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Last post Author Topic: What's your experience with 3rd party color inkjet ink replacement?  (Read 48816 times)

worstje

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Not very relevant but definitely worth sharing: a decade old story involving printers, ink, running out of ink, and the users of said commodities. It got a laugh out of me. :)

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Not very relevant but definitely worth sharing: a decade old story involving printers, ink, running out of ink, and the users of said commodities. It got a laugh out of me. :)

The managers quickly figured out that if they simply bought the same type of printer that was at the office, they could simply "borrow” an inkjet cartridge from the supply room instead of spending an arm and a leg at CompUSA to buy one. It wasn't long after that when the bean counters realized that the department was spending over $1,000 a month in ink cartridges for an office staff of twenty.

 ;D ;D ;D

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A very level-headed response…
-cranioscopical (May 20, 2011, 12:19 PM)

Tanks for that.
-Stoic Joker (May 20, 2011, 02:40 PM)

I'm sure you could ink in a reservoir of knowledge... or perhaps write an ess eh?

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mikiem,
thank you for such a detailed post.

i'll note that i have had a third-party blank ink cartridge leak in my canon printer once.

I never had a real leak problem.  I did notice that the refab cartridges can vary as to removing the tape before insertion.  On some if you pull off the tape it loses the vacuum and ink starts making its way out the cartridge before you can get it into place. I think I remember having good luck disregarding the instructions and snapping the thing in before pulling the tape off the top.

Could be an incorrect printing on the instruction, or a disgruntled current employee at the refab mill. :)


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A very level-headed response…
-cranioscopical (May 20, 2011, 12:19 PM)

Tanks for that.
-Stoic Joker (May 20, 2011, 02:40 PM)

I'm sure you could ink in a reservoir of knowledge... or perhaps write an ess eh?
-cranioscopical (May 20, 2011, 04:10 PM)

sometimes I just havent got a clue what yous people are on about...

[revenge] manchmal denke ich, dass die ein andere Sprache sprechen, da drüben - oder ist es nur mich? [/with apologies to native speakers for any errors :p]
Tom

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On some if you pull off the tape it loses the vacuum and ink starts making its way out the cartridge before you can get it into place. I think I remember having good luck disregarding the instructions and snapping the thing in before pulling the tape off the top.

back on-topic - I have had that problem, thanks for the tip
Tom

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A very level-headed response…
-cranioscopical (May 20, 2011, 12:19 PM)

Tanks for that.
-Stoic Joker (May 20, 2011, 02:40 PM)

I'm sure you could ink in a reservoir of knowledge... or perhaps write an ess eh?
-cranioscopical (May 20, 2011, 04:10 PM)

You magentlemen always produce colorful remarks. A pixilated bunch for sure!




Stoic Joker

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A very level-headed response…
-cranioscopical (May 20, 2011, 12:19 PM)

Tanks for that.
-Stoic Joker (May 20, 2011, 02:40 PM)

I'm sure you could ink in a reservoir of knowledge... or perhaps write an ess eh?
-cranioscopical (May 20, 2011, 04:10 PM)

You magentlemen always produce colorful remarks. A pixilated bunch for sure!





I'll be cyan for an hour after that.

Stoic Joker

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[revenge] manchmal denke ich, dass die ein andere Sprache sprechen, da drüben - oder ist es nur mich? [/with apologies to native speakers for any errors :p]

Please swear at me in english.

Thank you,
 :D

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I just havent got a clue what yous people are on about...

It's just you  :harhar:

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You magentlemen always produce colorful remarks.

Life is never just black and white... it leaves me in a bad huemor.

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You magentlemen always produce colorful remarks.

Life is never just black and white... it leaves me in a bad huemor.
-cranioscopical (May 20, 2011, 05:32 PM)

Then starts the moanochroming.

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I'll be cyan for an hour after that.



Life is never just black and white... it leaves me in a bad huemor.

Then starts the moanochroming.

I think I'm trapped in the dot Matrix!!



« Last Edit: May 20, 2011, 06:58 PM by MilesAhead »

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I'll be cyan for an hour after that.



Life is never just black and white... it leaves me in a bad huemor.

Then starts the moanochroming.

I think I'm trapped in the dot Matrix!!

Impact you are...

MilesAhead

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Impact you are...

I never was a fan of folded paper. ;)

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Impact you are...

I never was a fan of folded paper. ;)


So... you wouldn't be handy in a paper jam?

MilesAhead

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So... you wouldn't be handy in a paper jam?
I always hated jam. Prefer jelly.

Now if I can just find a source for Smucker's Mixed Fruit 12 oz. jar that doesn't want more for the shipping than for the product. :)

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So... you wouldn't be handy in a paper jam?
I always hated jam. Prefer jelly.

I actually haven't a clue what the difference is.

However as the last two lines bear no resemblance to a pun ... We have now successfully managed to pull our tangent off-point.
 :huh:

 :D

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So... you wouldn't be handy in a paper jam?
I always hated jam. Prefer jelly.

I actually haven't a clue what the difference is.

However as the last two lines bear no resemblance to a pun ... We have now successfully managed to pull our tangent off-point.
 :huh:

 :D
-Stoic Joker (May 20, 2011, 09:21 PM)

I was just spooling around. :)

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I was just spooling around.


That's queuet!

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I was just spooling around.


That's queuet!
-cranioscopical (May 21, 2011, 07:20 AM)

You always like to give me a ribbin'. :)

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You always like to give me a ribbin'.

 :D

Cool your jets, you'll need a clear head!
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You always like to give me a ribbin'.

 :D

Cool your jets, you'll need a clear head!
-cranioscopical (May 21, 2011, 08:32 PM)

Hmm, bet mouser thinks we should tone'r down. :)


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Re: What's your experience with 3rd party color inkjet ink replacement?
« Reply #73 on: September 06, 2011, 02:55 PM »
Kevin Kelly has a post today recommending a company (Cobra Ink) that ships you a printer that has been pre-modified with a 3rd party continuous ink system with their own warranty.  Looks interesting.

http://www.kk.org/co.../archives/005846.php

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Re: What's your experience with 3rd party color inkjet ink replacement?
« Reply #74 on: September 09, 2011, 09:37 PM »
Cool.  What I find amazing to me, though, is how often even the cheapest printers will last if properly maintained.  More often than not, the only reason I ditched a printer was because it was old, not supported, and had no drivers for the newer OS's.  Everything else writes to a minimum generic driver, why can't printers?