measekite said:
Righto, there is a limited number of companies who produce the ink.
Easy enough to track down.
you do not know if and when the relabelers change their own suppiers and
since they will not disclose what they are selling you do not know who
else is selling the same thing and what the problems are.
not true.
Very much true, check it out for your self.
not really. all they have to do is tell you and not service your
printer. then if you want to afford to sue them you need to prove that
the stuff you put through the printer did not clog it.
The burden of proof is on them, actually, at least in the States.
goodie goodie gum drops. all they need to say is that you used a
product that dried in the head and was tested to be not what the printer
was designed to take.
They can "say" that, but then they would be in a position to have to
PROVE it, and prove the damage wouldn't happen with their inks.. It's
tough to do, and from my experence they don't. They just don't. They
might "say" if you put aftermarket paper or ink in your printer, and it
causes the damage, they are not responcible. But the truth is the
printer is designed to accept paper, and ink. Use of their ink and
paper is not a requirement of the warranty.
If talking canon, they just ship out a new head, or a new printer....
that's it.
down but not out. costco is a fun store. you can even buy oem ink on
line. refilling is messy and is inconventient. it is a question if one
wants to endure the mess and inconvenience and then wash out everything.
Wear a glove, problem solved. Refilling takes less time than going to
costco. You get more ink onhand for less dollars. That's a fact.
It's a HUGE time saver from having to buy ink, and a huge money saver
as the same volume would cost you over $300.00.
Costco is a fun store, but lines are long, and it takes a good deal of
one's day to shop there, even for just one item.
canon hp and epson are the experts. sensinent, lyson and pantone also
have expertise but they do not reasonable package their ink in retail
well price prefilled carts.
Ink has been around for longer than printers. The people who make the
ink for Canon, HP, Epson, have been around longer than printers. You
might say they formulate it, but the truth is you have no idea. You
accept this on faith. It's a fine religious convection, but prove it.
Prove one of these guys actually formulated the ink.
You can't, OEMs don't disclose.
it is not so much who makes it but the formula and that is patented
So are many aftermarket inks, surprise surprise.
It's very simple. Hobbicolors costs about $22.00 shiped, you get the
equlivent of 4 cartridge changes. OEM ink for the ip4200 would cost
you about $72.00 plus tax. You save $50 from the get go. 4 sets of
tanks for the ip4200 would cost you $284.00. You save $262.
Light users save, heavy users save, everyone saves. And so long as
there is competition, there is insenative for the OEMs to charge less
or risk losing business. I save, you save, we all save. Happy day.
You see, it doesn't matter if you are an OEM user or an aftermarket
user. Competition is good. It's rather why I don't care if a given
user uses OEM or Aftermarket. I will share my experence with
aftermarket so others can make an informed choice. But if they want to
go OEM, that's fine too, it's their money, they can do what ever they
want. But you have to respect the aftermarket users because they in
the end are creating the enviroment where the OEMs will have to lower
prices to stay competitive just like they did in Japan.
