PC World and the Rochester Institute of Technology recently published the results of their months-long study of ink jet printers to determine whose claims about ink cartridges are true.
Our tests show that all of the third-party inks in our test group
yielded more prints per cartridge--on top of costing less--but that,
with some notable exceptions, the printer manufacturers' ink we
evaluated usually produced better-quality prints and proved more
resistant to fading.
It seems that for basic, nothing-fancy printing, I'll be switching to generic ink and saving money in the meantime. This is especially true for black ink. If you're doing lots of color and especially photos; it's probably still worth getting the manufacturer's brand of ink.
Our tests show that all of the third-party inks in our test group
yielded more prints per cartridge--on top of costing less--but that,
with some notable exceptions, the printer manufacturers' ink we
evaluated usually produced better-quality prints and proved more
resistant to fading.
It seems that for basic, nothing-fancy printing, I'll be switching to generic ink and saving money in the meantime. This is especially true for black ink. If you're doing lots of color and especially photos; it's probably still worth getting the manufacturer's brand of ink.
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