Re-fill or Re-cycle

eranga262154 · 05-03-2007, 03:55 AM

Hi all,

My HP3900 printer cartridge is empting last night. I want to re-use it. What should I do, re-fill or re-cycle. Few of my friends told that re-fill deduct the life time of the cartridge. What is your comments on this.

Thanks,

Impotence · 06-03-2007, 02:26 PM

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.

Refilling a Ink cartridge will extend its life as you get to use it twice instead of once.

Allways try to reuse something if you can, recycling takes energy!

Swansen · 07-03-2007, 03:37 PM

yeah Impotence has a good point, from a quality standpoint, or at least from my experience, re-filled cartridges have worse quality

Impotence · 07-03-2007, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Swansen

from my experience, re-filled cartridges have worse quality

but your only paying a fraction of the price, all of the refilled cartridges that i have used (bought from supermarkets) have been fine...

even if the quality wasn't perfect, just use them for drafts!

thomas234 · 07-03-2007, 05:58 PM

But make sure it doesn't void the warranty of the printer. We're supposed to only buy official Epson ones (which are a lot better than the cheapos) - but we don't.

eranga262154 · 08-03-2007, 02:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Swansen

re-filled cartridges have worse quality

That's what I'm really worried about...

eranga262154 · 08-03-2007, 02:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Impotence

even if the quality wasn't perfect, just use them for drafts!

If the quality is not perfect I think it is useless. Right?

eranga262154 · 08-03-2007, 02:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thomas234

But make sure it doesn't void the warranty of the printer.

Exactly, If the refill or recycle make any effect on the printer, I think it is best to have an original cartridge on the printer.

Big B · 14-03-2007, 03:49 PM

I don't know what's available, but I've noticed a few businesses that refill ink cartridges. If they're available to you, it might be worth checking out.

eranga262154 · 15-03-2007, 02:43 AM

Ok

Swansen · 15-03-2007, 04:14 AM

well like Impotence said, if your only doing drafts no prob, otherwise, its not really going to work out right

eranga262154 · 15-03-2007, 07:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swansen

well like Impotence said, if your only doing drafts no prob, otherwise, its not really going to work out right

Thats the case pal. I used it for specially documentations. So the quality is more important.

RobertB · 20-06-2007, 03:12 PM

Yea, rather be safe than sorry. I don't use them, but would only consider using black ink refills on daily use documents. I've heard scarey things about cheap inks fading pretty quickly.

Also, just an FYI. Staples gives you $3 off future ink purchases for every empty you bring it. It's not a lot, but I wasn't getting anything before when I was recycling them.

eranga262154 · 21-06-2007, 07:33 AM

For daily use documents I used low cost re-fill black ink. But it gives lots of issues on professional printouts like printing a project report.

Madusik · 21-06-2007, 02:43 PM

All the HP cartridges I buy for my printer come with an envelope you can use to send the old one back (postage free) to HP. That way you get to keep using the brand ink and don't have quality issues as well as recycle! Best of both worlds.

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RobertB Geek Trainee Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 16 Status: Offline	Yea, rather be safe than sorry. I don't use them, but would only consider using black ink refills on daily use documents. I've heard scarey things about cheap inks fading pretty quickly. Also, just an FYI. Staples gives you $3 off future ink purchases for every empty you bring it. It's not a lot, but I wasn't getting anything before when I was recycling them.

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eranga262154 Big Geek Join Date: Feb 2007 Gender: Male Posts: 215 Times Helpful: 7 Status: Offline	For daily use documents I used low cost re-fill black ink. But it gives lots of issues on professional printouts like printing a project report. __________________ “victory breeds hatred, the defeated live in pain; happily the peaceful live giving up victory and defeat” - Gautama Buddha

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Madusik Geek Trainee Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 5 My Mood: Meh Status: Offline	All the HP cartridges I buy for my printer come with an envelope you can use to send the old one back (postage free) to HP. That way you get to keep using the brand ink and don't have quality issues as well as recycle! Best of both worlds.

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