William Spencer wrote:
Hi there: Is there a consensus on ink? I have two ink-jets, a Canon
Pixma iP6220D and an HP Photosmart C4400 series (as well as a laser
printer), and have been finding it increasingly difficult to get
replacement third-party cartridges that work, especially with the Canon.
My choices seem to be, in descending order of cost:
1. Branded cartridges
2. Third-party cartridges
3. Refilling myself, by hand
As we all know, #1 is very expensive, but of course the manufacturers
make their money on the ink, not the machines. #2 is as noted above. Do
you-all have recommendations on whether it makes any sense to go to #3,
which I have never done, or just suck it up and go to #1? As always, my
thanks in advance!
Bill
I've been lucky, I have a printer that uses the hp 02 series of ink (1
black, 5 individual colors). Cartridge world charges $12.00 ea for color
refills (haven't needed black yet). But at least twice I have picked up
a batch of colors (NIB) from craigs list. The last batch of 6 cost
$20.00. I try to trade off refills and oems to prevent problems from
refills.
I see adds for left over ink after a printer quits on craigs list often.
I thought I wouldn't like the individual cartridges but, the idea that
there isn't still 2 other colors in the cartridge when one runs out and
going to waste is nice.
Another thing is the printer was in a lot from a school auction and it
wasn't being used as a network printer even though it has Cat 5 port
built in. (HP photosmart c6150 aio). I just found another one for $15.00
at a garage sale.
Charles
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