| The Hp 88 cartridge design is one of the absolute | | | | dispensed at the bottom of the cartridge by way |
| cartridge designs put out by Hp and makes it one | | | | of a one way valve. The ink is pumped out of the |
| of the most reliable cartridges for | | | | cartridge by a mechnanical plunger within the |
| remanufacturing as well, considering that there is | | | | printer that pushes on a black rubber ball on the |
| not a printhead on the cartridge that wears out. | | | | bottom of the cartridge. When the black rubber |
| The Hp 88 cartridge has an internal mylar bag | | | | ball is pushed, ink comes out of the cartridge |
| that is filled with ink. XL black cartridges hold an | | | | through the ink port. Luckily, for the sake of clean |
| ounce of high density pigment black and the XL | | | | clothing, this mechanism only works when the |
| color cartridges hold half an ounce. The standard | | | | cartridge is inserted into the printer. |
| size cartridges only hold half of the capacity of | | | | The chips on the HP 88 cartridge are replaced |
| the XL's. | | | | when remanufactured, and Hp has little technology |
| The internal mylar bag within these Hp 88's | | | | to prevent the use of third party ink cartridges, |
| deflates as the ink is dispensed into the ink tubes | | | | unlike other manufacturers such as Epson, which |
| that carry the ink to the Hp 88 printheads. This | | | | are notorious for preventing the use of |
| mylar bag is very durable, which also aids the | | | | aftermarket ink cartridges which are unavailable. |
| reliability of the remanufacturing process. Ink is | | | | |