Compatible Versus Genuine Brand Ink Cartridges

Third-party printer ink cartridges against genuine brand ink cartridges - so-called OEM cartridges - . The large printer companies such as HP (Hewlett-Packard), Canon, Lexmark, Epson etc. are very aware that their sales of ink cartridges decrease in favor of higher sales volumes of so-called store-brand ink cartridges - non-genuine brand - often made by manufacturers usually located in low-wages countries. These non-genuine brand ink cartridges are less expensive but usually their quality is not lower than the OEM ink cartridge's quality.

One of the largest players in this printer ink market is Hewlett-Packard and it's been said that they talk to printer ink retail store-chains to sell HP's ink cartridges in stead of the compatible cartridges from third-party manufacturers. Maybe those store-owners are offered a larger salesprofit percentage are other incentives. You and me as users of printer ink may get disadvantaged if it is getting more difficult to buy the non-genuine ink cartridges.

Hewlett-Packard tries to convince consumers that it is better for the printer to use genuine HP cartridges. Sounding like a real warning that it may be bad for your printer if users print with other than Hewlett-Packard's ink cartridges. But a lot of consumers don't buy that and are not willing to pay for the over-priced genuine ink cartridges. Especially not when the non-genuine ink cartridge manufacturers and suppliers guarantee an ink and print quality that matches that of OEM ink cartridges. Compatible HP Ink Cartridges.

And then there's Kodak, stating that for far too long, people have felt restrained from printing due to the high cost of printer ink. With their new system - the EasyShare 5000 printers - Kodak thinks that the printer ink market will never be the same and claims that consumers can print the same number of pages at half the cost of other consumer inkjet printers. As the new Kodak printer models may not be available yet, you can find, following this link, info on Kodak Printer Inkjet Refill Cartridges and more....

A recommended resource for information about ink and toner cartridges, ink refills, cartridge recycling is http://www.printer-ink-cartridges-guide.com.