Hi there. I have lurked at this site for a long time. I have finally decided to share my ink story. I have a wonderful Canon Pixma MP780. I used OEM ink for about three cycles. But when my wife was drafted as her church's official photographer it began to get too expensive. So at first I went the refill route getting ink from misterinkjet.com. Everything worked fine but I got tired of my wife alerting me that a ink just ran out and I had to drop everything and go through the hassle of refilling the tank.
So I decided to go the compatible route with much reservation since I had bad luck with my previous Canon. But being part cheap and foolhardy I went ahead anyways. Ordered G&G Ink from Inkgrabber.com, the transition was absolutely flawless. The first batch of photos were not quite as good as the OEM but passable later batches were of the equal quality. But having the curiousity of a cat I could not leave well enough alone.
Searching through Ebay, I came across a dealer, Abacus, of compatible ink (OA 100 brand) that was selling the five ink set for about $3-4 less than Inkgrabber even with Inkgrabber's free shipping offers. The ratings were good so being cheap and foolhardy again I ventured into the unknown. The ink was shipped promptly, put them in, and the magenta leaked from the get go ruining the rest of the ink. I sent a email, got no response and promptly ordered from inkgrabber.com again. However, now the G&G ink is not working like it once did. I am now having to constantly clean the printhead to get it to print colors properly (Black 3e cartridge is perfectly fine). This was never a problem before. So now I will probably have to go back to OEM to get the printer back to its orgininal state.
So what is the moral to my story. Nothing really. I just needed to vent to help my inkjet sanity. Thank you.
So I decided to go the compatible route with much reservation since I had bad luck with my previous Canon. But being part cheap and foolhardy I went ahead anyways. Ordered G&G Ink from Inkgrabber.com, the transition was absolutely flawless. The first batch of photos were not quite as good as the OEM but passable later batches were of the equal quality. But having the curiousity of a cat I could not leave well enough alone.
Searching through Ebay, I came across a dealer, Abacus, of compatible ink (OA 100 brand) that was selling the five ink set for about $3-4 less than Inkgrabber even with Inkgrabber's free shipping offers. The ratings were good so being cheap and foolhardy again I ventured into the unknown. The ink was shipped promptly, put them in, and the magenta leaked from the get go ruining the rest of the ink. I sent a email, got no response and promptly ordered from inkgrabber.com again. However, now the G&G ink is not working like it once did. I am now having to constantly clean the printhead to get it to print colors properly (Black 3e cartridge is perfectly fine). This was never a problem before. So now I will probably have to go back to OEM to get the printer back to its orgininal state.
So what is the moral to my story. Nothing really. I just needed to vent to help my inkjet sanity. Thank you.