Refillable printer brands and models

Hi,

I'm in the market for a new bubble jet or similar printer and want to
ensure that I buy a model that allows me to refill the cartridges.
I understand that some manufacturers put smart chips into their
cartridges to prevent refilling, so I'd like to steer clear of these
brands/models.

Any recommendations will be gladly received.

Cheers, Jim.

I think you need to either buy old technology so you to not get the best
today and then you can be satisfied to risk clogging the printhead
prematurely, get more rapid fading and accept results that are not as
good as what the printer was designed to produce. Then you will be very
happy.

wrote:
Hi,

I'm in the market for a new bubble jet or similar printer and want to
ensure that I buy a model that allows me to refill the cartridges.
I understand that some manufacturers put smart chips into their
cartridges to prevent refilling, so I'd like to steer clear of these
brands/models.

Any recommendations will be gladly received.

Cheers, Jim.

Martin Trautmann wrote:
On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:59:40 GMT, DK wrote:

Canons that don't use chipped tanks are super easy to refill.


Canons are identical for refill, regardless of chip or no chip: the
instructions for BCI-6 and CLI-8 are identical.

The main difference is what will happen with chipped cartridges: the
empty detection may be disabled.


The main difference is that the new Chroma inks are under patent and the
relabelers have not figured out anything that is close to the formulae.
- Martin