| Your printer ink cartridges play as big a | | | | |
| part in the final quality of your print as | | | | These companies have refilling and cleaning |
| the paper that you use. If you use cheap | | | | equipment that can do a much better job of |
| paper, your print quality will suffer and in | | | | remanufacturing your empty cartridge. They |
| many cases the same is true of using cheap | | | | also generally offer a guarantee on their |
| ink cartridges. This isn't always the case, | | | | work, so if the cartridge doesn't work |
| however. Discount ink can be bought in a few | | | | properly you can either get a replacement or |
| different ways and each of them has | | | | get your money back. |
| advantages and disadvantages. | | | | |
| | | | Generic Brand Cartridges |
| Refill Ink | | | | |
| | | | Generic cartridges are not as common as the |
| The first option for cheap ink is to refill | | | | other two options, mainly because many |
| your empty cartridges. This is generally the | | | | printer companies have patents on their ink |
| cheapest of all the alternatives, but it is | | | | cartridges so no other companies can |
| also tends to wind up with the lowest quality | | | | duplicate them. |
| prints. | | | | |
| | | | There are some cartridges that you can find |
| It'll depend on what brand and model of | | | | brand new generic replacement ink for. These |
| printer you have, but many of the newer | | | | generic cartridge are not recycled, they are |
| printers are difficult to refill. It can also | | | | new but they aren't made by the printer |
| be quite messy because you're dealing with | | | | companies themselves. |
| bottled ink, trying to inject it back into | | | | |
| the empty cartridge. | | | | These cartridges tend to be the highest |
| | | | priced of the three options, but they are |
| Recycled Cartridges | | | | still cheaper than the original cartridges, |
| | | | and work just as well. |
| There are plenty of companies that recycle | | | | |
| cartridges for you. They basically take the | | | | Which option will be best for you is going to |
| empty cartridges, clean them up, refill the | | | | depend a lot on how much printing you do, and |
| ink and test them. | | | | what you're printing. If you're printing |
| | | | photos that you want to be able to keep for a |
| This is more expensive than refilling your | | | | lifetime, you'll have different needs than if |
| own because you're paying for the labor | | | | you're just printing copies of web pages for |
| involved, but it tends to give you better | | | | future reference. |
| results. | | | | |