All in one printer, scanner etc.?

[Kenny]

How can I tell before buying which one will take remanufactured or
refilled cartridges, I know for sure Canon won't and it even stops the
scanner working if you try?

Kenny Cargill

 

[Seum]

How can I tell before buying which one will take remanufactured or
refilled cartridges, I know for sure Canon won't and it even stops the
scanner working if you try?

Kenny Cargill

Not true. I have a Canon Pixma MP170 and I regularly brought the
cartridges to a re-fill store and came home with one that was as good as
new. Some people even buy their own ink, at much lower costs, and refill
their cartridges.

Have another look.

 

[Kenny]

Not true. I have a Canon Pixma MP170 and I regularly brought the
cartridges to a re-fill store and came home with one that was as good as
new. Some people even buy their own ink, at much lower costs, and refill
their cartridges.

Have another look.

Friend of mine has Pixma MP140, tried refilled cartridge and gets
message "Printer maintenance in progress. Scan after it is complete
Code:2,114.0" and Error 5 on printer display.
The "Printer maintenance" never completes.
Googling to find a way round it it seems very common with no clear
method of avoiding it.

 

[Paul]

Not true. I have a Canon Pixma MP170 and I regularly brought the
cartridges to a re-fill store and came home with one that was as good as
new. Some people even buy their own ink, at much lower costs, and refill
their cartridges.

Have another look.

Or, you can find a web page with details of overriding the cartridge status.

http://www.fixyourownprinter.com/forums/printer/46656

In some cases, there are even chip resetters, but what kind of dumb
design would allow resetting ? There is really no reason for a cartridge
like that, to be resettable.

http://www.inkjetcartridges.com/epson-resetter-CREPSON.html

I've heard of the chip counting printed pages, and the printer refuses
to print, even though the cart is half filled with ink. So the chip scheme
is a rip off.

Since all the money is made on cartridge sales, and none on the
printer, it makes sense for them to all be chipped. Any manufacturer
who leaves the door open to refilling, would need to charge more
for the printer, to cover losses on clever customers.

http://forums.techguy.org/hardware/556937-inkjet-cartridge-chip-resetter.html

Information like this, can change at any time, as the needs of the business
change. The product that wasn't chipped yesterday, could be chipped today.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ink_cartridge

"Generally speaking, Canon, Dell, HP, and Lexmark cartridges are not difficult
to refill, though some Lexmark cartridges employ a built-in counter chip that
can't be reset; Epson cartridges also have a built-in counter chip, however it
is possible to purchase a chip resetter. As Brother cartridges generally lack
any chip and consist of merely a sack of ink, they can be readily refilled."

Read the Newegg or Amazon reviews for the printer, before buying. If the
chip prevents full cartridge usage, is non resettable or lacks an override,
then the reviewers (owners) will tell you.

Laser printers are suited to high volume printing, but I've heard of chipping
there as well. The per-page cost of a laser might be cheaper (at least for
monochrome printing).

Paul

 

[charlie]

Not true. I have a Canon Pixma MP170 and I regularly brought the
cartridges to a re-fill store and came home with one that was as good as
new. Some people even buy their own ink, at much lower costs, and refill
their cartridges.

Have another look.

I've had mixed luck with refilled ink tanks.
Some worked well, some did not.
Some clogged heads, some colors were off.

(Various Cannon and Epson printers)
I do have a chip resetter for the Epson R300 series printers.
It works, but you need a specialized fixture to feed the ink in to the
tanks.
Some of the older Epson models worked with a third party utility that
reprogrammed the printer to ignore the ink level.

 

[LSMFT]

How can I tell before buying which one will take remanufactured or
refilled cartridges, I know for sure Canon won't and it even stops the
scanner working if you try?

Kenny Cargill

It appears that the older the printer, the higher the printer
cartridges. I just bought a new HP printer/scanner/copier that came with
black and color cartridges cheaper than cartridges alone for my older HP.
The replacements for the new one are one quarter the cost of the old
ones at this time. Even cheaper than Kodak printer ink which they brag
being low cost.

 

[Steve Silverwood]

How can I tell before buying which one will take remanufactured or
refilled cartridges, I know for sure Canon won't and it even stops the
scanner working if you try?

I've not run across any such printers, but if you are concerned about
the cost of ink you might want to check 123inkjets
(www.123inkjets.com) for remanufactured cartridges.

-- //Steve//

 

[Ray]

"Steve Silverwood" wrote in message

How can I tell before buying which one will take remanufactured or
refilled cartridges, I know for sure Canon won't and it even stops the
scanner working if you try?

I've not run across any such printers, but if you are concerned about
the cost of ink you might want to check 123inkjets
(www.123inkjets.com) for remanufactured cartridges.

-- //Steve//

HP takes them and also takes Vivera

Ray