Hi

Well yes, HP is a bit safer to refill...but then again if you plan to by and
Epson colour printer then you obviously need it for graphic work as that it
what these printers excell in, they are not meant to be lean mean text
machines unless you go into their laser printers, their inkjet range is
really more for work where image quality is paramount and unfortunatly to
get this quality the ink is a bit more expensive. I also don't think you'll
fine any inkjet printer that has running costs lower than a Dot-Matrix's
whether you goto HP, Lexmark, Epson etc.. If you want low running costs but
need good quality prints, then perhaps you should rather look at a good
Laser Printer even tho these are expensive to buy...I think in the long run
you'll find them cheaper to inkjets.

Also Epsons catridges ARE refillable but you need to be fairly careful about
how u go about it and it is a very involved process that I found is really
more hassle then its worth as u need to keep air out of the catridges, keep
them clean, keep a watch on the ink levels etc.. I personally prefer to pay
more for a new cartdrige...but then thats me :-)

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They can help you to do any refilling if you want and can help you to choose
a printer that will suite your needs as many of the members use other types
of printers not just epson and also have used a wide variety of high end to
low end inkjet, laser and dot-matrix printers.

Cheers
Kevin Hains
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-----Original Message-----
From: Max Timchenko <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 02 June 1999 03:26
Subject: [PCBUILD] Refilling inkjets


>Hello list,
>
>  I recall the discussion on the topic here, and I have received
>some information that I'd like to receive your opinions on.
>
>  a). From a website I learned that HP's are much 'safer' to
>refill 'cause their print head is built into the cartridge,
>and if anything goes awry you waste the cartridge and take a
>new one; in Epsons, the print head is on the printer and you
>replace only ink tanks, so if you wrecked the head you have
>to fork out half-o-the printer cost for the repairs... so the
>conclusion would be it's better to buy HP jets?
>
>  b). Other note re. Epsons is that their new printers make
>their ink drops so small that most of the ink on market doesn't
>make it, and the head is gone... the conclusion - new Epsons
>allow no refills?
>
>  I'm interested in this topic because I'm considering
>buying a replacement for my Epson FX-286e, but I don't want to
>walk too far from its 0.03c per page print costs...
>[reference: average dot matrix printer prints 1000-2000 pages
>per cartridge, refill tape costs $2-5]
>
>Max Timchenko [[log in to unmask]]
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