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Hard to beat! If for whatever reason you still want to buy a brand new ink, they also of course sell new bulk packages at a discount, but the refill is a wayyyyyyy better deal IMHO.
Unless the refill is of high quality compatible ink then you run the risk of this sort of error.
Actually because the cartridges are designed for single use even if you refilled with ink of equal quality to the original you still might get failures.
NOTE: I'm not saying that the current situation where printer manufacturers charge an arm and a leg for replacement cartridges is a good place to be. Ink cartridges should be easily refillable and the manufactures and stores should have a system in place whereby you can return the empties and get a discount off new ones. The old cartridges would then be returned to the manufacturer and either refilled correctly or recycled safely.
I've had excellent results using Costco refilled ink cartridges for my Canon MX 882 AIO printer. The printer does constantly display "low ink" messages which I simply ignore (as advised by almost any cartridge refill company). I just wait until the print quality diminishes and then get the cartridge refilled. The cost is less than 1/2 of OEM cartridges and I do not detect a difference in quality. The ONLY disadvantage is the annoying dialog box saying low ink......which is hard to ignore.
I've got to be a bit slow, because I JUST discovered that Costco closed up their printer ink refill AND photo services in February. This just days after my yellow HP 952 cartridge tapped out. I've searched the internets and cannot find retail brick and mortar that refills ink cartridges. I see online refill kits and remanufactured cartridges, but I'm struggling to follow that path after golden service from Costco all these years. Has anybody found good alternatives to this lost service? Your help is very much appreciated in advance.