At 8:31 AM -0800 12/24/2009, Jonas Lopez wrote: >I want to buy 1 l of inkjet ink for the printer on my Mac, but this >$ 40 purchase has a question: what is the shelf life of inkjet ink?
We usually buy a year's worth at a time. I donno what the actual rated shelf life is, but I've had two year old color cartridges refuse to print. >If you are like me, you have been paying very, very, very, high >prices for black ink, so why not find and buy enough to last a long >time if the shelf life is ok. There is just NO reason for blank ink to be expensive. Depends on the printer, if course, but there are a lot of high quality 3rd party cartridges out there, many in the $3 to $8 range. You can also refill your own cartridges. Ink when bought in a large bottle is cheap! Currently, we use a lot of G&G cartridges. Back in the day, I used to refill my HP Deskwriter's cartridges. I used Schaeffer Scrip Jet Blank Ink. A small bottle cost $8 and would refill the cartridge about four times. Real HP carts were $22+. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
