Where to get cheap ink cartridges

[andyb]

Hi all,

Can anyone recommend an online retailer that sells cheap cartridges for HP printers? I've used some before and had the ink dry and knacker the print head after not using the printer for a while so if anyone can recommend some cheap but still good ones please?

I'm waffling now:confused:

Thanks,
Andy

[TSM]

http://www.ink-n-things.co.uk/

the deals on HP cheep carts are not very good, unforunatly unlike epson and many other printers HP's carts have a new print head on each cart to maintain print quality, if you scratch it just getting a new cart sorts out the bad print, with epson and others the head is fitted in the printer, usualy when it gets scratched you just throw the printer away and get another, but on the up side it makes the carts cheeper as they are just ink containers.

[Ed]

Try Lasertech. I used to use them when I had an HP printer - printer has been decommissioned as it couldn't cope with all the paper we produce. But the Lasertech cartridges were more than acceptable.

[the_runt69]

Tend to use Tesco's own for my CXi970 nearly half the price.

[krhall]

take your old ones to cartridge world they are perfect refills and half the price.

[andyb]

I'm a bit dubious about having them refilled, dont really know much about it but never really liked the idea, saying that there's a cartridge world at the bottom of my road :D

[krhall]

I would never have recommended them before my wife put them in our printer, as I have only ever bought the oem stuff.

They have some form of 100% money back guarantee with them and the print quality is good enough for me and my cheap old Officejet.

http://www.cartridgeworld.co.uk/

[krhall]

Always check to see if you can get the ones you need on Ebay first though there are normally bargains to be had there.

[fizzwheel]

I'd never use the cheap stuff or the refills, unless the technology behind it has really improved.

A high percentage of the HP printers I used to get back because they were broken, didnt print well, etc etc, the owners had used cheap low end cartridges or refil cartridges. The deskjets were at one point really sensitive to ink quality and quantity and I've seen some cheap refils cartridges cover the inside of the printer and the paper with ink and end up in a right mess.

I'd stick with the OEM stuff and just try and buy them cheaply from somewhere if it were my printer.

[andyb]

Do you know roughly how much it costs to refill them, it doesnt say on their website?

[Warren]

I'd never use the cheap stuff or the refills, unless the technology behind it has really improved.

A high percentage of the HP printers I used to get back because they were broken, didnt print well, etc etc, the owners had used cheap low end cartridges or refil cartridges. The deskjets were at one point really sensitive to ink quality and quantity and I've seen some cheap refils cartridges cover the inside of the printer and the paper with ink and end up in a right mess.

I'd stick with the OEM stuff and just try and buy them cheaply from somewhere if it were my printer.

ditto,

i used to work for a compatible cartridge company, and can tell you - the customer service and complaints department took a fair beating.

[andyb]

I'd never use the cheap stuff or the refills, unless the technology behind it has really improved.

A high percentage of the HP printers I used to get back because they were broken, didnt print well, etc etc, the owners had used cheap low end cartridges or refil cartridges. The deskjets were at one point really sensitive to ink quality and quantity and I've seen some cheap refils cartridges cover the inside of the printer and the paper with ink and end up in a right mess.

I'd stick with the OEM stuff and just try and buy them cheaply from somewhere if it were my printer.

That would be my preferred option but paying £30 for two cartridges when the printer was only £50ish really hacks me off!:mad:

[Warren]

That would be my preferred option but paying £30 for two cartridges when the printer was only £50ish really hacks me off!:mad:

get a lazer printer, far cheaper to run.

[krhall]

I used to insist that we purchased OEM stuff at work too until the last few months.

There are now some compatibles that offer a guarantee, which if a machine fault is caused by one of their products they will replace the machine. Obviously I only do this on the printers that are sub £200 and we only have a handful of those, but the actual saving is quite substantial.

Again my home printer is less than £100 so its not too much of an issue (yet).

[chazzyb]

I've not bought HP-type stuff from them, but generally I've been impressed with http://www.refreshcartridges.co.uk/.

[Warren]

ok, well if you insist,
i used to get my compatible cartridges from http://www.choicestationery.co.uk/index.html