Ink Cartridges?!?

Sinfonia

Hi,
My printer just ran out of ink, and I urgently need something printed by tomorrow morning.
I can go down to Tesco but I think they only have HP cartridges and I have a Dell printer.

Does it matter if you use an ink cartridge made by one company in a printer made by another?


Thanks in advance

SG

smashey

You're going to get a lot of replies here about only using the appropriate manufacturer's cartridges, as not doing so will affect any warranty on the printer. Personally, I have a HP printer and I use Tesco all the time and have never had a problem.

Sinfonia

Thanks a million smashey
Aren't printers generally quite cheap? This one was free anyway, so I'm not too bothered about the warranty

Fanny Cradock

Some printers are dirt cheap because the cartridges are so expensive.

You can get them refilled for half the price in cartridge world and also be a bit kinder to the environment

Sinfonia

Fanny Cradock wrote:

You can get them refilled for half the price in cartridge world and also be a bit kinder to the environment

I went down and got a Tesco one, worked fine.
It was urgent this time, but I'll remember that^^ in future.
Thanks guys

petes

Fanny Cradock wrote:

Some printers are dirt cheap because the cartridges are so expensive.

You can get them refilled for half the price in cartridge world and also be a bit kinder to the environment

Only thing with that is it can be hit and miss. Some cartridges when refilled the quality is okay but with others the quality is shite.

ianwalsh2

Or you could save even more and refill it yourself! That's what I always do, and I've never had any problem with quality. I get my refill kits in aldi whenever they're in, but I've seen em in tesco for around a tenner. The black ink refill pack will refill the cartridge about 6 times. Bit messy, but huge savings!

netwhizkid

ianwalsh2 wrote:

Or you could save even more and refill it yourself! That's what I always do, and I've never had any problem with quality. I get my refill kits in aldi whenever they're in, but I've seen em in tesco for around a tenner. The black ink refill pack will refill the cartridge about 6 times. Bit messy, but huge savings!

Only do this if the cartridge you are filling has a built in head like some of the HP's. I was refilling canon ink cartridges and the head in it went which caused me to have to replace the printer, I blame the Tesco Ink Re-fill I was using, it is fine with a cartridge with a built in head because if it goes wrong you can buy a replacement cartridge, a new print head is very expensive.

I now use a HP Photosmart C3180 with built in head cartridges, I get them refilled at a local dealer and they are fine.

colm21

you can do so - actually the remanufactured cartridges are better than original because they havemore ink and ofcourse alot cheaper - check these guys out www.printerinkcartridges.ie