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Printer Ink

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Big Gee

master brummie
Does anyone know where I can get printer ink-cartridges re-filled reasonably cheaply? There used to be a shop on Boldmere Road, but closed down now. The price of original cartidges is outrageous!

Thanks,

Big Gee
 
I get mine on internet "cartridge people". very good and inexpensive and reliable. I ruined 2 printers by filling cartridges myself!!
 
Thanks for this, Leonard! I just checked, and they're cheap, as you say. Next order goes to them.

Big Gee
 
Have a look at 7dayshop.com.

I use them regularly for Epson compatible cartridges and find them cheap, but with good quality.
 
Thanks for the information, folks. Very helpful.

Crazy when one ink cartridge is sometimes more than half the cost of the actual printer....

Big Gee
 
Claribel said:
Wilkinsons own lable inks are good value epsom compatible R245 £12.00 for set
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I have a Epson SX100 printer, I get my inks from Internet Inks .com, I note that
in Tesco the 3pack used to be £16.49, it is now £20.98, just shows you have to
shop around for everything. Bernard.
 
Try www.ukdvdr.co.uk most Epson ink are around £1 each, I have used their inks for years and never had any problems. Have a look at their other products too - good prices on CD & DVD blanks. Their service is excellent also - prompt devlivery and all products are well packaged for dispatch.
 
I think buying compatibles is false economy and believe me I've tried most.You never get the same quality and never the quantity as the real thing.
 
I've found loads of places selling Epson stuff at low prices, but my printer's an HP.....just my luck!

But I've found that Cartridge People as suggested by LeonardJob sell genuine HP ink for much less than I've been paying, so thanks for that, mate.

Frothy's right re: compatibles, as the printer doesn't like them and they don't last as long even if they're cheaper per unit.

Big Gee
 
When I had my computer and printer three years ago now, my son in law who works in IT advised
me, to never use compatibles, just to Epson branded one, but they do vary in price quite a lot, Bernard. they say you cant teach old dogs new tricks, I was 79 then.
 
Bernard67Arnold said:
When I had my computer and printer three years ago now, my son in law who works in IT advised
me, to never use compatibles, just to Epson branded one, but they do vary in price quite a lot, Bernard. they say you cant teach old dogs new tricks, I was 79 then.
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I have never had a problem with compatibles for my Epson (and I work in IT).

If you have a fairly cheap printer then if you DO buy compatibles and the printer stops working after 2 years just buy a new printer.

The money you saved on the ink will easily cover the cost of the printer.

My printer cost me about £35 and a pack of 4 "official" Epson inks costs around £30 (even more in some places), almost the cost of a new printer.

I can buy a set of 4 compatible for around £7 (though usually buy decent ones from Tesco).
 
guilbert53 said:
I have never had a problem with compatibles for my Epson (and I work in IT).

If you have a fairly cheap printer then if you DO buy compatibles and the printer stops working after 2 years just buy a new printer.

The money you saved on the ink will easily cover the cost of the printer.

My printer cost me about £35 and a pack of 4 "official" Epson inks costs around £30 (even more in some places), almost the cost of a new printer.

I can buy a set of 4 compatible for around £7 (though usually buy decent ones from Tesco).
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I think I paid about £80 for my printer, I used to getTesco but their prices have
shot up recently,£20.98 for three colours, someone is making a lot of cash out
of ink somewhere, Bernard
 
I think the secret is, don't use your printer too much. I find it cheaper to pop down the printing shop with me memory stick:thumbsup::)
 
I agree with Frothblower, my holiday pics are put on my PC (usually about 50) and if I do want prints i pop down to my local Max Spielman with my camera memory card , quicker and not much dearer (if at all) than doing them yourself, odd pics and documents I will do my self. I have an Epson Stylus SX218 printer/scanner and use compatables and am very satisfied with the results, it is slow but with me its the quality that counts . Eric
 
My missus does a lot on e-bay and prints off everything whether she needs to or not. Good idea about going down to the print-shop with a memory-stick full of photos. I might give that a go.

Big Gee
 
Donno about Epsom ones, but re fill inks pretty cheap. I been doing it myself for a while now. I got the ink from a supermarket in Portugal -3.99 for enough for 5 or 6 refills so far - but you see the kits on ebay cheap enough, then google the cartridge No. for instructions.

Only works if the old one hasnt been left empty and had time to dry up, and only works about 2 or 3 times with each cartridge though.
 
I am tryig to find printer ink for the ADVENT 10. They are expensive and run out very, very quickly. Miriam.
 
You can often tell the quality of printer inks by printing a black and white text document onto good quality paper speecifically made for inkjet printers.

If you look at the text under a magnifying glass, the edges of the letters should be crisp and clear, not smudged by the ink "creeping" along the surface of the paper. Good quality ink will dry the moment it hits the paper, poorer quality will stay moist for longer, thereby allowing it to drift along the surface.

In the case of coloured ink, this creeping effect tends to slightly blur the edges of objects where two contrasting colours adjoin, causing indistinct boundaries.

It is a matter of taste, and for most of us it is a trade off between price and acceptability of the finished product. For our general holiday snaps, perfection may not be so important but if you want a presentation document, you should use the top quality ink (which might not mean that you have to pay top-of-the-range price) - if it is important to you, you need to find the level and the ink (and the paper) that suits you.

If you read up on the subject you will find that, in the case of Epson, they claim that their own photo-quality glossy paper has a compound in the coating that, combined with another contained in the ink, accelerates the drying process even faster, thereby reducing the creeping effect even further.

I don't know whether that is sales hype or the truth but when I worked in a sales environment where presentation of documents was important, I became aware from testing several black inks printing text onto white paper that there were marked differences in the overall effect of the printed page when viewed as a whole.
 
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