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Burt wrote:
>"John Pezzano" <jpezz@myway.com> wrote in message
>news:78056$42f7ce2d$498661d$32323@DIALUPUSA.NET...
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>>Read Consumer Reports. They have had reviews of refills and compatibles.
>>In general they don't recommend either but they do have good info on the
>>best (and worst).
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>John - Have you tried any of the aftermarket inks or spoken to anyone who
>has?
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He does not want a clog churchie
>Consumers is correct in that you have to be very selective with these
>products. I've read every issue of Consumers Reports for more than 20
>years and also gone online to their site and read the info there as well.
>None of the brands
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Hey jerkm there are not BRANDS. All of the vendors who sell aftermarket
ink will not tell you what they are selling you and will never tell you
when changes occurr. They just like to misrepresent directly or
indirectly by ommission.
>they covered are those that are reported as being used
>successfully on this ng, Neil Slade's
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Hey fotofreek is the moderator there. That is you Burtie Furtie.
Nobody will ever get the truth there.
>site, or the Nifty forum (a site that
>deals most with aftermarket inks and computer maintenance). As far as I can
>tell, they reviewed aftermarket cartridges that are available in the large
>office supply stores. generally, the aftermarket carts at these stores are
>too close in price to the OEM carts to bother. There was no review of the
>bulk inks, used for refilling that have been reported on this NG, Slade's
>site, or Nifty-stuff forum.
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The moderator will tell you.
>A few quotes from the 09/05 dated online
>reference to aftermarket inks:
>"A FEW GOOD INKS Printpal (OA100), Carrot Ink, and Amazon Imaging did well,
>but other off-brands were worse than brand names, and no cheaper."
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NON OF THE ABOVE ARE BRANDED. THEY ARE UNBRANDED GENERIC INKS THAT ARE
GIVEN A LABEL BY THE PERSON WHO SELLS THEM. WHY I COULD MARKET THEM IF
I WANT AND CALL THEM INKY STINKY. I GUESS IF I DID THE CHURCH MEMBERS
WOULD TOUT THEM AS WELL.
>"Some off-brands produced very good photos at a slightly lower per-print
>cost than the brand names.
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THERE ARE NO BRAND NAMES OTHER THAN CANON, EPSON, AND HP.
>They'd be smart choices when economy is more
>important than excellent photo quality. Off-brands have more to offer for
>printing text. With some off-brands, you can get excellent black text at a
>good price."
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>"These and other findings are the results of a four-month study for which we
>bought more than 500 inkjet cartridges across the U.S., and produced more
>than 35,000 prints on printers from three of the top inkjet printer brands."
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>Although I have great respect for Consumers, my experience tells me that
>these articles are not misleading.
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SNIPIDE DO DA
> Although they do
>require the user refilling OEM or aftermarket cartridges
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AND WHAT A PAIN IN THE ASS IT IS
>or filling empty
>cartridges that are available online, they produce excellent results. In my
>case I refill cartridges with
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SNIP
>bulk inks and get excellent photo quality.
>I have compared these prints side-by-side with the same files printed with
>OEM ink on the same printer and the MIS prints are equal in appearance to
>the OEM prints.
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>There is only one person who posts messages on this NG who knocks all these
>products and refilling.
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JUST LIKE YOU - I READ THE FOLLOWING
CONSUMER REPORTS
PC WORLD
PC MAGAZINE
MANY FORUMS AND NEWSGROUPS
WHERE PEOPLE HAVE HAD MANY PRINTER PROBLEMS INCLUDING CLOGGING.
THE ONLY JUSTIFICATION THAT I CAN THINK OF FOR PUTTING UP WITH THE
WHORES IN THIS INDUSTRY AND RISK A CLOGGED PRINT HEAD IS IF YOUR PRINT
LOAD IS SO VERY HIGH THAT YOU CAN RECOVER THE COST OF THE PRINTER BEFORE
IT CLOGS.
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