Generic printer cartridges

[no-logic]

Anybody use generic printer cartridges? I have a Canon and there is tons of cheap cartridges on ebay. Just wanted to see if they work as good as the OEM.

[mrcrow]

 

Anybody use generic printer cartridges? I have a Canon and there is tons of cheap cartridges on ebay. Just wanted to see if they work as good as the OEM.

 

 

advice given to me from a major printer cartridge supplier here

buy a epson printer

their generic replacements..compatibles are 1/10 the cost of even the supermarket epson racked items

i have an epson

and so does my daughter

they are ok

but we dont mind stocking up on compatible bundles and offers as the results are quite satisfactory:)

[mrcrow]

 

advice given to me from a major printer cartridge supplier here buy a epson printer their generic replacements..compatibles are 1/10 the cost of even the supermarket epson racked items i have an epson and so does my daughter they are ok but we dont mind stocking up on compatible bundles and offers as the results are quite satisfactory:)

 

 

ps they are not chipped and you get messages about that on the info screen but they arent stopped from printing

an associate who is a buyer tells me factory cartridges are chipped to cut out at 10% ink left..

compatibles go right to the last drop

[Rippin' Robin]

I heart my laser printer.

[mrcrow]

I heart my laser printer.

i suppose you get top ups at the ok corrall...a fast ink job and no questions asked;)

[xbassman]

 

ps they are not chipped and you get messages about that on the info screen but they arent stopped from printing an associate who is a buyer tells me factory cartridges are chipped to cut out at 10% ink left.. compatibles go right to the last drop

 

That may not be true anymore.

Epson lost a class action lawsuit for this.

I received a voucher for $25 credit @ their webstore. (which I never used)

 

BTW- I heart my Laser printer as well. $50 toner cartridge lasts me a year or 2.

[Bluescout]

I've had a couple bad experiences with refilled or compatible cartridges so I don't recommend them anymore.

 

Oh yea, and I love my laser too.

[78pbass]

depends, are we talking inkjet? If os, then OEM only, the printheads dont get reman'd and often leak or seep

 

Laser? quality really depends on the reman'r. For HP's Curtis-young, Lexmark and Xerox come to mind as quality remans. Being Ex-Xerox myself, I know the HP compat hulls come from Canon who makes carts for HP.

[chunky-b]

I worked for HP several years ago (1997?) and they told us factory technicians to "recomend" their name brand cartridges but that we could not refuse to service the "compatible" ones because of a lawsuit that didn't let manufactures specify to use their own brand consumables.

 

I use name brand HP ones as a choice at home (I have three lasers right now 4550 Color, LaserJet5P and a LaserJet 3015). I have seen some problems with re-filled cartridges and really cheap off brands leaking. But that is the local toner re-charge people, not the Office Depot, Office Max, etc. 2nd tier cartridges. I have never scene them damage a machine beyond what a toner vaccuum will fix. (In other words, cleaning up the leak.)

[Perfessor]

I get mine refilled at a drug store. They do a great job and it costs $10. There are lots of places that refill the cartridges.