Dave said:
I need a new HP97 color cartridge and considering a remanufactured one
rather than a brand new one. What has been the experience with these
vs new ones?
Whatever I get, I would refill it myself as needed.
Thanks,
Dave C
I've had some good luck with the #56 and #57 carts my printers use, and
I've had some that were duds out of the box. More so the duds lately,
but my experience is limited to just a couple of retailers. I had one
retailer, Omnipro, that started off great, but the last year or so the
tricolor carts were bad when opened or shortly went that way. The black
ones have been MUCH better. I believe they changed their source, and the
new one wasn't as good at testing and cleaning as the old one. Some
"remanufacturers" are just refillers in disguise.
A lot depends on how many times the cart has been re-used. If at all
possible, get some that have been "certified" as single-use carts.
I've started to buy expired but sealed carts on Ebay, and so far that's
worked OK. But, I've only done that with one cart, so perhaps that might
not always work so well, either. As with anything like this, YMMV.
TJ