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Depends on the printer. Some brands/models are more forgiving of aftermarket or refilled cartridges.
I’ve found HP is the least forgiving, but you can purchase factory remanufactured HP cartridges online for a decent discount.
I’ve had my best luck on sites like Buy.com or Amazon.com.
I’ve been very happy with supermediastore.com for toner and ink jet cartridges along with blank CDs and DVDs. Generally I stick with the name brand ink while under warranty because the first support question always seems to be about whether I used aftermarket ink. Once the warranty is done I switch to the cheap stuff.
Inkjet?
I never had much luck with them — for home use. I didn’t print enough to keep the cartridges flowing. Once one of the nozzles clogged, it seemed to kill the whole cartridge. Even opening the clog didn’t help. Also, it seemed that, when a cartridge did run out, the new replacement would not work — the printer would not recognize it, even though it was a manufacturer brand.
About 2005, I found a b/w laser printer on a Black Friday sale - $200. I bought it. Never had a problem, except when I upgraded to Win7 64-bit. No drivers for it.
A couple of years later, I found a color laser on a Black Friday sale - $150. It still works like a charm.
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For the cost vs usage, you might look around. B/w lasers are as low as $50 and color lasers are around $150 up.
From your headline, I was thinking 3-D printed ammo.
I am in the business. I do not recommend ANY aftermarket cartridges either ink or laser.
PERIOD
Sure you can save money on the cartridges. Sure they claim to have a warranty.
But the fact is you can do way more damage to your printer from just 1 faulty cartridge than you will recoup in the savings.
With that said, there are some reasons you may want to use aftermarket. (Availability of OEM cartridges stands out). But never, ever, do the refill route in ink jet cartridges.
Here are some of the things I have experienced over the years with both ink and laser...
Leaky cartridges
Poor print quality
Low yield (your cost per page almost equals OEM)
Poor fit
Printer doesn’t recognize
Printer doesn’t report low toner status
Bad color on color cartridges
Poor fill rate on print
Black is not black
Proceed at your own risk.
I have NEVER had any luck with laser toner refills. The problems far outweigh any cost savings. The correct new toner cartridge always outperforms, in every way, the refills unless you don’t mind muddy, streaked printouts and low volume. I highly recommend also getting the high volume cartridges.
I’ve had very good results with LDproducts.
I own three Samsung ML-2510 laser printers. I’ve always refilled them with low cost cartridges from different sellers on eBay. I’ve had one out of about 20 arrive bad. They have roughly the same pages of yield as the original. The cost has been about fifteen bucks apiece compared with about 90 bucks for the OEM.
Cartridge World,if there’s one in your area.
I have an older HP LaserJet 2100 and have purchased refill cartridges from eBay sellers for years. They last about a year or so. Simple black color.
I’ve only had one or two bad ones, and the seller made good each time.
LOL, When our ink runs out we buy a new Printer . I have HP Deskjet 2542,in it’s box under my desk ,I’m just waiting for the older printer to empty , LOL, sad world
I’ve had *very* good experiences with Ink Owl (www.inkowl.com) both in refillable cartridges, the quality of their bulk ink and with their non-refillable (compatible) cartridges. To my uncalibrated eyeballs, I can’t tell any quality difference with name-brand ink or cartridges (this is for both everyday document printing as well as photo prints on photo paper).
Over the past 5 years, I’ve had one problem with faulty chips on one set of cartridges and a simple email resulted in an a 2-day shipment of replacements, no muss, no fuss, they just made it right. Their prices are good too. I’m very pleased with them and they have *earned* this loyal customer.
Printer companies use the same marketing strategy as razor companies. Sell the razors cheap and then stick it to ya on the refills.
If you are using inkjet printers, you are falling into their trap. My mother had an inkjet printer that wouldn’t print at all unless you bought all the colors when one cartridge ran out. No black no blue no nothing—and those color inkjet cartridges aren’t cheap.
Look into buying a new printer instead of color inkjet refill cartrriges. You get a warranty and can throw the other one away.
I use black laser printers and buy refill cartridges from several independent ink retailers all the time. Never had a problem and some of the cartridges can be refilled a few times with laser ink/powder. Much cheaper than the inkjet printers IMO and experience.