| Are there good sources of generic HP ink? | | | | seen, all use a pigmented black ink. They don't use |
| Yes. Finding them though, that's another story. | | | | dye based blacks in hardly any of their printers |
| I've been using generic HP inks for the last 6 | | | | unless you're talking about a professional series |
| years and I can tell you that I've tried them all. | | | | printer like a Designjet. |
| I'll fill you in on the details... | | | | Most generic inks that are advertised for HP |
| You see, the majority of generic HP inks are | | | | printers, are in fact dye based black inks. They |
| made in China. This isn't bad I don't guess, but | | | | don't even produce a pigment black ink over |
| apparently they don't really care that much about | | | | there for refill kits or compatible cartridges for HP |
| print quality too much. They seem to design their | | | | printers. I don't understand it. Most HP generic inks |
| inks to be for temporary use only. I dunno. | | | | are remanufactured cartridges anyways, so you |
| Here's my point... | | | | would think that they could come up with a |
| HP printers, at least all of them that I've ever | | | | pigment based black ink for these cartridges. |