Archived from groups: comp.periphs.printers (
More info?)
"Tiffany Silver" <NiceTiffany@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:15019-411D9A5D-83@storefull-3136.bay.webtv.net...
> No. 56 black (I think pigment, but I'm not sure) and No. 57 color (dye)
> cartridges for HP Deskjet 5550, which include print heads. The room
> temperature is 84 F during the summer. Storage between 6 months and a
> year. Most of the cartridges are still in their original unopened
> wrappers, but a few had been opened and then put into Ziplock freezer
> bags.
For the ones that are still in the original package I would put then in the
refrig, but take them out a day before you plan to use them. For a year of
storage the ones that have been opened should be stored in a humidor (the
plastic thing supplied with the #59 cartridge) or left in the printer. You
will probably not have much luck storing them in a freezer bag. Additionally,
the color cartridge especially should not have anything touching the nozzle
plate. If you have wrapped the plastic so that it touches the nozzle plate the
colors will mix together running the cartridge.
A better plan would be to buy cartridges as you need them and not stock up for
long term storage.
Regards,
Bob Headrick, not speaking for my employer HP
MS MVP Printing/Imaging