On 01/10/2010 21:18, Michael Chare wrote:
Canon replacement cartridges for my Pixma printer now cost almost as
much as I originally paid for the printer!

There are various cartridge refill kits which I could buy. Are these any
good?



Get a cheap BW laser printer and keep the Pixma on Canon original colour
inks for use when colour printing really matters.

Going down the compatibles route with cheap ink and then mixing
different formulations is asking for weird and fustrating jet blockages,
some which may mean in my experience (with Epsons though) scrapping the
printer.

For ink carts 7dayshop's prices aren't that bad, and if you go for a
Brother HL-2035 laser which has cheap consumables (£33.69 for Brother
originals on Amazon) with 1500 page yield, you won't be buying so much
ink, and that £70 laser will almost pay for itself.

Also if it's photo printing you are doing, online companies do very fast
and cheap next day delivery - at very good quality. I wouldn't bother
printing own photos and using up all my ink, unless it truly was an
urgent requirement.

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Adrian C