Refilled printer cartridges 1

[xlav]

Do you recommend refurbished or refilled printer cartridges?

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[micker377]

How old is the printer? Refills sometimes void the warrenty. What is the cost difference between new and refurbished? As for refilled, you can usually get only 2-3 refills out of a cartridge (nozzles clog and electrical contact failure. I get mine online for about a third of what they charge at the store.

 

[xlav]

Printer is HP820 deskjet. About 4 years old. New cartridge cost's $27 and refurbished $7.95 at amazon.com.

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[micker377]

Go refurbished. I've been doing this for years on my Epson. I've found that some generic cartridges actually have more ink (ml)than factory!

 

[jurgen36]

If the nozzles clog up you can fix it easily by putting the cartridges into very hot destilled water. Boil the water and let it stand for a few minutes. The best way is to use a cup and put only about 1 to 2 cm hot water inside. Put the cartridge inside with the printhead in the water. Let it stand for about 45 minutes. This only works with cartriges which have a build in print head!!! After the treatment refill and the printing should be like new again. Regards

Jurgen

 

[xlav]

Thanks for those tips. They will save me a lot of $s.

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[SkipCox]

jurgen gives good advice...

I had a "printhead cleaning compound" included with a refill kit that worked well. The manufacturer told me it was a trade secret but their MSDS sheet showed it to be about 75% deionized water and 25% isopropyl alcohol.

...worked about the same as a few minutes in hot water. Do the same if the printhead clogs and you know you still have ink in the cartridge.

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[jessiem25]

I just recently tried refurbished cartridges online for my epson color stylus 1160. It's about 3 years old, and new cartridges would have cost $59 for both. I paid $14 online, and they work great.

I have a difficult time justifying paying as much money for ink as I could for a new printer, so if refurbished works, go for it.