123 Inkets

In a follow-up to an earlier post about sources for inexpensive inkjet cartridges, I am happy to now be able to recommend 123 Inkjets. I ordered some refill cartridges for my notoriously particular HP Photosmart 3-in-1 and was very pleased, not only because I got them for about 45% off the price of new, genuine HP cartridges at Office Depot, but because they work just great in my machine. It recognizes them as genuine HP cartridges.

Give it a try. Their shipping was really fast, too!

Getting the Most Out of Your Inkjet

A friend and reader of this blog gave me this great idea for saving ink when printing out things on your inkjet printer that don't necessarily need to be at photo quality. She uses the draft black & white mode for printing things like online shopping receipts, boarding passes, etc., essentially anything that doesn't need to be in color. I like this idea! I'll be using it lots, I am sure, especially for those things that I mentioned in a previous post that I print on the backside of previously used paper.

She also had a question, which I will post to all of you to see if you have an answer (because I don't). She wanted to know if there's a good source for getting refills of your inkjet cartridges. I used to go to Island Inkjet (when they had a location in my mall) when I had a Lexmark printer and the refills worked just great. However, my HP 3-in-one machine is very particular about what ink you use. I tried a refilled cartridge once, and it gave me a warning error that I had to clear for each page of a print job. I didn't even use up the entire cartridge!

So, if anyone can give some advice on reliable sources of refills for inkjet cartridges, give a shout and I will post them here.