The battle for inkjet printer cartridges rages on - with printer manufacturers insisting that their cartridges are the best and only option for printing and the manufacturers of generic ink cartridges on the other hand, declaring that their printer ink cartridges deliver printouts of as good quality as original ink cartridges. If you have ever purchased an inkjet printer, and run out of printer ink, you must have noticed that the cost of one inkjet printer cartridge sold by the manufacturer of your printer can be as high as 33% of the cost of the printer itself.
Many printer manufacturers sell their inkjet printers at very low cost. The printer cartridges are expensive to replace - in fact, 3-4 cartridge replacements can cost as much as the printer itself! A printer user would certainly like to cut down on this recurring expenditure while maintaining the ability to generate quality printouts when needed.
This is the reason behind the proliferation of generic cartridges - generic cartridge manufactures claim that their products deliver quality prints that can match those produced using branded printer ink cartridges at as low as one-fifths the cost.
How reliable are these claims? Can generic printer cartridges provide the cost effective print quality they claim to do? The truth lies somewhere in between.
While generic printer cartridges give as good quality printouts as original cartridges on normal paper, the differences really show up when printing on high quality paper. Original printer ink cartridges give clear, sharp and brighter printouts while generic cartridges tend to yield smeared images on high quality paper, most probably due to the difference in the quality of ink used. Another aspect is the longevity of the printout. Printouts using original cartridges maintain the quality over a much longer duration than those produced by generic printer ink cartridges. This is attributed to the research and development efforts of printer manufacturers in maintaining quality of the ink used in original cartridges.
The most important drawback of generic cartridges is the very high incidence of clogged nozzles in the printer. Most of the users of generic cartridges have reported an increase in the frequency of cleaning print heads.
If you want to cut down the cost of printing and are willing to put up with the effort involved in having the print head cleaned frequently, it may be worthwhile to use generic cartridges.
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