| Why? | | | | you have one choice. Either refill with or buy |
| HP 88 ink cartridges come from HP (and a few | | | | re-manufactured ink cartridges that contain inks |
| reputable re-manufacturers) with pigment based | | | | that are made in America. The simple reason is |
| black Vivera inks. These inks are specifically | | | | this... American aftermarket ink factories invest |
| formulated to work with the thermal print heads | | | | enough in research and development to be able |
| in your printer. Viscosity and dry time play major | | | | to produce cost effective inks that match the |
| roles in ensuring that your print heads will last a | | | | chemical properties and performance of the |
| long, long time. If either of these two properties | | | | originals. America leads the world in generic inks, |
| are off, your print heads will overheat. | | | | yet most re-manufacturing facilities overseas |
| Most HP cartridges re-manufactured in China are | | | | don't spend the extra nickel per cartridge to |
| shipped to the U.S. markets containing DYE based | | | | include higher quality inks. Simple economics. This is |
| black inks. As 99% of HP black cartridges are | | | | the very reason that many people if asked will tell |
| designed for PIGMENT based inks, this causes a | | | | you that they've tried generic ink cartridges and |
| major problem for consumers. The generic dye | | | | didn't like the way they worked, if they worked |
| based inks do not provide the necessary viscosity | | | | at all. The simple reason for this is that 99% of |
| to keep the print heads cool, therefore print head | | | | generic ink cartridges contain cheap generic inks |
| failures are eminent. | | | | made in Asia. |
| If you want to save money on HP ink cartridges, | | | | |