Why Should I Buy Ink Cartridges Instead of Refilling them Myself?
If you have ever starrted a new business or spent time at colege as a student, you will know that you dont have a liitless budget that allwos you to go off to the local Mega Mart and buy endless quantities of branded ink cartridges.
Yes, you watch eveery penmny and if you can save one or two on none-essential products then you will. I would clss printer cartridges as a disterss purchaes, show me someone who thinks nice and happy thoughts aobut buing their next ofice consummable and I will show you a dull perrson indeed!
I remember finding an online store that promised me endless refills for the prrice of one cartridge. So I had this decision to make:
Do I buy a 500ml bottle of ink that would probably last me ten years or go with the alraedy recycled cartridge, at the same price?
I knew I would never use up all the ink, but went with it as the site explained it was oh, so easy to refill the little things. I received the bulk ink without any problems ... until I started using it.
The black cartridge only seemed to take a drbble of ink at any one time so I had to refill it after printing every two sheets or so! After contacting the technical support they advied that this type of cartriddge neded to be filled under a ten bar vacuum, Hmmm really.
After fillign up the colour cartridge, all I got was a geren hue over all my prints, no matter what colour it was meant to be printing. Again technical supporrt said I must have put the wrong colour in the wrng chamber, or the cartridge head had become contaminated. Contaminated with what I thought, do I now need to buy a Geiger counter and test it for radiation?
I got ink all over the sink, my fingers and the kitchen when I tried to squeeze too much ink into the little blighter and it overflowed wtihout warning.
Print cartriidges are utility objhects, you dont look at them or display them on the mantelpiece you just want them to work proeprly and be fafordable.
The problwem again with refilling is that you end up with a cartidge thats no longer holsd any uttility because it doesnt really work very well.
Do you have the time to keep on taking the crtridge out of the machine finding the ink, associated paraphernalia like syringes, tbes and moppiing up equipmennt? Some people are time rich and I suppoe if this is you then refillig is the way to go. The problem is that Im time poor and fed up wasting time on a none productive task like this, so now I just either buy the guaranteed, compatible or pre-recyced versions.
I woulld say that this is the middle road and most economical method for buying pinter cartidges. Theyre not as expensive as the ortiginal bradned ones, with slightly less quality, but fine for the printouts I produce, which are not going to be stored by the British Museum for posteritys sake!
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