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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 carpal tunnel Registered: 23/09/2000 Posts: 3608 Loc: Minnetonka, MN	would it wreck my printer? too late _________________________ Matt
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#112669 - 24/08/2002 00:52 Re: Cheap Ink Refills for Inkjet Printers [Re: burdell1]
mtempsch pooh-bah 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 _________________________ /Michael
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#112670 - 26/08/2002 15:10 Re: Cheap Ink Refills for Inkjet Printers [Re: burdell1]
JBjorgen carpal tunnel 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). _________________________ ~ John
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#112671 - 26/08/2002 15:26 Re: Cheap Ink Refills for Inkjet Printers [Re: JBjorgen]
tfabris carpal tunnel Registered: 20/12/1999 Posts: 31597 Loc: Seattle, WA	Epsons will tend to clog even with the factory cartridges, I can attest to that. _________________________ Tony Fabris
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#112672 - 26/08/2002 15:37 Re: Cheap Ink Refills for Inkjet Printers [Re: tfabris]
msaeger carpal tunnel Registered: 23/09/2000 Posts: 3608 Loc: Minnetonka, MN	All inkjet printers are self destructive. _________________________ Matt
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#112673 - 26/08/2002 15:39 Re: Cheap Ink Refills for Inkjet Printers [Re: tfabris]
DeadFire addict 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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