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Summary: Refurbished ink cartridges for printers are typically not a good idea, as they have a tendency to damage the print head and main board, which are very costly repairs. Purchase ink cartridges specifically designed for each printer with information from a business machine repairman in this free video on fax machines and printers.
Steve Munoz has more than 32 years of experience repairing and selling business machines, such as fax machines, printers, cash registers, typewriters and shredders. Munoz has spent...read more
"Hi. I'm Steve Munoz with Duncan Business Machines. People ask if refurbished ink cartridges are good for their machines, their printers or fax machines. The answer is no. The refurbished or refilled ink cartridges have a tendency to damage the print head which in turn damages the main board. And cost to repair those things exceed the value of the machine. Refilled, people don't make machines for other people's product to work in it. Therefore they want you to purchase their quality ink cartridges which you'll notice if you do they're going to cost a little more. But the print quality is ten times better and therefore I would not suggest that you use refurbished ink cartridges. And that's about it for the subject of ink cartridges."
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