Printer Ink Cartridge Refill Reviews
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Based on Dan’s post on HP Inkjet Printer Cartridges, we (naturally) received a handful of feedback. I haven’t used an inkjet in years, and was actually considering picking up a new laser printer before too long. 99% of what I print out is text, so black toner is fine for me. Most Gnomies likely have inkjets, however - so what William H. Heino, Sr. says might pertain to you:
“HP ink cartridges have warranties. When you get a bad ink cartridge, they give you another one. That’s the way a warranty works. When you buy a recycled ink cartridge, with no warranty, it may work momentarily. Why should my printer shut down after purchasing a recycled ink cartridge - only to work again when an HP ink cartridge is inserted? HP forces you, according to pre-determined usage, to buy their ink cartridges - or they’ll effectively shut your printer down. Hewlett Packard recycles their ink cartridges by promoting that HP cartridges be returned for recycling using a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Allowing HP, through their “refurbishing and reselling” effort to conserve resources, to use the various recycling facilities of manufacturers around the world contracted through HP. There are other recyclers available to refurbish and recycle ink cartridges, but HP has potentially restricted the consumer the full use and operation of HP printers.
I can see why William would be frustrated, but that’s the price you pay (literally) for buying and using an HP printer. If you don’t like the way HP plays ball, then they have plenty of competitors. Let your pocketbook do the talking, dude. Nobody’s forcing anybody to buy HP products in the first place. Of course, William’s feedback was based on our original HP Slaps Cartridge World With Patent Infringement article.
Julian writes: “What you didn’t mention in your article was that HP and other hardware manufacturers make the majority of their profits from ink sales. Because I do quite a bit of printing, I found that the cost of ink is the largest expense I have in computing. One day, a couple of years ago, I stumbled into a site that sold cell phone stuff. I needed a protective case - they had a sale. GREAT! The price was less than half of what I would pay for it locally. Started dealing with them back then and been very happy. A while back, they started to handle ink. The day I got the promo email, I needed ink - so I took a look for my Canon printer. The cost of a cartrige was $2.90 per unit (on sale, of course). I could buy three full sets of cartriges for less than I pay for one at the local high-discount computer supply store. With their return policy, I ordered three sets - $38 and change.”
He continues: They work great. Since then, I wait for sales on their site, and then order ink for myself and a couple of friends. Unlike some online suppliers I’ve used in the past, I’ve never had a problem with the products or their quality (or the people there, who answer any questions within a couple of days and have always been direct and truthful in their replies). Not only have I been happy, but so has anyone who I ever sent to the site - never a complaint (at least to me, and my friens are a bunch of whiners). Cellphoneshop.net is the place. I think that other readers (Gnomies) may want to hear about this shopping site and save like I have.”
I’m probably never going to buy another inkjet as long as I live, largely because the ink starts to get expensive when you print as much as we do around here. I’d just as soon pay more for a printer, and more for a cartridge that’s going to last longer and provide excellent results at a higher DPI. You can keep your ink and ink refill kits; my hands don’t get messy anymore.
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8 Comments
William H. Heino Sr.
November 14th, 2006
at 4:28pm
Watching C-SPAN, regarding HP’s other practices, got me to thinking. At the speed of technology in today’s fast paced world, what is new today could be replaced in a weeks time as completely outdated. Continuing on with the subject of Hewlett Packard printers, and HP’s anti-trust practices, of shutting down the use of my HP printer, at a predetermined time by not allowing consumers the free choice in the use of ink supplies, or ink cartridges from other suppliers. This brings up a whole new question, what if HP decided that the printers now in use cannot be supported any longer by HP technical expertise or other product support, and considers those fully functional printers now in use obsolete? You know this happens each and everyday. Which leaves those HP fully functional printers presently in use, useless due to the unavailability of HP support or ink supplies, and the inability to function with ink supplies from other ink suppliers or competitors which are readily available.
Jimmy Foot
December 21st, 2006
at 5:59pm
“Tagged” HP ink cartridges in Rimage CD/DVD printers. We own and operate a short run CD & DVD business and have been buying ink cartridges from Rimage for our CD/DVD printer, (color $59 and B&W $45) for three years. When I got an error message one day after changing the cartridge saying the ink cartridge was not “tagged”, I looked closely at the cartridges and discovered they were HP 78 & HP 45 ink cartridges that could be bought off the shelf for half that price; but they won’t work in the printer because the HP label has been covered by a Rimage label that contains a proprietary circuit developed by Texas Instruments that must be recognized by the printer, which has an HP engine. I’ve been ripped off by 3 corporate giants for 3 years! What a scam! Brings to mind tar & feathers. I have found, although it is a hassle, that the circuit/label can be transferred carefully to an off-the-shelf HP cartridge and several tries will get it to work, but if anyone knows how to disable this tagging function from either the printer or the software, it would be nice to find out how.
Gavroche
April 25th, 2007
at 2:35am
How to use HP cartridges on Rimage Liberty printer:
1. Rip off the label from a original rimage cartridge. (one for black and one from CMY cartridge). Take care to not damage the RFID components)
2. Stick those labels INSIDE the printer, on the circuit board behind the buttons, where are the RFID reader is (is a circuit board).
3. Put a HP cartridge in printer. If u try to validate you will got an error message. The trick is to print print 2 copies and after first error message the second will go flowless.
I use print to file and then from Rimage Driver i print file and choose 21 copies instead of 20.
The driver make in c:\temp a file and sometimes the driver delete it after first CD. The solution is to make that file READ-ONLY.
If someone read this and need some more info please post it and i will reply, becouse i hate when we are ripped off by those corporations.
Jessica
June 25th, 2007
at 3:06am
I have found a place here in Australia that has compatible Inks for the Rimage 480i and 2000i These are are half the cost of the Genuine Rimage cartridges and I have found them fine
Jessica
June 25th, 2007
at 3:07am
Sorry here is the link for the Rimage Cartridges
http://www.jpldisplays.com.au
Whitney H
February 18th, 2008
at 12:45am
its a cat and mouse game (HP vs the remanufacturers). most of the times theres a workaround solution. hp inkjet cartridges have sensors which can be reset, and hp toner cartridges have chips which can be reset or replaced. i always choose to refill my own cartridges, i buy my refills from a company called 123 refills, they have an online store and also seem to be opening stores. when i refill my hp laserjet (refill with toner and seal the refill hole), i have to also replace the chip on the cartridge so that the printer will recognize it as new, otherwise the printer wont accept it. the chip adds to the refill cost, but at least its available!
Steve
August 22nd, 2008
at 3:20am
The later HP cartridges C8857a (colour) and C8856a (black) are compatible with Rimage inkjet printers.
Available in the US : http://www.veritysystems-store.com and in the UK at http://www.veritysystems.co.uk/shop
Jimmy Foot
August 19th, 2009
at 2:30pm
I have tried to stick the tag from Rimage cartridges on the Liberty printer circuit board, and also tried to remove and re-stick them to HP 78 cartridge, but with little success. I’m not sure how to print from a .prn with the Quickdisc software or from the driver. I wish there was a software fix for this problem.