Try some of the suggestions here: http://www.vamex.com/troubleshooting_faq.htm But, it may be that one just has to live with it. Lee Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 20:35:05 -0800 From: RR <robertr71 at san.rr.com> Subject: [X4U] HP 1610 ink refill To: "A place to discuss Mac OS X for the casual user." <x4u at listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: <650E7E70-6CB0-4676-BAAE-53CAA794A202 at san.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Ok, I have an iMac G5 and picked up one of those HP 1610 printers real cheap. The ink finally ran out and I refilled the cartridge, which was a trivial exercise. Now I notice the HP utility shows that the cartridge is still empty, but prints like new. I haven't been able to find the secret to resetting the ink level. The best I could find was to rotate the ink refills between 3 cartridges. I'm cheap, I don't want to buy two more cartridges. Anybody have any suggestions?