Re: Replacement Ink Cartridges

Tales of woe documented by another. It seems that the tales of woe seem very truthful and the all is well with relabeled who knows what ink is a distortion.

Zaidi wrote:

I have a HP Deskjet 9650 and a HP Photosmart 1115


both of which have
been working great until I switched to replacement ink cartridges


to
save money.


Looks like you did not save money. Well if you have the model that has an integrated printhead in the cart just go out and get new HP ink carts and your problem is over.

Now I have a problem. The 1115 was printing properly,
until I replaced the color (hp-78) cartridge with a color replacement
(Nexxtech).


Now that is the label but who is the mfg/formulator?

Now I can't print color, only black (not gradation), yet
the black cartridge is also a replacement (Nexxtech) substitute ink
cartridge. As for the 9650, which I use to print large format digital
art, it was working okay until I replaced both cartridges with
replacement ink cartridges (Nexxtech).

Wow, it is a double header.

I have been warning about these things for some time. For those who are thinking of using noname generic relabeld ink from quickbuck.com or any relabeler who will not tell you who the mfg/formulator is and like the word compatible beware of this and other tales of woe.

The funny thing is that the
printer, while printing okay, had a black replacement cartridge, until
it ran out of ink and I replaced it with a fresh replacement ink
cartridge, also by Nexxtech. I couldn't get any color to print, and
thinking my color ink cartridge (also a Nexxtech) was empty, I relaced
it with a new replacement (Nexxtech) and now I get no color, and no
black.


Anyone out there had similar problem with Nexxtech ink
cartridge or other replacement ink cartridges?


The honest people without egos all had similiar problems

I know printers cost
wholesale because revenue is gained through sales of ink cartridges,
but I wonder if printers are coded to work only with their printer
brand ink, thus ensuring a steady flow of capital.



There may be some truth to that but not specifically. Ink has patents and the printer and ink are designed to work as a system. Paper also but there are other papers out there that do just as well overall.
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