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Better ink then Megatoners IMO even Epson's ink.

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I have an HP and I justed ordered a color cartridge from Swift to try it out, if all is good I'll stay with them since the oem ones are way too much over priced and the local stores. $20 bucks for the cartridge and shipping was only $3.45 thats way better then $36 bucks at any retail.
 
Funboy, you might want to change your link to have a direct link to the site. I followed your link and came to your account info. (If you're Mr. H).
 
Originally posted by: chess4fun
Funboy, you might want to change your link to have a direct link to the site. I followed your link and came to your account info. (If you're Mr. H).
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Just tried it and it goes to the site and I am not mR H.
Thanks for looking out for me 🙂
 
Just a a tip for clogs - keep an empty and fill it about a quarter way with Windex. Print and clean using this cartridge. If this doesn't work you'll need to buy another printer. It doesn't pay to fix one.
 
Actually USAInkjet on eBay beats monster unless you buy multiple sets at a time. A set of 4 tanks for the iP3000 is $12. shipped and should last me about 4 months, while a set from monster costs $15.45 shipped. But that's only if all you care about is price...

.bh.

:moon:
 
Originally posted by: doinmybestatlast
Just a a tip for clogs - keep an empty and fill it about a quarter way with Windex. Print and clean using this cartridge. If this doesn't work you'll need to buy another printer. It doesn't pay to fix one.
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WOW... that's an interesting idea! I think I'm gonna have to give that a shot on a couple of clogged printers I've got. One is a C82 and I was just about to trash it, so I might as well try!

Joe
 
How is the quality of the brother cartridges? I have a 210C. Just notice there is a disclaimer about them not being made in the USA

Certainly interested.
 
Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones
How is the quality of the brother cartridges? I have a 210C. Just notice there is a disclaimer about them not being made in the USA

Certainly interested.
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Hello Bruno,

This is correct, as you read, the Brother cartridges are not made-in-USA like the rest of our products. The reason is because the supplier for the USA-products do not create those particular Brother's yet. The Brothers I carry are "Printer Essentials" brand, and are ISO 9001 certified. They are, however, guaranteed to function very much like the OEM products. So far, no complaints.
 
I also have the same printer, the R200, and I have been using ink from inkgrabber.com, its about $20 less for a set, more if you use their 10% off coupon. Have had good luck with them so far.
 
Anyone know if the ink from inkgrabber.com is dye or pigment based? the images of the ink carts are the same as the ones from swiftink.com but i dont know if that means anything.
 
The images of the carts on inkgrabber are nothing like the ones on swiftink for the Canon iP3000 tanks (3E, 6C, 6M, 6Y)... No mention of Made in USA either.

.bh.
 
I really like tylermartn's USA brand. Its cheap and works great in my Canon i850. I've been using it for about six months. I only print once a week or so, and I haven't had any clogs or problems. Print quality looks good too.
 
I just got a response from inkgrabber.com on their inks. they are dye based for everyone's information. looks like swiftink is still the way to go.
 
The ink I got in my set of carts for my iP3000 from USAInkjet is not as intense as the OEM in the C,M,Y (BCI-6x) colors while the ink I got for my i450 (BCI-24C) toward the middle of last year was easily as intense as the OEM and put Tyler-Martin's "Rainbow" carts to shame. My results with the BCI-24C are largely why I've been recommending the USA Inkjet and they still may be among the best at the price.
. Inks for the Canon are supposed to be dye-based for the non-black colors. And some of the blacks are supposed to be pigment based while others are supposed to be dye-based.
. Do the tanks that Swift sells meet those criteria, Azo? IOW, at least for Canon, where the OEM is pigment, are your tanks pigment. And where the OEM are dye, are your tanks dye? Or did you just go all pigment?
. What about shipping pigment inks in REALLY cold weather? Isn't the pigment more likely to separate or settle out than the dye? I know I used to make fluorescent stains for biological testing, and it took hours on the magnetic stirrer to be sure the dye was fully dissolved.

.bh.
 
If the print head is removable like Cannon or HP, you can wet a paper towel with Windex and put it on the print head for a few minutes to un clog it. Epsons have a sponge where the print head rests, and you can use a dropper to drop some Windex onto the sponge.
The 409 window cleaner does not really work as well, so here is a case of getting what u paid for.
 
i've been a big supporter of Tyler-Martin until i found other sites like megatoners and inkjetmonsters, but no i realized that even generic ink quality has different quality. but i m curious, how does TM hold against others?

//krunk (^_^x)
 
Originally posted by: Zepper
The ink I got in my set of carts for my iP3000 from USAInkjet is not as intense as the OEM in the C,M,Y (BCI-6x) colors while the ink I got for my i450 (BCI-24C) toward the middle of last year was easily as intense as the OEM and put Tyler-Martin's "Rainbow" carts to shame. My results with the BCI-24C are largely why I've been recommending the USA Inkjet and they still may be among the best at the price.
. Inks for the Canon are supposed to be dye-based for the non-black colors. And some of the blacks are supposed to be pigment based while others are supposed to be dye-based.
. Do the tanks that Swift sells meet those criteria, Azo? IOW, at least for Canon, where the OEM is pigment, are your tanks pigment. And where the OEM are dye, are your tanks dye? Or did you just go all pigment?
. What about shipping pigment inks in REALLY cold weather? Isn't the pigment more likely to separate or settle out than the dye? I know I used to make fluorescent stains for biological testing, and it took hours on the magnetic stirrer to be sure the dye was fully dissolved.

.bh.
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Excellent questions Zepper.

Our inks match all OEM criteria. Therefore, we will use pigments where they use pigments and we will use dyes where they use dyes. Pigmented inks have more durability and are better inks all around. However, some printers don't use them on colors because they are more limited in their color gamuts and can therefore have problems creating the proper combination of colors to match the image being printed.

Some of our Canon cartridges use plastic clips to seal in the ink and some use heat seals. Either of these provide a safe condition for the inks as they are not exposed to the climate conditions. Therefore, the weather shouldn't be a factor in the performance of the ink. In fact, even a drastic change in altitude will usually have little to no effect on our inks. If the OEM's inks can survive these conditions, so can ours.
 
Originally posted by: Azo313
Our inks match all OEM criteria. Therefore, we will use pigments where they use pigments and we will use dyes where they use dyes.
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Azo,

Now I'm confused again. You said earlier that the R200 ink you offer is pigment based. Is the OEM ink for my R200 pigment or dye?
 
He is saying if the manufacture used dye to make thier cart then they use dye.
If they used Pigments then they used pigment.
He also said that the r200 (which I have as well) was pigment based ink so therefore so was the ones I picked up for my printer. That also explaines why they matched and was a little better then the Epson Originals I tested his ink aganst. Unlike megatoners which must of been dye based because it was much different when up against both brands.
 
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