Our Testing Reveals that HP Printer Inks Do Not ‘Dry Out’
CONDENSED TEST PROCEDURES
- Set-up the HP test printers with OEM ink and standardized media.
- Print, log, and file print samples.
- Power-off printers and store them with installed print media in a conditioned environment (conditioning period was from 3/27/2015 to 9/25/2015).
- After 90 and 180 days of non-use, power-on the appropriate group of printers in the conditioned environment and produce a second suite of test pages.
- Compare printed output to the out-of-box prints and note any print anomalies.
- If necessary, attempt to alleviate any print anomalies using recommended printer-cleaning and troubleshooting procedures.
- Results will be considered “Pass” if print quality is restored to out-of-box standards within three (3) cleaning cycles.
- Results will be considered “Fail” if print quality is not restored to out-of-box standards after three (3) cleaning cycles.
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TEST RESULTS
| Original HP Ink Type |
HP Printer Tested/Print Head Type | 90-Day Test Results | 180-Day Test Results |
| 46 Black | Ink Advantage 2020hc/IPH | Pass | Fail |
| 46 Color | Pass | Pass | |
| 61 Black | Deskjet 1010/IPH | Pass | Fail |
| 61 Color | Pass | Pass | |
| 62 Black | Envy 5660/IPH | Pass | Pass |
| 62 Color | Pass | Pass | |
| 95 Black | Officejet 100 Mobile/IPH | Pass | Fail |
| 98 Color | Pass | Fail | |
| 564 Black | PhotoSmart 6520/IPH | Pass | Pass |
| 564 Color | Pass | Pass | |
| 678 Black | Ink Advantage 2545/IPH | Pass | Fail |
| 678 Color | Pass | Pass | |
| 932 Black | Officejet Pro 6700/IIC | Pass | Pass |
| 933 Color | Pass | Pass | |
| 934 Black | Officejet Pro 6830/IIC | Pass | Pass |
| 935 Color | Pass | Pass | |
| 950 Black | Officejet Pro 8610/8620/IIC | Pass | Pass |
| 951 Color | Pass | Pass | |
| 970 Black | Officejet Pro X451dw/IIC | Pass | Pass |
| 971 Color | Pass | Pass | |
| 980 Black | Officejet Pro Enterprise X555dn/IIC | Pass | Pass |
| 981 Color | Pass | Pass |
I will tell you that I had an HP OfficeJet 7500A that had been powered down since March 2014 that I brought back online 2 weeks ago (Sept 2016) and the printer inks did not need to be cleaned or replaced after nearly 2.5 years of sitting in my garage. HP Original InkJet inks are bar none the best on the market.
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I purchased a new HP OfficeJet 8710 38 days ago. I ınstalled the new color cartidges that came with the printer. I printed 2 pages with a few paragraphs of text. Today I tried to print two color half pages. The first page printed with incorrect color balance and before the second page printed, INK SUPPLY> LOW error now prevents printer from printing. I checked ink level and printer shows no color ink present
UPDATE: HP OfficeJet 8710. Ink did NOT dry out. Not sure why the error appeared but working fine now. Two hours later I tried again and printer now shows full ink jet and printing normally. So, I am okay with my HP.