Third-party ink and cartridges
The high cost of OEM ink cartridges, and the intentional obstacles to refilling them (disadvantages 2 and 3 above) have been addressed by third-party ink suppliers.
Many printer manufacturers discourage customers from using third-party inks, claiming that they may damage the print heads, leak, and produce inferior-quality output. However, some OEM cartridges can be refilled, and the "intelligent" cartridge microchips may be circumvented as explained above. Some cartridges lose ink capacity upon refilling due to air growth in the internal foam.
The quality of third-party ink and cartridges is widely debated. Consumer Reports has noted that third-party cartridges may contain less ink than OEM cartridges, and thus yield no cost savings.[1] Wilhelm Imaging Research[2] claims that with third-party inks the lifetime of prints may be considerably reduced. However, an April 2007 review[3] showed that, in a double-blind test, reviewers generally preferred the output produced using third-party ink over OEM ink. They plan next to compare the longevity of prints using OEM and third-party ink. OEM inks generally have undergone significant system reliability testing with the cartridge and print-head materials, whereas R&D efforts on 3rd party inks material compatibility is likely to be significantly less.
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