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#112667 - 23/08/2002 19:58 Cheap Ink Refills for Inkjet Printers
burdell1
old hand

Registered: 14/01/2002
Posts: 931
Loc: Minnetonka, MN
Has anyone tried those "cheap" ink refills for ink jet printers at all for an extended period of time? I was wondering if they were worth buying or would it wreck my printer?

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#112668 - 23/08/2002 20:17 Re: Cheap Ink Refills for Inkjet Printers [Re: burdell1]
msaeger
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Registered: 23/09/2000
Posts: 3608
Loc: Minnetonka, MN
would it wreck my printer?

too late
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#112669 - 24/08/2002 00:52 Re: Cheap Ink Refills for Inkjet Printers [Re: burdell1]
mtempsch
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Registered: 02/06/2000
Posts: 1996
Loc: Gothenburg, Sweden
Well, I've done four refills into the same cartridge (black) for a Canon BJC 250 and prints are still looking the same (as far as I can tell) as when new. I mainly print text though...

Just make sure you don't have one of the cartridges with "smarts" in them that refuse to work after X number of pages, no matter if there's still ink in them...

/Michael
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#112670 - 26/08/2002 15:10 Re: Cheap Ink Refills for Inkjet Printers [Re: burdell1]
JBjorgen
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Registered: 19/01/2002
Posts: 3584
Loc: Columbus, OH
Generic inkjet cartridges completely hosed our Epson Photo EX. We had to send it off for repair it was so badly clogged. As far as refills go, I've only done a couple, but stay away from the generic compatible cartridges. Also, when viewed side by side with the epson stuff, the quality was quite clearly worse (even the black).
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#112671 - 26/08/2002 15:26 Re: Cheap Ink Refills for Inkjet Printers [Re: JBjorgen]
tfabris
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Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31600
Loc: Seattle, WA
Epsons will tend to clog even with the factory cartridges, I can attest to that.
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#112672 - 26/08/2002 15:37 Re: Cheap Ink Refills for Inkjet Printers [Re: tfabris]
msaeger
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Registered: 23/09/2000
Posts: 3608
Loc: Minnetonka, MN
All inkjet printers are self destructive.
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#112673 - 26/08/2002 15:39 Re: Cheap Ink Refills for Inkjet Printers [Re: tfabris]
DeadFire
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Registered: 30/05/2002
Posts: 695
    Epsons will tend to clog even with the factory cartridges
I can second that. I have a nice cheap Lexmark; it gives me no trouble.

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