autowasherfreak
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Has anyone had inkjet cartridges refilled at Walgreen's? I usually go to Cartridge World, but thought I might try Walgreen's this time.
Walgreens Inkjet Cartridge Refilling
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did ours just fine
I was satisfied.
Pleasant older woman, checked the charts although she said he does our brand several times a week, just to be sure, got it right both times and well worth it.
Office Depot, on the other hand, is FUBAR in that department.
I do my own black cartridges at home in Germany with Pelican Brillantschwarz 4001...get three reloads out of them, but I never let them go completely dry.
I was satisfied.
Pleasant older woman, checked the charts although she said he does our brand several times a week, just to be sure, got it right both times and well worth it.
Office Depot, on the other hand, is FUBAR in that department.
I do my own black cartridges at home in Germany with Pelican Brillantschwarz 4001...get three reloads out of them, but I never let them go completely dry.
did ours just fine
I was satisfied.
Pleasant older woman, checked the charts although she said he does our brand several times a week, just to be sure, got it right both times and well worth it.
Office Depot, on the other hand, is FUBAR in that department.
I do my own black cartridges at home in Germany with Pelican Brillantschwarz 4001...get three reloads out of them, but I never let them go completely dry.
I was satisfied.
Pleasant older woman, checked the charts although she said he does our brand several times a week, just to be sure, got it right both times and well worth it.
Office Depot, on the other hand, is FUBAR in that department.
I do my own black cartridges at home in Germany with Pelican Brillantschwarz 4001...get three reloads out of them, but I never let them go completely dry.
autowasherfreak
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I have two HP inkjet printers that bitch at me every time I go to print something that the ink is low. I think that's why I like my typewriters so much, they don't bitch at me, LOL.
lordkenmore
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The lack of a "you are running out of ink and the world is about to end unless you change the cartridge at once!" light is one of the blessings of older printers. Although it can be a pain when one does run out. In some cases, you can see that the supply is running low. But in one printer that uses Canon BC02 cartridges, I have had it run out more than once suddenly with no apparent warning.
autowasherfreak
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Don't just love modern technology? ;-)
lordkenmore
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"Don't just love modern technology? ;-)"
Not very often, to be honest.
The two plusses I see with newer printers:
-They are faster. That may or may not be a plus. When I print, I don't usually need it fast, so speed isn't that big a deal. But my ex-roommate ran a business, and had to print single pages, and wanted it ASAP to keep the work flow moving smoothly. In that case, a modern Brother that coughed up the whole print run before an older laser printer even got started was a plus.
-I think color, at least color that's affordable, has improved.
But for me, I don't need instant printing. I've never had color (apart from one experiment with a Apple ImageWriter II--II had a color ribbon one time for that. But the color was too crude, and the ribbon was too expensive.)
What I do need is good, sharp printing...and even early laser printers have that. For that matter, a daisy wheel printer from the early 80s would work, although I do love non-typewriter-like fonts.
The other thing I like is durability.
Not very often, to be honest.
The two plusses I see with newer printers:
-They are faster. That may or may not be a plus. When I print, I don't usually need it fast, so speed isn't that big a deal. But my ex-roommate ran a business, and had to print single pages, and wanted it ASAP to keep the work flow moving smoothly. In that case, a modern Brother that coughed up the whole print run before an older laser printer even got started was a plus.
-I think color, at least color that's affordable, has improved.
But for me, I don't need instant printing. I've never had color (apart from one experiment with a Apple ImageWriter II--II had a color ribbon one time for that. But the color was too crude, and the ribbon was too expensive.)
What I do need is good, sharp printing...and even early laser printers have that. For that matter, a daisy wheel printer from the early 80s would work, although I do love non-typewriter-like fonts.
The other thing I like is durability.
perc-o-prince
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I've used Walgreens for at least a dozen refills and they've been fine. If their machine says it fails the final test, they won't charge you for it, give it back to you, and tell you that they can't charge you for it but to try it as it might be just fine.
Mine have been fine every time they've said that.
I've had good experience w/ Office Max as well. Except... I purchased a spare refilled unit and didn't use it for about 2 months. I was told the special goo on the tape they put over the jets would keep it fine. It didn't. Then they wouldn't accept it back. So, I called their 800 number, explained the problem, and a gift card for that amount was on its way to me immediately. They also contacted the store and suggested they don't sell people spare refilled carts!
Chuck
Mine have been fine every time they've said that.
I've had good experience w/ Office Max as well. Except... I purchased a spare refilled unit and didn't use it for about 2 months. I was told the special goo on the tape they put over the jets would keep it fine. It didn't. Then they wouldn't accept it back. So, I called their 800 number, explained the problem, and a gift card for that amount was on its way to me immediately. They also contacted the store and suggested they don't sell people spare refilled carts!
Chuck
I have tried refilling my HP Officejet cartridges with varying success. For a while I was buying Rhinotek refilled cartridges, but found that the quality was poor and the results worse than if I'd filled a recently drained HP cartridge myself.
Finally I gave up on it all and now just by the real thing. More expensive but saves paper ;-)
Finally I gave up on it all and now just by the real thing. More expensive but saves paper ;-)
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I never use inkjet printers. Ink is too expensive per print out. I rarely need color, so laser works fine for me. I have both laser printers and a color laser printers. Being able to service and fix them is a definite plus.
Great Information!
From Personal Experiences....
Do a search on Amazon for your printer. It will shock you what you can find as far as the prices go for replacement cartridges go. It is usually quite lower than getting them refilled.
Many times it is manufacture refills.
Brent
From Personal Experiences....
Do a search on Amazon for your printer. It will shock you what you can find as far as the prices go for replacement cartridges go. It is usually quite lower than getting them refilled.
Many times it is manufacture refills.
Brent
Genuine HP inkjet ink carts seem expensive, but with the printer set to "fast" it comes out to a little less than a penny a page.
Ken D.
Ken D.
perc-o-prince
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I've also bought the remanufactured ones on eBay, and they've been fine. This is for Lexmark.
Inkjet carts are a rip-off. $30 for 15 or so ml of ink in a cart that's mass-produced for, what, $1?? And now the big mfgrs (I heard HP, Lexmark and Canon) are going to be including technology in the mfg process that will make refilling nearly impossible!
I've been thinking of asking Santa for one of the newer Kodak printer 3-in-1's that take their much cheaper carts. I think it's $10 for black (brand new), and it'll print the same number of pages as the others. Has anyone tried this line? Once I can't get my Lexies refilled for $10, or buy remanufactureds for the refill price, I'll switch for sure!
Chuck
Inkjet carts are a rip-off. $30 for 15 or so ml of ink in a cart that's mass-produced for, what, $1?? And now the big mfgrs (I heard HP, Lexmark and Canon) are going to be including technology in the mfg process that will make refilling nearly impossible!
I've been thinking of asking Santa for one of the newer Kodak printer 3-in-1's that take their much cheaper carts. I think it's $10 for black (brand new), and it'll print the same number of pages as the others. Has anyone tried this line? Once I can't get my Lexies refilled for $10, or buy remanufactureds for the refill price, I'll switch for sure!
Chuck
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I have an older IBM laser printer that I normally use for b&w printing, but it has ran out of toner. Everything seems run out at the same time.
