Inkjet ink refills?

[ckuttner]

I’m not finding this in these forums, so I’ll ask. We’ve owned quite a few printers over the years, including HP and Canon, and I’ve been happiest with, and had the longest life out of, our Brother multifunction (MFC-J615W, to be precise).

We spend quite a bit of money on ink, always using brand ink on this. I’m fairly sure that at least our Canon was killed by generic ink refills.

One time when I bought Brother ink through Amazon, our merchant was doorstepink.com. They included literature on their own refills, and in fact had an offer that they’d pay the shipping if I returned our empties to them, and they’d give us a discount coupon. We sent them a load of cartridges, and got a coupon. They no longer sell brand ink, only their own.

We’re rarely printing photo quality, it’s more like just black on white, or some chart with color. Anyone have any opinions on whether we’d be risking our printer’s life by using generic refills? (I’m in no hurry for the printer to die, particularly since products are hard to get since the world as we knew it ended, but next one would likely be a laser.)

 

[satcomer]

 

[ckuttner]

Cute! Thanks. Gives me guidance whenever I have to replace the printer…if I were printing more pages than I am, might even be cheaper to replace before it dies.

 

[MacDividend]

I sold Canon printers in college, so I learned quite a bit about printers. As a former Canon rep, one thing we were always told was to discourage customers who were interested in generic inkjet refills because they would risk damaging their printer. You will also risk voiding the warranty of the printer. I agree with you about Brother, they have been the best printers I have had over the years.