Ink Cartridge refills.

[Saltheart]

There is a class action suit over the expiring ink cartridges , the early warning (says empty while still plenty full) etc with HP now.

I would try talking to someone at HP{ and see if they will send you new cartridges to replace the expired unopened ones.

I will definitely be looking for a CIS printer nexzt time. Thanks foor posting about them being available.

You know I bought all epson printers for a long time and then switched to HP in like 97 because their best quality photoprints were better than epson could do at the time. Now I find I seldom try to do photo quality printing. Its 99 percent just printing typical documents or info from net sites. It may be time to look at Epsons again.

BTW , my printewr said my cartridges needed replacing after just two weeks on the new printer. I have continued to print for several months now on the same cartridges with no problems. That's pretty unscrupulous of HP to design the chips in the cartridges that way.

[Mr. Sandman]

I like Hp products. I think they date them so you can be assured of the ink not starting to solidify inside. I tried the re-filled ones and most suck. I did have a couple that worked for a while but I have had some that don't work right out of the box.

Original Hp stuff works great. Yes it is more expensive but since you get the printer for essentially for nothing I don't mind paying for the ink. I think if you want the printer for free and the ink for free and expect to great great quality that is probably asking for too much.
I buy a bulk pack of ink and it lasts me a year or so. So once a year I buy ink. If you use a ton of ink...then you should get a real printer (laserjet), not a free inkjet which is intended for low volume.
I use a laser jet for B/W (letters and such) and an inkjet for color.

That said, I am about to toss all old my printers and buy two new ones; a color laser and and real high end inkjet just for photos.