JaiGieEse Loc: Foxworth, MS

Here's a video about something I've always expected. WARNING: This just might ruin your day ....

http://digg.com/video/ink-cartridges-scamprint?utm_source=digg&utm_medium=email

ricardo7 Loc: Washington, DC - Santiago, Chile

Not watching. My guess is this video gives you 15 seconds of useful
information, but take 12 minutes in which to do it.

Joe Blow

Old news. The same thing applies to the telecoms. You can't customize your service to what you need because they don't sell what you need. They sell only what they are willing to let you have.

That is why oligopolies were regulated 100 years ago. It is also why these companies spend so much greasing the hands of politicians.

Sirsnapalot Loc: Hammond, Louisiana

Color printers are a BIG rip off, for years I refilled my own ink with no problem, so they got wise and put a chip on the cartridges. That chip is designed to shut down your printer if you don't buy and use their overpriced ink cartridges!!!! Watch the video

WayneT Loc: Paris, TN

Use the original cartridges, reset them and refill your own. Try this company, very reliable and excellent ink: http://precisioncolors.com/index.html

Alafoto Loc: Montgomery, AL

Have ultimately destroyed a couple of printer using cheap refilled cartridges. These guys have been recommended by others by others. Now that they are recommended by a "hog," I tThink I'll give the a try. Thanks for the info

clemente21

Although not a color printer, I have an HP Laserjet I bought back in 1994 and still is going on strong. I guess "they don't make them like they used to". I do know that every time a color printer is turned on there is quite a bit ink being used. So, you can turn that printer on and off and run out of ink before printing a single page. Therefore, I never turn off my color printer.

JaiGieEse Loc: Foxworth, MS

That was my thought a while back - until I read something to the effect that leaving a printer always on will cause the ink in the print head to dry and thereby clog the print jets.

I had exactly that experience with an old HP printer I bought, oh, 30-35 years ago. Haven't left a printer on since.

Of course, that was a long time ago, and printer technology has improved by galactic leaps since. But it seems to me that, given the way these companies operate, as detailed in the video, they might not be likely to make improvements that will decrease ink usage.

I also tried refills some years ago, and discovered that, while this does work, and does save money, the print quality tended to decrease with each refill - I was using a printer whose cartridges contained the print head. The decrease in quality was noticeable enough that I dumped the refills.

Nowadays, I use an Epson SureColor P800 - wide format, roll-capable, uses Ultra HD pigment-based inks - eight cartridges in all, but not all eight are always used. The printer switches between Photo Black and Matte Black, depending on the paper surface used - switching is automatic, and does use a small amount of ink. The P800's cartridges retail for about $51 each, but they are 80ml capacity, so they last a good while.

I turn the printer off between uses.