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10-08-2018, 04:58 PM

#31

mac

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As far as buying a non-HP brand printer ink, I haven't done that. However, I used the Costco 'refill your HP printer ink' and I ended up having to buy another printer. It leaked all over my printer and destroyed the printer head. What a mess.

10-08-2018, 08:39 PM

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Rose_P

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Originally Posted by Beachbaby12

I would think it would accept outdated cartridges. I've been advised not to buy too many ink jet cartridges at one time as if you don't use them up, the back-up cartridges could dry out.

I haven't experienced it with our current printer, but there is a chip in the cartridges of at least some brands which tell the printer to reject them after the expiration date. Modern appliances have been created to outsmart us. If you go on youtube there may be some clever people who will tell you how to defeat these tricky things. It doesn't really have anything to do with the ink drying out, because that would vary greatly depending on storage conditions.

Instant Ink works by HP having remote computers that can track how many pages you have printed. I have the minimal plan, and if I go over 50 pages in a month, I get an email telling me that I will be charged an extra dollar for up to the next 15. My pet peeve is documents that seem to be organized to have wasted pages in them, such as the tail end of a recipe I can print off of some sites that will have nothing on it but a single line that says something like "Serves 6". You have to be constantly vigilant and use the print preview or you wind up with lots of scratch paper.

10-09-2018, 03:49 AM

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bearisgray

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I sometimes do a lot of printing - and sometimes I have a lot of "scratch paper" - intentional or not! so I think I will just buy the HP cartridges.

I, too, get annoyed at the "useless" info that the printer spits out at times.

10-09-2018, 04:24 AM

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ljptexas

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I've used compatible for yrs in my HP photosmart & they've worked well. I hardly use any color but when black gets low or out, it won' print at all. I always try to have an extra on hand....

10-09-2018, 04:58 AM

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romanojg

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We have Cartridge man here, I've worked at the hospital for 18 years and we use them here so I started buying them for my HP. I've never had any problems and I was told that if I ever did they'd back their warranty. They used to be Rapid Refill.

10-09-2018, 04:59 AM

#36

MaggieLou

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Quote:

Originally Posted by bearisgray

Thank you for your responses.

Now - I have another question.

There is an expiration date on the boxes - will the printer accept "outdated" cartridges?

No, the HP printers will not accept an expired cartridge. I don't know about other brands. I tried an expired cartridge in one of my HP's and it wouldn't accept it.