HP Ink Cartridge ID Chip Swap Guide: Difference between revisions
Created page with "{{GuideNotice}} This article contains a guide on how to remove ID chips from OEM HP inkjet printer cartridges and install them on supposedly incorrect, or third-party and refillable cartridges. The guides here do not cover all HP cartridge models, so if there's a working method for another family of cartridges, please add it here. =564, 902, 920, and 935 cartridges= HP 564, 902, 920, 935 cartridges and their XL variants are all the exact same physical size, however th..." |
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This article contains a guide on how to remove ID chips from OEM HP inkjet printer cartridges and install them on | This article contains a guide on how to remove ID chips from OEM HP inkjet printer cartridges and install them on dimensionally identical cartridges of different model numbers, or third-party and refillable cartridges. The guides here do not cover all HP cartridge models, so if there's a working method for another family of cartridges, please add it here. | ||
=564, 902, 920, and 935 cartridges= | =564, 902, 920, and 935 cartridges= | ||
[[File:20250120 145958.jpg|thumb|290x290px|HP 902 ID chip.]] | |||
HP 564, 902, 920, 935 cartridges and their XL variants are all the exact same physical size, however they sport different ID chips that prevents them from being used outside a specific set of printers, despite being able to fit in an "incorrect" model. | HP 564, 902, 920, 935 cartridges and their XL variants are all the exact same physical size, however they sport different ID chips that prevents them from being used outside a specific set of printers, despite being able to fit in an "incorrect" model. | ||
The chips used in the OEM cartridges are designed to break when pried up from the outside. Because of this, it is necessary to cut around the chip so it can be safely removed by gently bending away the underlying plastic, and not the chip itself. | The chips used in the OEM cartridges are designed to break when pried up from the outside. Because of this, it is necessary to cut around the chip so it can be safely removed by gently bending away the underlying plastic, and not the chip itself. | ||
===Required Materials and Tools=== | ===Required Materials and Tools=== | ||
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In this example I am going to be using a yellow 902 XL cartridge as my donor and a yellow third party 564 XL cartridge as my recipient. Note how both cartridges are dimensionally identical, despite the difference in name. | In this example I am going to be using a yellow 902 XL cartridge as my donor and a yellow third party 564 XL cartridge as my recipient. Note how both cartridges are dimensionally identical, despite the difference in name. | ||
[[File:Cartcompare.jpg|left|thumb|663x663px|OEM HP 902 XL vs Third-party 564 XL]] | |||
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===Step 1=== | ===Step 1=== | ||