does cheap ink ever work?

[rudeguy]

I ordered a magenta ink cartridge from a site and it messed up my printer. Not only does the magenta print wrong, the black is messed up too. Has anyone ever had good luck with cheap ink?

 

[MrScott81]

i tried one of those refill kits for my hp...turned out like crap. and yes i followed the directions.

 

[purbeast0]

I have ordered probably over $200 worth of ink from www.inksell.com for my canon i860. it prints out %100 identical to the canon brand, and i'm talkin bout 300dpi covers for some dvd movies, as well as 4x6 photo prints, as well as 8x11 photo prints. the ink there is probably like 2/5 the price you pay in stores, its not dirt cheap like some other places.

i will never go back to brand name colors after using inksell , a HUGE thumbs up to them:thumbsup:

 

[StageLeft]

Well I tried a refill kit and it worked but print quality was VERY bad. I am now using a canon which has $7 refills for the official cartridge (S330 I think). I wouldn't bother with refills anyway 🙂

 

[moomoo40moo]

I bought one of the refill kits for just the black ink. Works like a charm. It has lasted me a long time, and looks just like the retail printer cartridges. I ordered some color ink on the cheap on fleabay, and it amazingly is not that bad.

 

[rudeguy]

Originally posted by: purbeast0
I have ordered probably over $200 worth of ink from www.inksell.com for my canon i860. it prints out %100 identical to the canon brand, and i'm talkin bout 300dpi covers for some dvd movies, as well as 4x6 photo prints, as well as 8x11 photo prints. the ink there is probably like 2/5 the price you pay in stores, its not dirt cheap like some other places.

i will never go back to brand name colors after using inksell , a HUGE thumbs up to them:thumbsup:

hmm...I didnt pay too much less than retail. I paid around $9. I was ordering some other items from a website and decided to try this. I dont really care about the magenta color, I dont do much color printing, but I do alot of B&W printing. Stupid epson wont print a B&W page if its out of magenta ink.

 

[Shawn]

They never work. Just buy new ones.

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

<--needs to buy another $80 toner cartridge for his laser printer

<--unemployed

<--not happy

 

[MrScott81]

Originally posted by: DeathByAnts
<--needs to buy another $80 toner cartridge for his laser printer

<--unemployed

<--not happy

enjoy a nice :beer:x6 and drink your sorrows away

 

[RobCur]

check out cheap inks for inkjets for 30 bucks or a little more you can get like 27-30 refills on one cartridge.
elsewhere you pay 19.95 and you only get 1/3 amount of ink of what you get here.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: DeathByAnts
<--needs to buy another $80 toner cartridge for his laser printer

<--unemployed

<--not happy

heh, well cost per page is still lower the inkjet big time🙂


eh, for cheap inks all the tests/roundups i've seen show em doing pretty poorly. means u can probably try getting away with say printing graphs or something, but not any photos. generic black for inkjet isn't a biggy, black output for inkjet is pretty poor in the first place.