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(@carl-b-correll)
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I really like this printer. It's not perfect, but it was a very good purchase for the price. I got it on special for $199 about 2 years ago.

I had been buying the Brother brand ink cartridges, but they didn't seem to last as long as they should... Even the High Yield cartridges.

They were a little pricey too. About $47 for 2 High Yield cartridges at Office Max. And every one that I had bought had left a small streak on my word processing documents.

Well, I see that I can get the Brother LC65 Innobella™ High Yield Black Ink Cartridge - LC65HYBK from Buy.com for about $25.

But why I am really posting is that I got Brother knock off cartridges at Buy.com for about $8 each, and the printing is actually BETTER!!

So, if you have one of these machines, you may want to consider trying the cheaper ink, it works well for me!!

Carl

 
Posted : May 13, 2011 10:22 am
 liz
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Awesome, thanks for the tip!!

 
Posted : May 13, 2011 10:47 am
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Thanks for the tip.
I wish you mentioned it yesterday. I bought the 3-pack color & 1 Black for about $80 last night.

Looks like I'll be switching jobbers.

 
Posted : May 13, 2011 10:56 am
(@carl-b-correll)
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> Thanks for the tip.
> I wish you mentioned it yesterday. I bought the 3-pack color & 1 Black for about $80 last night.
>
> Looks like I'll be switching jobbers.

Sorry about that. I just jammed the black one yesterday, and noticed on the word document today. They have the color ones at buy.com also. I just hope they don't gum up the machine. 😛

 
Posted : May 13, 2011 11:00 am
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If only I knew someone with one of those machines. Hummmm. Wait a minute, there is one sitting about 3 feet from me. 😀

Thanks Carl. Some day soon when you decide to take a day trip south, let me know and I'll buy you a BBQ lunch.

Have a great weekend.

Larry P

 
Posted : May 13, 2011 11:04 am
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An Even Better Deal

Want an even better deal?

Go to Supermediastore.com

I bought (2) 4 packs, each containing 1 black, 1 cyan, 1 yellow, 1 magenta
A total of 8 cartridges

Plus 3 more black cartridges

A total of 11 cartridges for.....drum roll please.....

$31.45....free shipping too!!

An average of $2.86 per cartridge....and they work good too!

 
Posted : May 13, 2011 11:34 am
(@carl-b-correll)
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> If only I knew someone with one of those machines. Hummmm. Wait a minute, there is one sitting about 3 feet from me. 😀
>
> Thanks Carl. Some day soon when you decide to take a day trip south, let me know and I'll buy you a BBQ lunch.
>
> Have a great weekend.
>
> Larry P

Sound great Larry!! Thanks!

And check below this post for an even better deal!

 
Posted : May 13, 2011 11:37 am
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An Even Better Deal

Score!!! What a deal! Thanks for the tip!

🙂 😉 :good: :beer: :beer:

JBS

 
Posted : May 13, 2011 1:08 pm
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BEST DEAL -

Get the re-fillable cartridges. Got mine from EBAY or http://stores.ebay.com/buyinknow123 and 4 bottles of ink. Simple to refill. Pop out the rubber plug, insert bottle tip into cartridge, squeeze bottle, pop in rubber plug...Done. Best money I've spent on a printer, Better print and scan quality than my HP. And wireless. Did I mention that I loved this printer?

 
Posted : May 13, 2011 1:55 pm
(@carl-b-correll)
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BEST DEAL -

> Get the re-fillable cartridges. Got mine from EBAY or http://stores.ebay.com/buyinknow123 and 4 bottles of ink. Simple to refill. Pop out the rubber plug, insert bottle tip into cartridge, squeeze bottle, pop in rubber plug...Done. Best money I've spent on a printer, Better print and scan quality than my HP. And wireless. Did I mention that I loved this printer?

Every single person I had ever talked to said that re-fillable ink would just not work with CAD applications... just totally bad luck with them.

It's good to see that someone has had a good experience doing it. Thanks for the info.

Carl

 
Posted : May 13, 2011 2:00 pm
(@carl-b-correll)
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An Even Better Deal

> Want an even better deal?
>
> Go to Supermediastore.com
>
> I bought (2) 4 packs, each containing 1 black, 1 cyan, 1 yellow, 1 magenta
> A total of 8 cartridges
>
> Plus 3 more black cartridges
>
> A total of 11 cartridges for.....drum roll please.....
>
> $31.45....free shipping too!!
>
> An average of $2.86 per cartridge....and they work good too!

They have a new package out 8 cartridges for $20... about $2.50 a cartridge. Brother ink Thanks for the notice!! I came back to this thread!

 
Posted : June 22, 2011 10:06 am
(@carl-b-correll)
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> Thanks for the tip.
> I wish you mentioned it yesterday. I bought the 3-pack color & 1 Black for about $80 last night.
>
> Looks like I'll be switching jobbers.

Just ordered again today. $2.50 a cartridge.
Brother ink

 
Posted : June 22, 2011 10:08 am