This may not be the most exciting opinion out there that you could read at the moment, and I’m not going to try and jazz it up with sexual references, canny humour or making myself look stupid (ok, so maybe!).
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Advantages: better for the environment, better for your pocket Disadvantages: are not all that good for quality presentations
This may not be the most exciting opinion out there that you could read at the moment, and I’m not going to try and jazz it up with sexual references, canny humour or making myself look stupid (ok, so maybe!).
Ink cartridges cost most of us a small fortune for something that’s about exciting as getting given a salad when you want something proper to eat!! (It’s not exciting for us men!). You will normally be shelling out well over ... ...just for a black, we’ve got colour to contend with too. What with kids using computers to do their homework, adults using it for financial purposes and running the household bits and pieces, those ink cartridges soon turn into a small fortune when you have to go and purchase another one.
This is certainly true when you have a Hewlett Packard printer and until recently, there wasn’t much you could do about it. You had to go and buy ... more
This may not be the most exciting opinion out there that you could read at the moment, and I’m not going to try and jazz it up with sexual references, canny humour or making myself look stupid (ok, so maybe!).
Ink cartridges cost most of us a small fortune for something that’s about exciting as getting given a salad when you want something proper to eat!! (It’s not exciting for us men!). You will normally be shelling out well over £20 for an ink cartridge for your printer and that’s just for a black, we’ve got colour to contend with too. What with kids using computers to do their homework, adults using it for financial purposes and running the household bits and pieces, those ink cartridges soon turn into a small fortune when you have to go and purchase another one.
This is certainly true when you have a Hewlett Packard printer and until recently, there wasn’t much you could do about it. You had to go and buy the original cartridges like it or lump it. There are however now alternatives!
The Ink Factory (www.theinkfactory.co.uk) supply ink cartridges for nearly every make and model of printer out there. They also, where possible stock re-manufactured cartridges. What this means is that the company who provides these cartridges have basically filled empty cartridges back up again and sold them to a supplier. They use good inks, sometimes better than original cartridges, the only difference is, you have a second hand ink cartridge. Nothing bad in that though, we all buy second hand cars do we not?
But why would you want to buy these? The price difference. I use a lot of HP printers for work purposes. Here at work we spent over £2000 last year on cartridges for our HP printers. They were costing us about £22 a piece for black ink cartridges. That was until I decided to look around and see what I could get, The Ink Factory grabbed me by the knackers and pulled me in. They have re-filled (re-manufactured) ink cartridges and also original cartridges for a wide variety of printers. The re-manufactured cartridges come in the form of ‘Alphajet’ cartridges (www.alphajet.com) and also their own ‘the ink factory’ re-filled cartridges.
I wasn’t too sure though, it’s always the same isn’t it, your never quite sure whether to change your habits or not. However, when I saw the price difference they were mine! £22 for an original HP ink cartridge or £14 for a re-filled cartridge with double the amount of ink in it, yes you did hear me right, that’s DOUBLE! You see, HP are crafty, they give you these big cartridges, but they only half fill a lot of them, making sure you come back for more. These re-manufacturing company don’t do that, they just top em right up making sure you get your monies worth.
Add to my excitement the offer of free delivery and I was typing in my credit card details quite happily, getting rather excited and then slapping myself repeatedly trying to remind myself just what I was getting excited over! (someone rescue me!)
The cartridges arrived within a week, so not to bad for free delivery. I opened my green box, and inside, a cartridge (wow, getting excited again) ready to pop in it’s hole and spurt it’s stuff (ok, sorry, I remember now, I told you I wouldn’t do anything naughty). In all seriousness, I wasn’t expecting anything special, but what I got was a cartridge just as good as an original. The print quality was fine, nothing wrong whatsoever. I was happy, and still am, and have so far gone further an ordered probably about 20 of the things and no one in the place has complained yet. Always good in my view.
The Ink Factory are not the cheapest place out, I do have to say that there are other places that do come cheaper, but for service etc, this place has to come up tops and I won’t be going elsewhere. They do a jet tec 2 for 1 deal, which basically means your getting jet tec cartridges for around a fiver each for blacks, a lot of places do do better deals than this, but I’m happy where I am.
Ok, so onto the problems! These re-manufactured cartridges are no good for presentations on glossy or better quality paper. I have found the ink resembles newspaper ink and comes off on your fingers if you use special paper. So best to stick to the originals for the presentation work. However, for normal printing purposes, letters, homework etc etc on standard photo copier paper you can’t go wrong and the ink doesn’t come off on your fingers with standard paper either.
The ink factory employ friendly people, and seem a good company. I have only had one problem and it was with a big order. Unfortunately they didn’t have the quantity or cartridges I wanted in stock, so I had to wait, but I did get the cartridges they did have, in total, they sent me out 3 parts to my order, sending me the cartridges they did have and sending me the others when they could get them.
Highly recommended
Now, onto the good part, if you have read this far well done because you are about to get rewarded! For any of you who do a lot of printing, you might aswell make a littile bit of money back on your empty cartridges. How do you think these re-manufacturing places work? Yes, that’s right, they will buy your empty cartridges off you for a small sum. Only HP, Lexmark and Canon (among other makes) qualify here though, Epson’s do not qualify. If you have used or use original cartridges, when they run out, don’t throw them away.
These cartridges can be recycled instead of filling up the landfills. They can be converted into cash, they can be converted into points for your school, they can raise money for charities, they can make money for the red cross, the choice is yours, all you have to do is keep your empty ink cartridges and send them off freepost to whichever of the companies you wish, whether you want to make money for your school, a charity or your bank account, the choice is yours.
Just follow these links as I don’t really think I need to say much more on the subject of boring, nerdish ink cartridges!
Advantages: Cheapest in UK, Good Quality, Fast Service, Friendly Helpful Staff Disadvantages: Dunno
Cheapest Ink Cartridges in the UK - Look no further, seriously, I challenge you to beat this companies prices (http://www.choicestationery.com). This company are a family business started in 1988, and based in Watchet, Somerset. I've used them for some years and always recommended them to family and friends. They supply a number of products which are aimed at the computer user such as :
* Original and Compatible Inkjet Cartridges for Apple, Canon, ... ...the models, as there are loads, but Some cartridges come with a return pre-paid envelope allowing you to return it once empty for re-cycling - be green, and save money off your next order! * Paper Products (A4,A3), Photo Glossy, Stickers, T-Shirt Transfers, Business Cards, CD-Labels, OHP Film, Greeting Cards and so on...even tattoo, puzzle and mousemat transfers.
* Ink Jet Refill Kits for Canon, Hewlett Packard, Lexmark, Xerox & Olivetti, and Universal ...
Kingseany 20.03.2003 (22.03.2003)
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Advantages: Cheap, easy and fast delivery Disadvantages: Not official branded refills
I have been using this on-line supplier for my ink cartridges for about 18 months and have not had any problems whatsoever. I have ordered about 3 or 4 times from them and each visit has seen me conclude my order within a couple of minutes.
As soon as you visit the homepage you are asked to type in the make and model of your printer and you will be presented with a choice of different kinds of products available. If your printer is not found you ... ...which is compatible.
One handy little feature is that they download a cookie (think it's a cookie) which remembers details like your printer model last time you visited their page. This speeds up the process for future visits.
As well as cartridges they sell cleaners, fax refills, ribbons and toner for laser printers too. The list of makes and models of printers is massive, 16 different manufacturers and dozens of models.
I recommend buying a ...
DavidJWest 17.04.2002
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I would just like to write a review on cheap printer cartridges, something that I have used on and off for a number of years or so. As you will see from the things that I put in my review, I have some mixed feelings on this - hence my initial rating of only three stars. And so what are the advantages of actually using cheap printer ink cartridges? Well, for a start it is the price! For my own make of printer (Hewlett Packard), the top brand name ... ...me only about £12, thus saving me quite a lot! Secondly, a lot of the cheaper ink cartridges are actually old ink cartridges that have been refilled (if not your own old ones, then ones that you buy from a shop that have already been prefilled). Therefore, the environment has actually in fact in some been saved because of the number of years that ink cartridges take to decompose in landfill sites (although I do sometimes send mine off to a charity ...
dynamicnurse 18.06.2009
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Advantages: Cheaper than official Epson Cartridges, no noticeable difference in quality Disadvantages: Apparently "infringes warranty"
The current price of colour printer cartridges is very scary and is a complete rip off.
The printer companies are using the tried & tested "use anyone elses stuff and you'll lose your warranty" so its up to you, however I'll pass on my 'wisdom' and experience to you.
Using a Epson Stylus Scan 2000 which has the same cartridge set up as the epson 440, 640, 740 this printer uses a separate black ink and a 3 colour printer cartridge, similar to many ... ...companies own brand cartridges and the result? The black ink cartridges have generally been fine, however the colour ones have usually caused a problem and its taken 20+ print sheets before they're working again. I will post the name of the problem cartridges when I find it out.
However there is a solution!!!
Finally I have found a company that makes a decent copy cartridge called Pelikan. We buy them in from Lyreco however they are available through ...
sjl02 22.10.2001
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Advantages: Can save pounds if compatible Disadvantages: won't suit all printers
I have been looking for cheaper injet cartridges, and came across an advert from inky fingers. After sending for the details,I expected a biggish leaflet, I received a small booklet and price list.
This is very good if you have refillable cartridges, as you can save alot of money. On the down side though. Not all the printers will accept the ink that is used in some of the refills. This can regretfully result in the printer getting very clogged ...
linda01865 01.12.2000
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