilling is again the same as the black but now you have to use three colors - i.e Cyan (Blue), Magenta (Red) and Yellow.

Get any good branded ink such as InkTec. Personally, I prefer to use ProMax Ink for the colored cartridge since they give out good quality prints with vivid colors.

So here's what you'll be needing for the refill

i) 3 syringes - one for each color. DO NOT use the same syringe for all the three colors

ii) 3 colored inks - Cyan, Magenta and Yellow

iii) Isopropyl Alcohol

iv) Soft Tissue Paper

v) A soft cloth to tolerate the ink spills

vi) 802 Tricolor Cartridge (of course)

Here's the image for the ink bottles

Process:

Fill up the syringes with the three colors respectively - 2ml if you want to fill the small cartridge and 4ml if you want to fill the large one

Here is the image of the cartridge after the top label sticker removed

Please note the number markings. This image has been taken with the circuit (golden strip) facing away from self.

The amount of ink to inject for each color for the two variants of the cartridge is:

HP 802 Small Colored: Approx 1.5 ml for each color
HP 802 Large Colored: Approx 2.5 ml for each color

Inject Magenta (Red) ink in either of the hole 1 or 1a

Inject Yellow ink in hole 2

Inject Cyan (Blue) ink in hole 3 or 3a

 




* Please do this slowly and make sure there's no ink leaking out of the printhead at the bottom. If it does, clean it with a tissue paper until the flow of ink stops.


Clean the head with Isopropyl Alcohol using a tissue paper. Let the cartridge stand in the printer for a few hours and then its ready to print.


NOTE: Do not expect to many photo quality (best quality) images from a SMALL 802 refilled cartridge because there's very little ink for each color. If you intend to print images, do get the large version and also pigmented high quality colored inks since the difference between cheap and high quality inks is very noticeable in images.