Ink-O-Dem Refill Service: Good Quality, Modest Bargain

The Ink-O-Dem ink-refilling system has been on my mind for some time. As PCWorld’s Serial Refiller, I’ve been trying refilled and remanufactured black and tricolor cartridges for my HP Photosmart e-All-in-One , assessing their ease of use, output quality, and page yield. So far, all have been somewhat to significantly cheaper than the printer vendor's own cartridges; none, however, have matched the originals in output quality and ease of use, although some have come close.

Product: Based in McHenry, Illinois, Ink-O-Dem has installed on-site ink-refilling machines in thousands of stores nationwide, including Ace Hardware and Walgreens locations, as well as campus bookshops. You bring empty cartridges to the store, where an employee refills the tanks and returns them to you. (Contact the store first to confirm whether its machine supports your cartridges.) This is a step up from do-it-yourself refilling, letting someone else handle the messy part; trying Costco’s ink-refilling service , a similar procedure, was one of the easiest experiments of the seven I’ve done so far.

Ink-O-Dem’s small army of machines started supporting my printer model’s HP 60 cartridges only recently, and as of this writing most of the stores with the upgraded machines are located in the Midwest. As luck would have it, however, a store in San Jose, California--about 50 miles south of PCWorld’s headquarters in San Francisco--is testing the new machine. (We can't name the store, because Ink-O-Dem hasn't officially announced the store’s participation in this service.)

PCWorld senior editor Melissa Riofrio bought and drained two HP 60 cartridges, and then visited the store to have them refilled. The refill price was $10 for a black cartridge and $15 for a tricolor tank. The total price, $25 plus tax, is $10 cheaper than purchasing new black and color HP 60 cartridges from Hewlett-Packard. (HP also offers both cartridges in a pack for a small discount.) Your Ink-O-Dem cost may vary depending on the retailer you choose.

My Serial Refiller experiences are anecdotal: one printer, one set of cartridges, one chance for glory (or failure). They do not reflect how a third-party offering will perform with another printer, nor can they predict how it will perform over time. We also do not examine the archivability or durability of third-party products. But if you’ve been wondering whether refilled or remanufactured ink cartridges are worth the money and hassle , these experiences will give you a taste of what to expect.

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Step three – As you inject the ink into the cartridge make sure that you fill it up completely ensuring at the same time no air space is left within. If there is any air in the cartridge this could lead to problems in the future and could in fact damage the head of the printer completely. So instead of just having to replace the cartridges you’ll have to replace the whole printer.

It’s vital that if you do intend to carry out the refilling of your HP inkjet cartridges you should regularly check the levels in them. This is especially important if you do a lot of printing as if the cartridges run out of ink this will lead to damage being caused to the printer.

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