Options Refilling Your Ink Cartridge

Options Refilling Your Ink Cartridge

Options Refilling Your Ink Cartridge

Many consumers in today's economy are looking for new ways to help stretch the family budget and cut costs in areas where the need is vital; but there are alternate and more cost effective ways of getting the same results. One such area in which many are cutting their costs is replacement printer ink cartridges. The majority of consumers are still buying brand new OEM Brand name cartridges and then either recycling or throwing them away. However, a good number of people have started to refill their cartridges and save many hundreds of dollars a year (businesses save even more). Refilling ink cartridges is a smart and cheap way to extend the life of the original cartridge. As well, one has the option of either refilling cartridges themselves through the use of a refill kit, or having a service performing the refill function. So refilling on your own or a service? Now into the pros and cons.

Do it Yourself: Refill kits for most any cartridge may be found online or in an office supply store. Kits usually hold enough ink to refill a cartridge 3 times and most cartridges can be refilled between 4 and 8 times respectively. It's important to keep in mind that it is best to refill a cartridge before it is completely empty. Doing this avoids the cartridge getting gummy and drying out. It is important to note whether or not the refill kit you purchase is compatible with the OEM cartridge or not because your refill success depends on it. Refill kits are reasonably priced from $14.95 - $24.99 and it is a plus that you can refill in the comfort of your home. Some problems you might run into while refilling cartridges yourself are spilling the ink, overfilling the cartridge and damaging the print nozzle when your are refilling. A typical problem you might run into is getting air into the chambers of the cartridge which causes problems with the flow of ink during printer operation.

Refill Services: You can refill your cartridges by mail for less than you would think. You can simply purchase a package deal, send away a few cartridges at a time, then your service will refill them and send them back to you. It does cost a bit more to have a cartridge refilled by a service, but one would think that refilling an ink cartridge would actually need to be done by someone who knows what they are doing, looking for etc. Additionally, after refilling, the cartridge is tested to make sure that it will function. Which you can't do until the refilled cartridge is put back into the printer.

We all a have a responsibility to the environment and by refilling ink cartridges we are in a way helping the environment by reducing waste material. Weighing your options, it might be worth it to pay a little more and go with a refilling service. Yes it is a trip to the store and a wait, but less messy and tested to ensure it is going to work when installed back into the printer.

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