Life expectancy and recommended 'throw' supplies

I am familiar with the date 'Use before' HP on the parcel and use/expiration on the plotter date real supplies (printing and the ink heads) in the box. As we all know, users will buy the blocks in advance waiting to use it, and then before they know is 1 to 3 years later and supply was not being used. I searched for some data how long after the Date of prior use that HP recommends using the supplies. Personally, I think you can try the print head and if it solves the problem, then use and monitor. As for the ink, I'm not sure. I know also it didn't ink sit inside the printheads from the factory and can cause a degradation of the quality problem.

I have a client that I found where they had a provider as apparently before you print a label and covered the use before date. I used a heat gun to remove the label enough to reveal the date and this supply to use prior to 12/06.  They have also just ordered 2 heads of print/cleaners at Amazon for their Designjet 5500ps and their dates were Jan 13 and 13 May. I recommended that they file a complaint.

Thoughts, ideas, or the actual data there.

TIA

This forum focuses on the level of consumer products.  For the Designjet that you can have better results, post in the forum HP Designjet here, this is where the Designjet experts hang out.

I used very old cartridges (five to ten years late) eBay on my Designjet 650 c with some success.  This old Designjet cartridges with print head built into the supply of ink and tends to be more forgiving of old (and usually thickened) ink - if the cartridge is not working properly, it can be replaced.  In newer Designjet models, like the Designjet 5550 you mention, supplies the ink and print heads are separated and there is a significant amount of plumbing to deal with.  These models are more sensitive to the problems with the old supplies, when there is a risk of thickened ink clog plumbing or the print head.  My guess is that a year too old stuff are probably not a problem, but supplies of 2006 are probably asking for trouble.

document here is some basic information that may be useful.

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