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Peripherals: Poll: If you use an inkjet printer, what do you use?
- 7/17/09 1:27 PM
(NT) OEM
by kcbttns - 7/18/09 2:02 AM In reply to: Poll: If you use an inkjet printer, what do you use? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Inkjet cartridges
by yankeeforever - 7/18/09 2:20 AM In reply to: Poll: If you use an inkjet printer, what do you use? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I have tried several places for remanufactured cartridges. Some were horrible, the ink leaked and smudged, one company's cartridge didn't even fit in the printer. I finally found one company that I swear by. I have never had a problem at all with Cotton's remanufacured cartridges. They are every bit as good as the grossly overpriced HP cartridges. In fact, I have had bad HP cartridges more than once.
Good Quality After Market Tanks & Cartridges
by hsweet - 7/18/09 7:33 AM In reply to: Inkjet cartridges by yankeeforeverWhile I primarily reload my Canon tanks with bulk ink, I also buy tanks from Swiftink.com. I've been fully satisfied with their quality, service and prices.
Alternative Inks
by Don Foxwell - 7/18/09 2:30 AM In reply to: Poll: If you use an inkjet printer, what do you use? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I have a Canon & an Epson printer - the latter for Cd's only - I have found that a company known as 'Stinkyink' supply excellent, top quality compatibles at a very reasonable price, a LOT cheaper than the extortionate prices from the companies themselves.
To ensure that everything is kept in working order I do a head clean each month or so - so far I have had no problems.
Donfox.
Ink jet refills
by barrmac - 7/18/09 2:55 AM In reply to: Poll: If you use an inkjet printer, what do you use? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I tried refills and refill kits, but after I had to replace an inktub and was lucky just to find a replacement,I stopped using anything but OME's.I do find the cartidges expensive, but do not print every day at home so I live with the cost as I like the quality and do not run a home business.It may depend on the printer as much as the ink.The bubble jet portable was not cheap to buy, but I used it in the field to make small signs and had to depend on the unit operating in conditions that were harsh and no IT available with the nearest town sometimes 500 miles away.. My work has changed but the habit continues even with cheap printers available today.Living in Spain now, I pay in euros what others pay in dollars, but buy HP XL's that last me a long time.If you think things are expensive in the Americas, try shopping in the EU.If you pay 60 dollars, I pay 60 euros for the same product.Right now that is a 41% higher price.Have a great day folks!!
oem verses after market ink
by how - 7/18/09 4:14 AM In reply to: Poll: If you use an inkjet printer, what do you use? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I now use oem after finding a vendor that discounts them to a reasonable level. Only slightly above the going price for after market. My printer is an Hp and uses tricolor and black carts.
Several vendors are very competive, House of Inks is my current choice.
It's hard to find good third party cartridges or refills
by me2amjw - 7/18/09 4:16 AM In reply to: Poll: If you use an inkjet printer, what do you use? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I tried at least a dozen compatible cartridges and found all of them either produced poor quality or clogged my printer. I had about decided to just stick with OEM in spite of painful cost. Then I tried Rhinotek and find them to be just as good as Canon.
Very recently have tried Cartridge World, where I can buy already refilled or take in my empties and wait while they refill them. I can get a BCI-Bk refilled for $4.00 and am very satisfied with their quality and service.
OEM for the most part
by retexan599 - 7/18/09 6:16 AM In reply to: Poll: If you use an inkjet printer, what do you use? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
My printing volume is small because I try to keep my information & picture sharing in the electronic world. Email, photo sharing sites, blogs, optical discs, flash memory, etc. are my preference. I show off my photos with a digital picture frame for example.
So for the little printing that I do, OEM ink cartridges make sense for me. I have tried some refilled cartridges with mixed results.
Injet ink supply
by rsbrsb2 - 7/18/09 6:16 AM In reply to: Poll: If you use an inkjet printer, what do you use? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I have been using continuous ink supply systems for several years and, in my opinion, they are excellent. The latest one I purchased from inkproducts.com to fit my Epson RX595 has been the best yet. Easy to set up and operate with no mess, I print many digital photos on premium photo paper. They come out just as nicely as they would if I used OEM ink, and I'm saving about 90% of the ink cost. Can't say enough good about it. The newest systems even have a chip that over-rides any manufacturer's messages about "not recognizing cartridges" and the printer merrily chugs along. Have had no problems with clogged print heads or jambing.
Remanufactured cartridges
by Fred Clark67 - 7/18/09 7:23 AM In reply to: Poll: If you use an inkjet printer, what do you use? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Very good results in printing and at less than half the price OEM cartridges with free shipping in just a few days.
I use the genuine ones, but don't pay full price..
by hrlaser - 7/18/09 7:41 AM In reply to: Poll: If you use an inkjet printer, what do you use? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Hi..
My printer is the tiny Canon PIXMA iP90 with optional battery pack and Bluetooth (retail for the printer plus those options when it was new a few years ago.. $500.00.. the printer alone, about $250.00).. I reviewed the printer for a magazine and a Web site, so it cost me nothing (the Canon PR rep who sent it to me, brand new, told me it would cost them more to re-furb it and put it in an outlet store than to just let me keep it!).. he sent me a huge supply of ink with it and told me he'd send me free Canon ink "forever".. well forever lasted a whole year, since they moved him to another division :-/ .. anyway, the printer is very high-quality, but also tiny, and its ink tanks are tiny.. since Canon will void a printer's warranty if third party inks are used, and they foul the print head.. and these tiny tanks have no way to refill them, I buy brand new, sealed packs of Canon tanks on eBay for a fraction of what stores charge for them.. the printer's high-precision head is built into the ink tank carrier, not the tank cartridge itself.. so I'll stick with the real thing.. and since the printer is still a current model, Canon stil makes ink tanks / cartridges for it, so they're easy to find..
Remanufactured cartridges
by bpines - 7/18/09 8:12 AM In reply to: Poll: If you use an inkjet printer, what do you use? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I have an HP 500-42 Plotter. HP OEM cartridges have a magnetic base ink that interferes with an electronic digital estimating board tha I use in my work. When I called HP they wouldn't even talk to me about it and just said that it was too bad.
I did some research and found that "Inksmile" remanufactures cartridges and guarantees that the ink is non magnetic. I have been using it for about 3 years without any major problems. Every once in a while I get a bad cartridge but they replace it free of charge and I have saved thousand of dollars.
Inkjet cartridges
by Themisive - 7/18/09 9:00 AM In reply to: Poll: If you use an inkjet printer, what do you use? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I use a Canon,some time ago I bought some compatible cartridges from a new supplier as the OEM ones were so expensive. They didn't ruin my machine - I didn't leave them in when I saw what was happening. I stuck with OEM, despite the price, but I now use another compatible cartridge from a firm called perinterinks.com, these are really good, I would say on a par with the OEM tanks, except for the price.
One thing I would like to make clear, with anything except OEM, you are taking a chnace, my motto with regard to these is simple CAVEAT EMPTOR a Latin phrase meaning "Let the Buyer Beware" and I think is very apt.
3rd party cartridges
by dsmpalatka - 7/18/09 9:52 AM In reply to: Poll: If you use an inkjet printer, what do you use? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I have 2 Brother all in one printers. Cheap ones, and they have been heavily used. The last company I've been buying from is G&G. I have never had any problems with their cartridges and they are very affordable.
I kinda have to use OEM carts
by tek-ed - 7/18/09 9:54 AM In reply to: Poll: If you use an inkjet printer, what do you use? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
My Epson printer has a chip that identifies the cartridge. I purchased ian aftermarket cartridge that also has the chip, but while the cartridge is correct, the chip is not. Turns out that mid way through the manufacture of the printer I have, they changed the chip design. The original chip was too easy to replicate. Now the replacement chip it seems, cannot be replicated and so I'm stuck using OEM carts...I used to use refills on my older HP and Epson printers, and never had any problems...(sometimes they did leak though)
But there is a certain sense of security when you use OEM carts...when something goes wrong, you can usually not consider that it's going to be the cartridge that is the problem
Ed
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