Rip off outfit???

[lakeman1999]

I have a compaq printer (renamed lexmark). When I bought the computer, the printer was free, I know why, the excessive cost of lexmark ink cartridges. has anyone bought refills from "EVOCLIX INC" at 2198 princeton st in sarasota, fl 34237? are they a legitamate outfit, or an overseas ripoff?? They sent me a spam email advertising low prices on ink cartridges, and I want to be carefull about using credit card on the internet.

 

[shadowdwpp]

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my suggestion is to do a search for a company and don't support spam if spammers make more money they will have even more reason to spam.

 

[Homerr]

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I feel your pain!<br /><br />I have one of those Lexmark/Compaq jobs.<br /><br />Guess where it's sitting? Yup...In my closet after the ink ran out. $$$$$<br />It did print good though...<br /><br />I've purchased ink refill kits off EBay with no problems. Most of them say their 'ink' is just like OEM etc... Well...No they aren't. They print OK, but not like OEM. It's just not as bright (imo)<br /><br />Do an EBay search for 'Lexmark ink refill"<br /><br />I print documents and such in black and white 99% of the time on the DRAFT setting. Quality isn't great, but it's no big deal. I keep factory cartridges around for that.<br /><br />H.

 

[miloman]

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i have a lexmarkZ33 and it is a piece of crap the cartridges are a total rip off and the printer broke twice

 

[Ralph 123]

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Lexmark used to be IBMs printer division. It was spun out anround 94 - 95 as I recall.<br /><br />Check eBay I am sure you can find cartridges there cheap. You can also get them at a discount at warehouse clubs.<br /><br />You can also buy refill kits - you refill the cartridge with ink through a needle. Works well for maybe 2 refills then the cartridge needs to be replaced. You can buy those kits anywhere like Staples, OfficeMax, etc.

 

[Homerr]

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I was given a Lexmark X75 print/fax/copier.<br /><br />I would have NEVER bought a Lexmark, but this one was free...<br />Anyhow...It works great. I typically print in black only, and the first cartridge lasted a long time.<br /><br />I never had much luck re-filling the Lexmark's cartridges.<br /><br />The best printer I've had was a Canon BJC 4300. The cartridges aren't real cheap, but the printer is a real scrapper...Beat the heck out of it and it comes back for more.<br />I've never cleaned it, and it prints like it was fresh out of the box!<br /><br />My employer runs all types, shapes, and sizes of printers. They all seem to do OK. I guess it depends on what your capacity will be. <br /><br />My choice? Canon. Hands down. Spend the few extra bucks.<br /><br />As far as cartridges...We're all S.O.L. there. <br />I've refilled the canon several times with no problems. I think I only had 1 extra-size black cartridge go bad.<br /><br />H.

 

[Hooty]

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You can try these folks for black ink. Don't know about the quality of their colored inks.<br /><br /> Ink <br /><br />c/6<br /><br />Hooty

 

[Scoop]

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Everyone's ink is very expensive. That is where they make their money. When you get a color printer that can print photos for $99, they have to make money somewhere else. Unfortunately, their have you once you buy the printer. <br /><br />Lexmark was spun off IBM back around '94 or '95. HP is just a reboxed Cannon with some different electronics sometimes. <br /><br />I have an Epson which prints well, but the ink is just as expensive as any other one.<br /><br />My wife made me get rid of my old laser printer. It was great, fairly cheap to run, weighed 80 lbs. It was bullet proof, but not color.

 

[Ralph 123]

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HP is just a reboxed Cannon

I'm not sure about that. They use different technology and usually very different drive mechanisms. Cannon's use a "bubble" jet while HP uses spray jets.<br /><br />The printer division is the real economic engine of HP - that is where they make a lot of their money.<br /><br />

1984<br /><br />ThinkJet <br /><br />Thermal inkjet technology developed at HP is introduced in a high-quality, low-price personal printer, the HP ThinkJet. The ThinkJet brings quiet, portable 96-dpi printing to desktop and portable PCs. With its far superior printing quality and inexpensive price, the ThinkJet spells the end to noisy dot-matrix printers.<br /><br />Inkjet technology research began at HP Labs in 1978. Although large, industrial inkjet-marking devices already existed, they weren't suitable for document printing needs. By miniaturizing the technology and offering it in the form of a personal printer, HP is able to offer better print quality than serial dot-matrix printing, quieter operation, extremely low power consumption and, eventually, high-quality, low-cost color. Today's HP inkjet printers continue to provide technological breakthroughs at ever decreasing prices.<br /><br />LaserJet <br /> <br />HP also introduces the HP LaserJet printer—the company's most successful single product. Able to print at 300 dpi (dots per inch), the LaserJet quickly becomes the world's most popular personal desktop laser printer.<br /><br />

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

Re: Rip off outfit???

I use a epson stylus color 480sxu, and it works good and the ink cartridges are pretty cheap.<br /><br />Double pack of black was 19.90 and a double pack of color was 18.72 after discount.

 

[eurolarva]

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I dont know what credit card you use but through citi bank I can get virtual online credit cards that can only be used once. I dont worry to much about internet security with this card.

 

[roscoe]

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If you need a color printer for photos, get a photo printer.<br /><br />If you can live without all the cute little home made birthday cards and full color printouts of webpages and cartoons, then go buy a HP laserprinter. You can get them for $200 now. A $45 toner cartridge lasts a long long time.

 

[Spidybot]

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If you do indeed need a color-printer you should consider Canon's i850. First of all it uses smaller drops (0.20 mm versus competitors 0.50). It has separate ink cartridges so you can replace one color at the time, as required, and they're the cheapest in the business. It prints up to 22 pages per minute (black/text) and can even print photo quality - edge-to-edge - on full size A4 or Letter etc. - at a lower ppm rate, ofcourse.<br /><br />Next it comes with both USB and parallel (Centronics) interface, a full set of drivers + additional printing software.<br /><br />The stated dpi on printers are an expression of what the engine in there could theoretically handle - as long as the drops can't get smaller than 0.5 it will never be able to squeeze in more dots/inch anyway.<br /><br />The 0.20 drops beats this and you can see it on the result.