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Thread ID: 17388	2002-04-04 04:28:00	Inkjet refills - your experiences???	Guest (0)	Press F1

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41696	2002-04-04 04:28:00	Hi people I would love to have some feedback from you on inkjet refilling - what brand of printer, what brand of refill, how much you saved, and if it worked. After a thread we had a while back, I think it needs to be an article. thanks robo.	Guest (0)
41697	2002-04-04 04:46:00	I once (emphasis on ONCE) refilled some Epson carts. For those who don't know Epson carts, they have a 'membrane' over the ink outlet on the bottom of a new cartrige. The membrane is broken when the cart is installed. (Epson's printhead is permanently mounted on the carriage). So when you refill a cart, you don't have the benefit of this seal - you have to rely on surface tension and good luck, not to have ink dribble out while fitting the cart. Needless to say, after developing technicolour hands and wasting copius pages trying to soak up split ink, I vowed never to bother with (Epson) refills again.	Guest (0)
41698	2002-04-04 04:49:00	Why would someone use a refill when they get a cheap aftermarket cartridge. Tried a refill kit once, never again. It was dodgy as hell. Took quite a bit of scrubbing to get rid of the ink that ended up on the table (yes I did have newspaper down). JM	Guest (0)
41699	2002-04-04 05:00:00	JM - Aftermarket being ones that have been refilled by a recycling company? That is another option I hadn't considered. Keep 'em coming, people. robo.	Guest (0)
41700	2002-04-04 05:29:00	Robo, I have used Epson compatable cartridges for about 3 years now (from www.consumablecity.co.nz). These are not refilled, but brand new copies (made in USA). About half the price, and have never had a problem. T J	Guest (0)
41701	2002-04-04 05:49:00	When we were in chch we used a company in Barrington that did both aftermarkets for epsons and hp plus refills. The black refills were $10 and colour was $20. The black refills were good but the colours always seemed a hassle with bleeding through so we started using there after market ones at $20 for black and 30 for colour, excellent results all the time. Here we can only get refill kits and the cost saving is not worth it compared to new cartridges and if you take into account the time and travel costs as well......	Guest (0)
41702	2002-04-04 06:45:00	I tried refilling a black cartridge with black refil ink supposedly. Everything was right. It was the correct ink and was the correct cartridge for it to go in. Put it in tested it out. Yay dark green. Either that or the black ink has gone bad?	Guest (0)
41703	2002-04-04 07:50:00	I refill me HP Deskjet 840 all the time, it is sooo simple, and with the refill kits i get (Inktec), they come with gloves. The black is by far the easiest, absolutely no problems, i have refilled that 8 times now, however the colour can be a bit dodgy, you have to make sure you dont put too much ink in, or put the wrong colour ink in the wrong hole. However, I have refilled it 3 times now. Saves heaps of money do it this way, and because the print head is on the cartridge, you cant ruin the printer :) check it out. www.inktec.co.nz	Guest (0)
41704	2002-04-04 09:03:00	First experience of refils was using a spray can product called 'Black Stuff' to re-ink dot matrix printer ribbons. Ultra messy but really cheap. Turned the printer into a grey-scale model-256 varieties of black! I've still got a can somewhere if you want to try it. Only experience of refilling an inkjet cartridge was with our HP Deskjet 500 (mono) - messy, ink everywhere, and 20 odd pages before one came out clean - however, it was a lot cheaper. I later had an Epson Stylus (300 I think). I twice used Calidad replacement cartridges, and both times the print head clogged and burnt out ($130 a time to replace - I didn't bother the second time). I now have a Canon BJC 7000. This is a magnificent printer. The 3 colour and black cartridges cost about $120 each. They are huge - 75ml. They last about 10 months of average use. I consider this good value and I'm not going to risk my printer using non-Canon replacements, no matter how much cheaper they are. Regards, Ray Anderson	Guest (0)
41705	2002-04-04 09:46:00	Same as JM, I find Calidad the cheaper alternative to buying a standard Epsom cartridge, being a good $15-$20 dollors cheaper. I also tried the Calidad refill kit which was about $15 cheaper and I managed to get about two refills of the cartridge out of them, with print quality being only slightly less than the original. Though this cost benfit was probably lost by the amount of soap I had to use to clean my hands afterwards.	Guest (0)
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