Anyone using Swift Ink's BCI24 compatible ink?

[mshan]

I have a Canon MP1300 all in one printer that uses Canon's BIC24 black and tri-color ink cartridges. The black one is running low, so I need to get a replacement.

I've read people praise Swift Ink's Canon compatible ink, but I believe they were referring to their BCI6 compatible inks.

Anyone used Swift Ink's BCI-24 compatible inks?

If so, how good or bad are they?

 

[LincolnFStern]

Haven't used Canon inks but I do have an Epson C86 and bought ink for that I have absolutely no problems with their ink.

 

[Lemon law]

you might also try www.bulkinkjetcarts.com-----they have the BCI-24 cartriges for a buck a pop
be it black or tricolor.------a few pages back on the perhiferals page there is a fifty some thread post on various ink vendors.-----up to you to decide--but there are also alot of people happy with swift ink for what its worth. The curse with swift ink is that they are not particularly a low cost supplier as third party vendors go---in a market where cost is seldom a predictor of quality.

Third party cartridges are sure alot cheaper than Canon OEM-------saving too compelling to pass up.
But one joker with mail order ink--you want to buy in fairly large quanaties to factor out shipping costs.---figure a cartridge shelf life of two years.

 

[bigboxes]

Cost may not be an indicator of quality, but if you purchase the wrong generic ink say goodbye to your printer as the inkjets will get clogged. I have been very happy with the cost and service of swiftink and would recommend them highly to anyone. Don't think that it doesn't matter.

 

[Zepper]

The dye-based inks in the BCI 24 are the same inks that are in the BCI-6 carts. You just get lots more of it in the 6 series. It should work just fine for you. Plus, if you're a heatware.com member, you can get 20% off on your ink right now. Go register or sign in and get your coupon code... I really like their ink.

FYI: And here's a tip for all Canon owners that use the pigmented black or other pigmented inks (BCI-3e cartridge series) - be sure to carefully clean the nozzle plate of your print head with alcohol on occasion. I was having some smearing and streaking in standard print mode that wasn't resolved by cleaning and traced it to particle build-up from the black ink on the nozzle plate (black is the only pigmented ink used in my iP3000 - the color nozzles and surroundings were nice and clean).

It looked like little ridges or piles of gritty looking stuff in various areas. I cleaned it off with some alcohol on cotton swabs and no more smearing/streaking. Roll the swabs (it can take quite a few swabs to get it all) instead of rubbing so you don't damage the nozzles and be sure to get any lint left behind.

It took a year and a quarter for it to build up enough to cause a problem - pretty good in my book.

.bh.

 

[Ike0069]

I use the Rainbow brand from tylermartin.com for the BCl-24.

They work just fine, and you can't go wrong with $1.29 cartridges IMO.

 

[Zepper]

Did T-M fix the rainbow and USA brands. The last time I bought, the ink was much lower in intensity than what I had bought there earlier. That's why I'm buying from SwiftInk now.

.bh.

 

[Ike0069]

Originally posted by: Zepper
Did T-M fix the rainbow and USA brands. The last time I bought, the ink was much lower in intensity than what I had bought there earlier. That's why I'm buying from SwiftInk now.

.bh.

I'm not sure. I last purchased several months ago, but it seems to work fine. I don't really prints pics with this printer, but I have no issues with text documents.

 

[Budmantom]

Originally posted by: Ike0069
I use the Rainbow brand from tylermartin.com for the BCl-24.

They work just fine, and you can't go wrong with $1.29 cartridges IMO.

Same here, but I do hear great things about Swift Ink.


Tom

 

[Ike0069]

I too have heard nothing but good things about swiftink. But it's more than doulbe the price.
Now if If I used my Canon printer for color pictures, then I would probably look at getting more expensive (better quality) ink.

 

[shrimpsiumai]

I have exactly what the op posted for my canon printer...
Everything works fine... except the ink smears/doesn't dry when i print on glossy photo paper (it didn't do this with stock canon ink).
Beats me =\

 

[Zepper]

SwiftInk dries quickly on Staples and Fuji brand glossy paper. Don't know what clone ink you are using.

.bh.