This was my first experience with refurbished cartridges. I decided to contribute slightly more to my green life style. Unfortunately it didn't go well. The printer just kept saying that the cartridge is faulty. It refused to do anything and I was stuck for couple of weeks. I followed all the wiping and trying again instructions but to no avail. It also was very frustrating to email backwards and forwards. I was fully refunded fair play. Later I bought completely new cartridge and it started printing perfectly even without realigning.