HP warns Walgreens, OfficeMax on ink sales

It is good for the environment and the consomer becausue their is less waste and a new form of competition.

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I have bought OfficeMax generic HP refills as well as mail-order refills and, at best, I have had less than a 50% success rate with refilled cartridges!(They just will not work!) I know the price of a new cartridge is a bit more expensive, but in the long run, you are better off with the original manufacturers' ink cartridge. And, no, I have no vested interest in any of these companies. This is solely based on years of experience.

I have had a few ink cartridges refilled at Walgreens, some worked but the ink ran out quickly and they refused to fill some because of cartridge problems.
I contacted Walgreens headquarters to find out why the store didn't completly fill cartridges(always showed empty on the screen) Headquarters did not give me an answer--
I now am buying new cartridges and will not go back to Walgreen and waste my money for partially filled cartridges.

I have had HP equipment for over 15 years and won't buy anything else--old computers are still working!

i don't quite understand the fuss over this, ink does not go old. the expiration dates on ink cartridges are usually more then a year, we know how little the manufactures put in these cartridges, ink is the single most expensive liquid on commercial markets more expensive them my cologne and i don't buy the cheap stuff. here is the bottom line, yes i have had my cartridge refilled at OMAX and yes occasionally it doesn't work but it is 50% cheaper then what i pay off the shelf and i wouldn't want them to suck out all the ink because thats 20-30 pages i may get out of it. i know it is not the same quality ink but if i need a photo printed i goto some place that uses dye-sublimation anyways, here is the point yes Omax and Walgreen's makes money by selling theses cartridges but it saves you money and it saves the environment from theses things getting buried, theres a small amount of lead in some of them. its a good thing and its only been around for a few years hopefully theses Kiosks and centers will get better as the technology does and the success rate increases. i had a bad refill at a OMAX store and guess what they replaced my money without complaint and i bought a new cartridge, they even let me recycle it and get 3$ off and gave me a coupon for 3$ off my next recycle, why because they make money off that refill and i save money and we are both happy

Can anyone explain to me what the numbers on an ink cartridge mean?

I am especially looking at an HP # 20 which from the factory one that came with my 1010 Fax machine, there is another number on it C6614n, ml 14.

All the cartridges I find are #20, but have the numbers C6614D or C6614DN and the ml are larger.

Does anyone know what all those numbers mean and woudl all #20 cartridges be compatible?

Also I have re-inked my cartridges for many years. A tiny bit of less quality for quantity is ok with me. dash

my cartridge refilled by officemax doesn't work
do I do get my money back and buy a new HP cartridge

OK so, what if you take an empty "Softsoap" dispenser and put somebody else's cheaper liquid soap in it? Should the Colgate-Palmolive Company be suing someone?

My humble opinion... once you've paid for a NEW HP cartridge and used it up, what goes in it afterwards is none of their business!

I'm always right! How dare anyone dispute me!

I just tried the Walgreens refill service on an HP color cartridge #78. I was very skeptical about doing this because it's only $15, but hopeful because I was in a hurry and had an important project. When I printed it out, it looked like crap. Reds were brown, blues were purple. Is it possible that they screwed up where they put the colors? Or is the quality ink just that bad? I am going back tomorrow for a refund and thankful it's got a money-back guarantee. Apparently, a new HP cartridge is the way to go, but I hate paying the outrageous price for them--it's like $45 for this one just for color and another $40 for the black.

I was considering trying the refill process. After reading your comments, I think I'll just go with the new HP cartridge. Thanks for giving me an unbiased non-salespitched commentary!!:)

You guys are nuts, there is nothing wrong with filling the cartridges, the quality is the same as the original if the cartridge is filled correctly. I know of no person who has ever been asked to send a cartridge out the door that isn't good, the only reason that would be is because some lame, no good employee who doesn't care about the customer only wants to get one more under the belt to keep the manager off their back! I have personlly seen prints from Officemax refills and they look great!

dick bininya wrote:

<quoted text>OH MY!!!!!!!!!!I have a solution.....stop printing all of you're kiddie porn on photo quality paper, and you won't use as much ink per print thus lengthening the time between refills. And the only DNA in or on the HP ink cartridge is that guys baby batter after viewing men with mules....

this db person maybe 3 different people.nutcase.lol

I am Former HP Sales Rep for Print & Imaging Div. HP Team/San Diago. HP does have ways to determine original formulation. Not to mention there were plans to use Kodak's new fraud detection system for source manufacturers.

Masterview did you know that the new HP printers now come with a built in head. All you replace now is a plastic container that has ink in it. The containers are broken out into all the colors so that if you run out of a certain color you just replace it without throughing away unused ink of another color. Since you don't know much about business I will explain to you that prices of products when they first come out are expensive because they are a niche market and because they are trying to recoop development costs. Other companies come into the niche and drive down cost. Sometimes they have inferior product because they did not invent the technology. Sometimes people don't care because they can handle inferior product vs paying what they think is unreasonable. That is called capitolism. It is what our country is based on. I work at HP for the time being. Hopefully not too many people decide not to by HP or I an american worker will be out of a job. Look at the Casio digital watch. What did that cost when it first came out? Get it?