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Burt wrote:
>Again, I find myself agreeing with Measekite! Either I am slipping or he is
>becoming more reasonable. Please excuse my repeating an old, long post as
>we have someone with legitimate questions about printer maintenance and use
>of third party inks.
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>Inkjet printers have the potential to get clogged heads with their own brand
>inks as well as quality aftermarket inks. The two major issues are 1) the
>quality of the aftermarket inks and cartridges and 2) the frequency with
>which you print. In addition, there is always some buildup of dried ink on
>the underside of printheads that can sometimes cause clogs with months or
>years of normal, regular use. Since you are interested in your supplies
>beyond just going to the store and buying Canon cartridges it would be a
>good idea to become more educated regarding these printers, inks and
>cartridges. Measekite is right that there are some poor quality inks out
>there, but he is critical of all the vendors, small businesses that
>repackage other brand inks and sell them with their own labels on the
>internet, and he writes about them in a disparaging manner. Moreover, he has
>never used these products and yet makes authoritative statements based on
>what he has selectively gleaned from reading posts on newsgroups. Although
>few of the vendors advertise which inks they are selling, you can call or
>email them and ask, if you so desire.
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Some will refurse to tell you.
>I have personally used MIS inks to
>refill Canon carts and have been very happy with the product (which I have
>been told is Image Specialist ink). Look through this newsgroup for posts by
>many third party ink users, including Ron Cohen and Taliesyn, for info about
>their personal excellent experiences with third party inks. Following are a
>few sites that have excellent information by people who don't just give you
>their opinionated response - they have used these products successfully, and
>they also report when they have had problems. Neil Slade's info on Canon
>printers, papers, and inks is at www.neilslade.com/papers/inkjetstuff .
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>Then follow the link he gives near the top of that site to
>www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/ for the forum on ink jet stuff. Lots of
>information there as well. It's a good idea to know how to trouble shoot
>printer problems that can occur with any ink, OEM or third party, and that
>information is on those sites. Sensient Formulabs inks are available bulk
>and also in prefilled cartridges, and this ink has quite a good reputation
>with people who have used it and reported on this and other forums. In
>addition to the site often noted by Measekite (not a personal endorsement as
>he has never used aftermarket inks) Formulabs ink is in cartridges sold by
>Alotofthings (their Arrow carts, not Rainbow),
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alofotcrap is unprofessional. they did upgrade their website and now
has a webstore. they now have 2 webstores and charge different prices
on each
> Weink (carts that have the
>CRU id in their product listings),
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WeStink is a hawker trying to screw you on price. Why buy a no name
prefilled ink cart for $7.00 when you can buy Canon OEM from Costco for
$9.00.
>and, I have been told,
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>Wiredbeans carts
>which are available on ebay.
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Do not know much about them but I do not like the setup on eBay.
>You can contact each of them to verify that
>their cartridges are filled with Formulabs inks before purchasing.
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Why should you have to contact anyone to find out what is in the box.
The box should be properly labeled and the webstore should properly in
writing tell you what you are buying.
>Do sign
>in to the Nifty-stuff forum and ask any questions of them that you wish.
>They are very helpful. There are also some extremely helpful participants on
>this newsgroup as well. Read all info, both pro and con, and make up your
>own mind. Don't be put off by rants and invective.
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I do read the info on those sites. As a matter of fact it was on
nifty-stuff that I learned that inkgrabber.com has had poor batches of
yellow ink that clogged print heads. And they did admit it also. Now
many people were scared when the next batch would be bad and what color
would be next.
We need government regulation of ink standards like we have of gas.
Plus a truth in labeling law. People should feel as comfortable in
buying aftermarket ink as they do in using generic drugs.
All the major OEMs need to do to weed out the hawkers and whores is to
low the cartridge price to $5.00. I believe they can afford to do this
and still make a profit.
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