Refill Ink

There is a common stigma about refill ink that thisGenerally, it always works that whenever one
article is going to totally debunk. If you have beenperson has a bad experience they tell 10 people
disappointed with the quality of refill inks that youabout it. When someone has a good experience
had used, possibly you've used or tried any refillwith something they may tell one person. So the
kit from a local retailer, then you owe it to yourbad news about the little refill kits at local stores
self to educate yourself about aftermarket inks.as quickly and easily given refill ink a bad name.
Some are better than others and some areSo how can you save money?
better than all. If you use high qualityIt actually doesn't cost but a couple dollars more
American-made inks, you can save hundreds ifto buy a very high quality refill ink versus what
not thousands of dollars, without ever missingyou spend for the cheap stuff. You can buy
your OEM cartridges...high-quality by the 4 ounce bottle, by the pint, or
The reason I selected such a generic title for thiseven by the gallon if you're feeling froggy. I can
article, refill ink, is because there are so manypersonally attest to the fact that if you use
different aspects that I want to communicate toquality American made ink products, that you can
you that it's hard to really categorize this articlesave hundreds and yes, thousands of dollars on
into anything other than being generallyprinting with inkjet printers, without having any
informative about refill ink.headaches, hassles or printer hiccups. The trick to
Most people have no idea...doing this is having a supplier that number one,
There is absolutely, positively, no reasonknows what they're doing and number two,
whatsoever for anyone to have to buy a new,knows exactly what they are selling you and
name brand ink cartridge ever again. If you knowwhat it will work for.
what you are doing with just a little bit of basicNot all suppliers are the same.
information and direction, you can cut your printNow this is getting a little bit deep into this
cost down to nearly nothing.subject, but I'm going to fill you in on something
Let's look at a quick fact...that is known among people in this industry that is
When you buy ink cartridges at your local retailer,not talked about very much. There are vendors
then have a brand name label, you are spendingonline that actually sell high quality American made
thousands of dollars per gallon for inkjet ink. Theaftermarket inks, but they don't sell them for the
last time I did the math on a particular inkright printers. It's very costly for a distributor to
cartridge it was on HP 02 black. This cartridge, ifcarry a full line of these high-quality products
memory serves me correctly holds less than 20because each printer and each cartridge model
mL of ink. The average selling price for a newcan have its own specific ink formula. So, rather
black HP 02 is around $20. If you do the maththan keeping a full stock and having the
and convert the milliliters and to ounces, you willappropriate ink available for all printers that they
find that if you use this particular cartridge, yousell inks for, smaller vendors of high-quality inks will
are spending upwards of $3000 per gallon. Isn't itsubstitute. For example, they may carry a high
funny that when gas prices were at their peak ofdensity pigment-based black ink for the, let's say
four and five dollars a gallon that people wereHP 88 cartridge. Now, that high-density pigment
outraged at the amount that they were having toblack is specifically made for the Thermo-based
pay to travel 12 miles? Little do most people payHP 88 print head. What they may do is try to sell
attention to, is that it costs more to add 1 ouncethis same ink for all HP black ink cartridges that
of ink to your inkjet printer than it costs to fill upuse a pigment-based ink. This will allow for more
the gas tank on most midsized cars. That is, ifsales with a smaller product line, however it will
you are buying name brand cartridges.result in many failed printheads.
Crude oil at the time of this writing, is selling forThe point is, if you want the best inks to use to
about $65-$75 per barrel. The cost of thesave money without compromising print quality,
average OEM ink sold in new cartridges is goingyou also have to consider the source that you
for about $250,000 per barrel. Printeruse for purchasing those products.
manufacturers give the printers away at rockHow much money can you save using high quality
bottom prices and then nail you when you needrefill inks?
to buy ink cartridges.Even buying the best of the best, you can
So it's clear to see...expect your average refill cost per cartridge to
Buying OEMs is an outrageous waste of money.be around a dollar or less. Many ink cartridges if
Especially if you do a lot of printing. If you print ayou have the right simple tools to refill them with
lot, you might as well be throwing $20 and $50can last for 10, 20, 30 or more refills. If you are
bills right down the toilet.intimidated about the idea of reselling, you will find
Why do more people not use refill ink?that it is actually very easy if you have good
Most people have tried it but it had a badtools to use. They are very inexpensive,
experience. What you get and the little kits ateasy-to-use and once you get the hang of it you
your local store leaves a bad taste in mostwill wonder why you ever paid money for an
people's mouths. The quality is very poor.OEM.