If you reached this
page (to find out more about refilling your printer supplies), chances
are you have acknowledged a somewhat painful truth. The cost of
printing (i.e. cost of cartridge replacement) far outweighs the cost
of your printer. We have solutions that will interest you; but first,
who are we? Alas, we are not the darlings of printer manufacturers -
but entrenched power will always frown on those who may threaten the
entrenchment. Read on to find out more...
Inkjet-Cartridges-Refills
is
a Portland, Oregon based company who began the fight against high
printing costs in 1982, starting with dot matrix cartridge re-inking
systems and later with laser and jet printers support products. (If
you are also interested in our dot matrix products or brands other
than HP, please scroll down to the bottom of this page for a listing
of applicable links).
Our first JetMaster
jet printer refill kit was introduced in 1989, and
we now serve a combined customer base of over one million customers
worldwide. All
our JetMaster Refill Kits are designed and manufactured in Oregon and
marketed worldwide from our center. From the beginning, we have been
competitive and yet still constantly research and improve methods and
procedures to make refilling fun (yes) and reduce your printing costs.
The Right Ink for the
Right Printer
Our inks accurately
mirror the chemical, physical and emulsion characteristics of the ink
specific to your printer.
This is very
important because what blood is to man, ink is to printer. And just as
there are different blood types, so there are different types of jet
printer inks. This is NOT our choice, but rather a consequence of the
printer manufacturers' strategy.
As any jet printer
user will have quickly realized, the manufacturers' strategy is to
sell printers cheaply and supplies expensively. To be expensive,
supplies must be as different from each other as possible. Jet inks
differ in viscosity, emulsion characteristics, color tone and hue,
temperature behavior, reactivity with paper fibers, etc. To have the
right ink for the right printer is an indispensable condition to
provide a quality product. We meet that condition.
To Refill or Not
to Refill - This is the Question
The first question
many customers ask is "Is it easy to refill a cartridge?"
The answer is 'yes'.
We are also aware that a simple 'yes', however true it may be, does
not make you completely comfortable. Very few manufacturers do not
claim that their product is 'easy to use'. And many of us will have
spent at least one Christmas Eve laboring over the frustrating
assembly of some toy, bicycle or equivalent on whose box was written
the alluring sentence "easy assembly".
To clear your
concerns and soothe your apprehension, consider the following:
- There are tens of
millions of jet printers in use every day worldwide. Equally,
there are hundreds of thousands of people who refill their own jet
cartridges. Note that a cartridge that appears expensive in the US
is often 3 or more times as expensive in other countries.
Therefore, where refilling is an option for you, it is a must for
many.
- As with most
everything we do or need to do, some acquired experience makes the
job easier. With jet cartridge refilling, it is a matter of
getting the knack of it. And it is a knack worth getting. Jet
printing is here to stay and cartridges will not get cheaper. As
Shakespeare said, "Experience is with industry achieved, and
perfected by the swift course of time" ("Two gentlemen
from Verona)". It's experience worth acquiring. Who knows?
One day, as many of our customers have done, you may decide to
take up cartridge refilling as a business venture, part or full
time.
- Think of a jet
cartridge as a fountain pen of old. You would not dispose of the
fountain pen when the ink ran out. You would refill it. The
principle is identical, the practice similar.
- Our Refill kits
contain everything you need to refill your cartridge(s). The
number of refills each kit will provide (listed in the column
adjacent to the refill kit model #) is conservative.
- Our documentation
is color-graphic-clear, readable and complete. We practice our
preaching. All instruction booklets included with the kits are
printed ALWAYS with re-charged cartridges.
- Recognizing that
all minds are different and that a voice may help when a book may
not, we offer toll free technical support at 1-800-538-4657.
- Cartridge
re-manufacturing and refilling is an industry.
"Re-manufacturing" is just refilling on an industrial
scale.
- You may wish
to read some of the many unsolicited
comments we receive from our customers.
Users would not write if they did not enjoy the product they use.
- Even if you
were awash in cash and cartridge costs were not an issue, think of
the environment. One cartridge recharged is one less cartridge in
a landfill, less leftover ink finding its way into a water table,
less paper used to package the box.
Inkjet-Cartridges-Refills
also sells brand new inkjet cartridges,
either OEM (original equipment manufacturer) or compatibles.
Compatible cartridges are of the same quality and ink formula as their
corresponding OEM cartridges, but are much less expensive because you
don't end up paying extra for the "name brand." You can save
up to 71% over the manufacturer’s original price.
We have done whatever
possible to make your shopping a pleasurable (if necessary)
experience. Make yourself at (web) home and do not hesitate to contact
us for any question or comment.
