I do not trust refilled or off brand ink cartridges for my printers. I've always used HP printers and have had no problems - but the price gets a bit scared. And I will never buy a printer that uses 3 colors in one cartridge - you end up throwing out good ink because one goes empty faster. My old HP uses 02 ink and I'm having a problem finding it anymore - I'll have to to HP pretty soon to get it as the printer is at least 6 years old. The ePrinter upstairs (really handy with an iPad) uses individual cartridges and they are pretty reasonable. I got a screaming deal a few years ago in a Black Friday price of $49 and it's a gem. Guess they're mostly all going ePrint nowadays.
Oh oh and one other thing about HP inks - each time you change a cartridge you get a new print head. At one time other brands required a person to clean the print heads - not sure about now but I still trust HP - just purchased an All-in-One computer a couple weeks that is fabulous.
Sandy in Mooresville, NC