How reliable is refilled inkjet cartridge?
March 5, 2009 by Inkjet Printer Reviews
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Some businesses out there can refill inkjet cartridges. If you have tried it and either you liked or disliked it, please explain why.
It’s a three-in-one (CMY) cartridge for HP D1420. After the refill, I could get full color on first half of page 1 at the startup, then just magenta and black. It was nearly free when I bought it. Never thought if it could last this long.
Some businesses out there can refill inkjet cartridges. If you have tried it and either you liked or disliked it, please explain why.
It’s a three-in-one (CMY) cartridge for HP D1420. After the refill, I could get full color on first half of page 1 at the startup, then just magenta and black. It was nearly free when I bought it. Never thought if it could last this long.
Black-only works fantastic. I now have a different opinion about HP Deskjets.
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Inkjets Feedback: That’s a tough one to answer in more detail than “It depends”.
It depends on the make and model of your printer, but above all else it depends on the refilling company. If they do a good job it’s 100% reliable. If they do shoddy work it gets very unreliable.
I use a local refilling company here (in China, unlikely to help you much), and am very happy with their work. A previous company I used seemed good until the prints started fading savagely a month or two after being printed.
Inkjets Feedback: Printer companies are trying to get you away from that. Why? Because they lose money that way! lol
The biggest profit for Hewlett Packard.. aka HP is printer ink to corporations who purchase their products.
I would just find a simple printer w/ cheap ink purchases! Keep it simple… printers that look really cheap… may not be so cheap!
Inkjets Feedback: That depends. The quality of the refillled cartridge is going to depend upon the condition of the cartridge itself.
A cartridge which is older, not printing well or has been out of the printer for a long period of time is going to yeiled a terrible result. However if you are refilling a cartridge which has just emptied, was printing great and you are doing it withing a day or two of that last great print you should have a decent result.
Keep in mind that cartridges need to be maintained, even the original manufacturer cartridge needs to be cleaned and used to keep printing. Upon refilling you want to take extra steps to clean and maintain, this will prolong the life of your cartridge.