Recent content by mharris127

That is actually not a bad idea. Make sure you have enough room for the diaper piece to expand, however. The thing about modern disposable diapers is that when they absorb something, they grow to five times original thickness. I hope someone actually tries this on a printer that takes a...

Sorry for the delay in answering your question. The Brother printers that I have (admittedly the office variety) seem to be built like the proverbial Sherman Tank. As long as you change out the ink carts when needed and not use the fastest print speed, these printers will print as much as you...

I don't mean to sound like a broken record, but I have had excellent luck with my Brother printers. They are both ink-jet printers and meet your price requirements (or are even cheaper depending on model). I am very happy with them and wholeheartedly recommend them to others. If you want to...

I have heard good things about the Cannon printers. If you refill ink carts and are willing to re-chip them after every fill then another Cannon is a good buy. If you can't find a Cannon, I have had good luck with Brother AIO printers. You can buy refillable carts on eBay and if you don't...

I don't think the heads will be a concern. My biggest concern (although I haven't run into this yet) is that Brother claims that there is a waste ink tank in the printer that eventually fills up and needs replacing (while most other printers use a sponge -- when it fills up you have a mess but...

Brother has some nice all-in-one printers for less than $200. If you don't mind last year's model, a refurb MFC-5490 is available for about $105 shipped ($89.99 plus shipping) from www.circuitcity.com and has every feature you could want. Staples had some at $89.99 plus shipping as well. I...

What is the quality of the documents? I would especially be concerned with the quality of the photographs using this ink. Also, how often do you have to clean your print heads using this ink? The link you gave actually sounds like a good idea, I just have concerns about the quality of the ink...

I use the G&G LC61 carts for my Brother MFC printers. Eforcity has them in sets of four for $16 shipped or eight for $25 shipped. That brings down the price per page to a bit under a penny.

I personally like the Brother MFCs. I have a MFC-295CN and a just bought MFC-5490. You have two cheap choices for ink. Either G&G brand inks -- model LC61 (Eforcity sells them, a set of 4 is $16 shipped and two sets of 4 is $25 shipped) or a refillable ink insert (they call it a continuous...

If you are sure that is the problem and if this printer is one of the versions with the copier and scanner, it may be worth $58 to repair it. The newer printers sell for about $80-$250 depending on model but use smaller ink carts that cost more on a per page basis and some have features that do...

Thank you Irv for your insight. It is very helpful to people like me who don't want to spend the money (mainly on bad inks and printers ruined by crappy inks) to learn on my own. With yours and others assistance I just may start refilling myself when my supply of ink carts runs out. I may not...

I know the newer Epsons are meant to reject non OEM carts. They even went so far as to file a patent lawsuit against the non OEM makers -- and won! I would probably buy a Brother or an older Cannon printer, as for the Cannon you can find several threads that tell the models to look for...

Embguy, I sort of expected that. Usually something that sells for $100 isn't repairable. I took the two extra year service plan (three years total protection), if it lasts that long I will have gotten my money's worth out of it. Tom, interesting link. I will have to try that once my six...

I can also vouch for the quality of G&G inks. I use them in my Brother printer, other than the one half-filled ink cart I received the quality of the inks seems to be great. I even use them to print pictures and the pics are almost as good as the OEM's were. As I said in another thread, one...

I have used G&G ink carts exclusively since I ran out of my first supply of ink (two complete sets of OEM Brother ink LC-61 -- the printer takes a black and three color carts) for my Brother MFC-295CN printer. Other than heads clogging on the fastest print speed (on the OEM ink) my printer has...