Wow, those refillable printer cartridge things actually work!

[iluvtruenos]

So my PSC was officially dead. Both the color and B&W died almost instantly, so I decided to pitch them this morning, and get new ones after I drop my brother off at the pool.

Well, our pool is across the street from a dollar store, so I decided to stop in to see if I could get some more shaving cream.

On the way to the back, I notice those refill things for a buck a package. They catch my eye, and I get a package of B&W and colors thinking that it's a scam, most lilkely won't work, but then I said screw it, it's only 2 bucks.

I get home, surf some websites, then a popup comes up with print cartridges. Remembering, I go to the car, and take out the refill kit. I take the empty cartridges from the trash, and decide to try it for the hell of it.

Surprisingly, the directions made everything clear, and after stabbing at the label of the cartridge for a few seconds, I found the two vent holes and refilled it.

I just printed a test page, the full spectrum of colors was so fricking vibrant and everything printed just how I wanted it to.

I'm going back there today and picking up like 10 more of each kit.

I love those things. $1>$28

Moral: Dollar stores do have good stuff.

 

[eplebnista]

 

[Jawo]

Where did you get this supply? I have seen it at several stores and online but never at dollar stores....some help here? Since the refil kits are usually more expensive

 

[AdamSnow]

Wasnt worth the mess for me...

I buy new and recycle old cartridges each time.

 

[Pepsi90919]

Well, our pool is across the street from a dollar store, so I decided to stop in to see if I could get some more shaving cream.

 

[Patt]

It works fine for a while, but replace the cartridge eventually, or you'll have a leak and screw up the entire printer.
<---- talking from experience

 

[Comp625]

Beware using refillable ink on Canon and Epson printers because you have a much higher chance of screwing up the printhead whereas in HP and Lexmark printers, the printhead is built into every cartridge. In other words, if the ink sucks, then you can easily buy new cartridges and boom, you can probably print again. The printhead can get costly on the Canons and Epsons...

 

[us3rnotfound]

what was the exact brand name of said refill product?

 

[ShowdOWN]

Originally posted by: AdamSnow
Wasnt worth the mess for me...

I buy new and recycle old cartridges each time.

:thumbsup:

 

[ShadowBlade]

who prints stuff?

 

[iluvtruenos]

Originally posted by: us3rnotfound
what was the exact brand name of said refill product?

Brand: Not really a brand, more of a home-based business type thing.

In the kit is a thumbtack, a screw with a loop at the end, and a tube of ink with a small funnel, and a cutout circular label for covering the hole when finished.

It's really simple, but it works wonders. I just printed a full color photo of an M35A2 articulating a mound of dirt with the front pair of rear wheels.

 

[0roo0roo]

if you want your print to last it matters.

 

[intogamer]

good4u!

 

[Rastus]

I never had good luck with them. It was messy, then the cartridges would quit working and I would have to clean them constantly. After a couple refills, the cartridges would die anyway and I found I had to buy new ones.

So I bought a laser printer. But no color.

 

[Kelemvor]

They work great until the ink gums up the jets on the printer and it totally stops working and then you have to go buy a new printer...

 

[Cheezeit]

i tried those before, got a whole 20 dollar kit with like 5 of color and 5 of black and ended up throwing it away as it went with my old cannon

 

[Sphexi]

1) Most printer companies, with the exception of Canon, put the print heads right on the cartridge. For the most part they're made to handle a little bit more ink than is in the cartridge itself, before the head starts to break down.

2) Refill kits can and do work, until said printer head breaks down and starts leaking extra ink, causing poor print quality and little drops of color here and there.

3) Lexmark puts special chips on theirs that measures ink usage, and when you hit a certain amount (the amount in the cartridge), it stops working, refilled or not. As far as I know only Lexmark did that, they may not be doing it anymore either.

4) If you have a nicer printer, go ahead and do the refill thing, but at some point expect to have to buy new cartridges anyways, I'd say refill each set twice before buying new, so you basically get three solid runs out of a set before they go really bad.


EDIT:

BTW I have the PSC1210 and I have refilled the carts once already, but it was over a year of light-medium printing before I even ran out of ink. The thing is awesome.