Let's face it - a branded printer ink cartridge is the most expensive part of your printer.
Your decision to buy a particular ink cartridge depends on the money you're willing to shell out.
Branded printer ink cartridges are very expensive.
It is common business practice for leading brands to sell the actual printer for a cheap price, while marking up the price of their cartridges.
Switching over to a compatible printer ink cartridge is a neat work around.
In fact, you can expect to save between 40 -70 % with this one move.
Many manufacturers deliberately give out the impression that the performance of their branded printers is tied to the quality of ink cartridges you use.
Consumers are led to believe that buying a compatible cartridge will cancel their printer warranty.
This is not true.
It is also wrong to assume that branded cartridges perform better or longer than compatible inkjet cartridges.
Both types produce the same quality of performance and quantity of prints.
Compatibility is another vital factor while buying ink cartridges.
Today, high quality compatible print cartridges are produced using premium components.
To guarantee perfect compatibility, manufacturers stick to all the standards set by the manufacturer.
Therefore, the consumer can be sure of the mechanical reliability of the cartridge.
Manufacturers also ensure that the ink they feed into the cartridges is compatible with the sensitive technology used in the printer.
Since the new cartridge contains the same kind of ink that a branded cartridge has, consumers can be sure of the quality of prints they receive.
In many cases, compatible printer ink cartridges can surprise you by beating branded cartridges at the number game.
We're talking about the number of prints.
Compatible ink cartridges do and can print more copies than branded ones - not always, but they often do.
One of the reasons for this is because original branded cartridges are sometimes only half filled with ink.
Manufacturers justify this by saying that they want to avoid spillage.
Whatever the reason, if the branded cartridge is not filled to capacity, it will obviously produce lesser number of prints than a compatible cartridge that is completely filled.
In that case, you get a double advantage - longer lasting cartridges and more prints.