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From: SS on 3 Apr 2010 10:09 I have decided to try and refill my black HP cartridge. As it will be a spare can I refill and start to use say a couple of weeks down the road or should it be used immediately after refilling. thank you
From: Dave Cohen on 3 Apr 2010 10:34 On 4/3/2010 10:09 AM, SS wrote: > I have decided to try and refill my black HP cartridge. > > As it will be a spare can I refill and start to use say a couple of weeks > down the road or should it be used immediately after refilling. > > thank you > > Might be worth printing a couple of pages to clean nozzles, but if it won't store for 2 weeks or more after that it's not worth the effort. On same topic, Kodak claim their printers are more cost effective ink wise, anybody using one and can comment on quality.
From: Michael on 3 Apr 2010 11:22 On 2010-04-03 10:34:38 -0400, Dave Cohen said: > On 4/3/2010 10:09 AM, SS wrote: >> I have decided to try and refill my black HP cartridge. >> >> As it will be a spare can I refill and start to use say a couple of weeks >> down the road or should it be used immediately after refilling. >> >> thank you >> >> > Might be worth printing a couple of pages to clean nozzles, but if it > won't store for 2 weeks or more after that it's not worth the effort. > On same topic, Kodak claim their printers are more cost effective ink > wise, anybody using one and can comment on quality. I read a review of a Kodak printer recently (can't remember where) and while it was rated as decent and adequate (not stellar) the reviewer made special note of the excellent ink economy and low cost. If that is true, then maybe investing in one of their better printers would be a good idea as the cost would be recouped down the line in much lower ink costs. -- Michael
From: SS on 3 Apr 2010 12:04 "Michael" <adunc79617(a)mypacks.net> wrote in message news:2010040311224723271-adunc79617(a)mypacksnet... > On 2010-04-03 10:34:38 -0400, Dave Cohen said: > >> On 4/3/2010 10:09 AM, SS wrote: >>> I have decided to try and refill my black HP cartridge. >>> >>> As it will be a spare can I refill and start to use say a couple of >>> weeks >>> down the road or should it be used immediately after refilling. >>> >>> thank you >>> >>> >> Might be worth printing a couple of pages to clean nozzles, but if it >> won't store for 2 weeks or more after that it's not worth the effort. >> On same topic, Kodak claim their printers are more cost effective ink >> wise, anybody using one and can comment on quality. > > I read a review of a Kodak printer recently (can't remember where) and > while it was rated as decent and adequate (not stellar) the reviewer made > special note of the excellent ink economy and low cost. If that is true, > then maybe investing in one of their better printers would be a good idea > as the cost would be recouped down the line in much lower ink costs. > -- > Michael It is an option worth looking at if the ink refill does not work too well. I print a lot of stuff for selling on ebay, low price items so the cost is important. For the last 18 months I have had free cartridges but that source has dried up hence my looking at other options.
From: Bruce on 3 Apr 2010 12:47
On Sat, 3 Apr 2010 17:04:38 +0100, "SS" <nonense50(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > >It is an option worth looking at if the ink refill does not work too well. >I print a lot of stuff for selling on ebay, low price items so the cost is >important. >For the last 18 months I have had free cartridges but that source has dried >up hence my looking at other options. Here in the UK it is usually so much cheaper to buy compatible (off-brand) ink that the savings offered by Kodak are something of an illusion. It does depend to some extent on the brand of printer; the saving obtained through using compatible inks is greater for Epson and Canon printers than it is for HP and Lexmark (or Dell) printers. A good source of cheap compatible inks (UK only) is 7dayshop: http:/www.7dayshop.com/ |