People who are not knowledgeable in operating printers often face obstacles in finding a suitable ink cartridge. Many manufacturers encourage their customers to buy OEM ink cartridges. However, you don’t have to buy OEM ink cartridge because you are given other options. Printer users are given the options to choose third party or remanufactured ink cartridges if they don’t want to purchase genuine ink cartridge.
OEM ink cartridge has the best quality because it is produced by the original manufacturer. The parts that are used to assemble an OEM ink cartridge are high quality because they are branded. OEM ink cartridge can only be installed in one printer model. It won’t work in other printer models because it is made to meet the standard of the particular printer model.
Third party ink cartridge is compatible with several printer models. The advantage of third party ink cartridge is that it is cheap. However, you must keep in mind that there is always a chance that it won’t work with your printer. If you buy third party ink cartridge, you are risking of wasting money on a cartridge that probably won’t work in your printer. If possible, you should buy the OEM ink cartridge because it is durable and won’t get damaged within a few days.
Remanufactured ink cartridges are made from used or malfunctioned cartridges. Thousands of empty and malfunctioned cartridges are sent to the factories of remanufacturers every year. The remanufacturer will check the condition of the cartridges before reconditioning them to meet the standards of OEM cartridges. Majority of remanufactured cartridges are made from empty cartridges. Empty cartridges are refilled with new inks. The inks are not produced by original manufacturer so they have more inferior qualities. If it is discovered that the cartridge has damaged part, the damaged part will be replaced with a new part that is functional.
If you want to buy cheap ink cartridges, you should shop on the internet. On the internet, you will come across many online stores that are offering discounts on ink cartridges. You get to save money when you use coupon code. Coupon code can deduct the price of the ink cartridge so that you pay lesser and save more money. You should visit several online stores so that you have more selections. Shopping with several stores allow you to compare prices and find out the store that is offering the ink cartridge you need at the cheapest price.
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Most users of inkjet printers prefer to refill and reuse ink cartridges rather than use new ink cartridges because the new ink cartridges are expensive. In an effort to satisfy the above-mentioned preference of the users of inkjet printers, some ink cartridge manufacturers have proposed and marketed ink cartridges that are provided with refill nozzles to allow users to refill ink cartridges through the refill nozzles.
Korean Patent Laid-open Publication No. 10-2003-69596, which was published on Aug. 27, 2003, discloses a conventional ink cartridge refill system that is configured as a refill system to be used by someone in the business of refilling customers’ ink cartridges. The above-mentioned refill system is constructed such that an ink cartridge is loaded in a cartridge loading unit and is refilled with ink simply by manipulating a control switch of the cartridge loading unit.
Herein below, the conventional ink cartridge refill system 100, disclosed in the above-mentioned Korean Patent Laid-open Publication Gazette, will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 4.
As shown in FIG. 1, the conventional ink cartridge refill system 100 includes a plurality of cartridge loading units 110 in each of which an ink cartridge (not shown) to be refilled with ink is loaded. The refill system 100 also includes a plurality of ink reservoirs 120 to inject ink, temporarily contained therein, into ink cartridges loaded in the cartridge loading unit 110 through a plurality of ink injection hoses 101, and an ink tank 140 which stores ink therein and supplies ink to the ink reservoirs 120 through a plurality of ink supply hoses 102. Furthermore, a plurality of pressure cylinders 130 is connected to an air compression pump 150 through a plurality of air hoses.