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Q: What are compatible ink cartridges?
A: These are ink cartridges manufacturered by third parties other than the printer manufacturer which can be used in place of the original cartridge. These cartridges work as good as original cartridges but cost much less. We feature high quality printer cartridges build by manufacturers who guarntee them to function better than the original cartridge.

Q: What are OEM ink cartridges?
A: These are ink cartridges manufacturered by the original printer manufacturer.

Q: Why cartridges offered on this site are so much cheaper than the OEM cartridges?
A: The manufacturers usually charge a very high margin on the printer cartridges.They can do that because each printer comes with its own unique cartridge type and people buy the cartridge manufacturered by the same company. Many times they are not aware of the low cost alternates.

Q: What are the other ways to save printer ink?
A: There are many different ways to save printer ink. Of course the best way is to use the compatible printer cartridges. Apart from this you can set your printer to print in draft mode until you are ready to print the final document. This can be done by setting two different print queues. You can also set up a print queue which prints in black and white only. This can save a lot of color ink. When you print page from the web, try to look if the website offers a printer friendly page with much lesser graphics.

Q: What is printer ink refill?
A: This is a process by which you refill your OEM cartridge with printer ink purchased saparately as a printer ink refill kit. This is the cheapest alternative to the OEM cartridges. The process is simple, you buy a bottle of printer ink along with a kit which includes instructions to refill the ink. Each bottle can provide multiple refills. The process may sound messy but its worth the affort.

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