How many refills are typical on HP carts? (#57,#58 & #56)

[Te]

How many refills are typical before the cartridge is damaged or unusable?
I've refilled 2 #57's, one of them I refilled only 2 or 3 times max before
it refused to print in photomode... Now my other #57 is doing the same
thing I've refilled it about 6 times or so.

Is this typical? 3-6 refills before the cartridge needs to be replaced? I
had read somewhere (I'm sure it was here), that other people are still using
the cartridge(s) that came stock with the printers! ???

I'm not complaining mind you- Just curious what mileage others are getting,
or am I damaging the cartridge somehow in the refill process? (maybe
inserting the needle too far into the sponge?)

-Tom

 

[Amishman35]

How many refills are typical before the cartridge is damaged or unusable?

I've only refilled two or three times, and on the last time I had to give
Cartridge for Printer Resuscitation by placing my lips over the printhead and
sucking some ink out until I got a clean nozzle check. I must have used about
20 sheets of paper until I got the ink flowing again after many cleaning and
priming cycles.

If you put too much ink into the cartridge, entire colors will go out.

 

[SteveB]

I've got to 15 refills approx (lost count) on #57 and #58, probably 7 on #56
and still working fine.
I only let them get to about 35% full before refilling though, fill to the
brim, take a bit out, and let it rest overnight in the printer before doing
any serious amount of printing.