Canon BC 30E - print cartridge

Advantages: Cheap, Does the job, Better for the environment
Disadvantages: Printing results are not very good

...This review is for the yellow Canon ink cartridge that i bought from my local ink refill store. I bought this as ink for canon printers can be extortinate so decided i would try and save on costs and try out third party ones. on first impressions,the only thing that appeared different from the original ink cartridges was the packaging. In terms of printing quality,it looked quite similar however when i started printing out more and more copies,the morethe quality degraded. The ink cartridge doesn't last as long either as the genuine ones. They also have a tendency to smudge and also do not dry as quickly. Overall i probably would not recommend them unless you are looking to use it very ocassionally... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful

Advantages: Cheap, maintains print quality
Disadvantages: Loose ink level function, possibly invalidates waranty

...for this and many other new printers is the use of small circuit boards on the cartridge to monitor ink levels. For some reason Inkrite cannot copy these boards so the cannon ones have to be taken off the original cartridges. Clear illustrated step by step instructions for this are provided and is very easily done. After installing the new cartridge the printer detects that an empty cartridge has been put back in (because of the old circuit board) but after pressing resume a few times the ink level indicator is disabled and printing can be resumed. Unfortunately the window when printing no longer displays amount of ink left, but as far as I'm concerned this is a small sacrifice. So far I have not been able to tell any difference in the print quality compared to the original cannon cartridge and they appear to be lasting for a similar amount of time... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful

Advantages: Print quality, ease of use
Disadvantages: Too expensive

...This print cartridge is designed for use with the Hewlett Packard P 700, 800, 900 and 1100 series of Deskjet printers. We have a couple of 840C printers at my work place and we get through a fair amount of these HP45 cartridges! The HP45 is a black ink cartridge with a 42ml capacity. The lifespan on this cartridge will vary greatly according to the printing mode and resolution used on the printer. This toner will retail at around the £20-£22 mark depending on which supplier you use. The cartridge comes in a small cardboard package. It is held in place by a cardboard surround that can sometimes be a bit of a battle to remove, depending on which way up you open the packaging! In Use To make the cartridge ready for fitting into the printer, you first need to remove a plastic strip from the bottom of the cartridge... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful