Most printers use a smart chip to keep track of the ink level in your cartridge. In order to save money on printing costs, some businesspeople choose to reuse their cartridges by refilling them with ...

When it comes to the cost of brand new ink cartridges, refilling your old ones starts to look appealing -- after all, refilling is sometimes half the cost of new cartridges. However, whether you do it ...

Is ink cartridge refilling worth the hassle and risk? As PCWorld’s Serial Refiller, I’ve been buying and using a variety of third-party inkjet cartridges and refill kits. So far none has matched the ...

The hard truth is that refillable ink quality is atrocious. Many inks are watered down to the point that printed materials come out illegible. Inks also often smear easily and can't be used for ...

Printers are expensive. Recycling and selling used/refilled printer ink cartridges has often been seen as a way to recoup the money that often gets sunk into the cash cow of the printer business - the ...

Hewlett-Packard sues two companies that sell refilled ink cartridges, but it stops short of trying to block the refill business altogether. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote ...

A nearly unanimous Supreme Court told Lexmark it can't use patent law to restrict printer cartridge buyers from doing what they want with the cartridges, including refilling them or even selling them ...