subject: The Advantages Of Using Compatible Ink Cartridges [print this page] Everybody knows that when you buy compatible ink cartridges for your inkjet printer you will save a shed load of money. Despite the fact that printers, even the most advanced multi-function versions, are now extremely inexpensive, printer ink can be prohibitively costly. Without paying for the brand name you can avoid these excessive costs.
However there are some other advantages with using compatibles that are relatively unheralded.
Although the brand names will often warn you to the contrary, it has been shown that compatibles often contain more ink, and last longer, than the brand name versions that they mimic. This is quite simply because the established manufacturers want you to replace your cartridges more frequently, incurring even greater cost. With the rationale of compatibles being economy it is more likely to be the case that you are purchasing a full ink cartridge than a half empty one.
Ounce for ounce, printer ink when supplied by the big brand names is actually more expensive than oil.
There is also some evidence to suggest that the quality of the ink that is to be found in compatible ink cartridges is often actually superior. This once again is down to the fact that the big names tend to compromise on standards in order to extract maximum profits from their long-suffering customers.
Compatible ink cartridges are usually available at a fraction of the price that their brand name rivals demand. It is no exaggeration to say that to equip a basic cheap printer with brand name cartridges in both black and white and colour can cost more than the printer itself. That is how ludicrous and unsustainable the situation has become. It is rather akin to selling your car and buying a new one for no other reason than that it has a full tank of petrol.
The only real disadvantage to be found with depending upon compatible cartridges is that they sometimes cannot physically be used. The brand names manufacture some models of printer cartridges with complex technology and designs that cannot be copied, either for practical or for legal and copyright reasons. Therefore you may not always find a compatible cartridge for every model of printer.
Where you can, however, you need have no worries about quality. Brand name cartridges are effectively a con, sold to the customer at inflated prices that are held artificially high by mutual agreement between their ostensibly separate providers. They are the computer world"s equivalent of manufacturers of designer clothing who charge their customers dearly for the privilege of advertising their products on the front of their shirts and jumpers.
