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Re: Is Debian Print Cartridge Refilling friendly?



On Friday July 15 2005 1:30 pm, nuno romano wrote:
> I´m not exactly willing to pay 50 times to
> Hewlett Packard my inkjet printer,with this
> "pick pocket" business model of selling
> printers with a low price and print cartridges
> with a very high price,so I decided to refill
> my cartridges.

Part of the reason they're so expensive, particularly with HP, is that 
the print heads are a part of the cartridge.  This isn't entirely a 
bad thing:  When the print heads become too nasty to work right even 
after cleaning, you still only have to chuck a cartridge and not the 
whole printer.  You can refill your cartridges, but they'll leak and 
won't produce the same quality in fairly short order.

Refilling inkjet printer cartridges just isn't worth the trouble.  
Instead of refilling your cartridges, go laser instead.  The initial 
investment may be high, but you'll get better printouts cheaper over 
all.  If you want a cheap printer, then plan on spending the rest of 
your income on print heads if you want to print.  If you want to 
print on the cheap, get a *real* printer the first time.

-- 
Paul Johnson
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