How can Printer ink expire?

This is my HP PSC1315xi and its relatively new Staples-remanufactured cartridges. It was printing perfectly until one day it suddenly stopped. A little research revealed that HP actually puts expiration in these cartridges. They say they do that so ink wouldn't get dry and cause bad quality. How about bad reputation!?!? Special thanks to printcountry.com who made this video possible.

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• HP
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• broken
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• Staples

[ehtep]

I thinking about buying a new printer but somthing tells me to stay right away from Hewlett Packard, Can I get some give me recomendation into what printers a Refill friendly, which dont have idiotic chip presets as posted in this vid?

[denoxis]

For Canon and Brother printers, there are cheap compatible cartridges on the market which does not "expire" or cause recognition problems. I've also tried refilling the ink cartridge for my Canon PIXMA it worked like a charm.

[ccricers]

Can anyone recommend an afforable printer for my mom that doesn't have this kind of problem? It's for light printing work. She would only need it once every few weeks. So we don't want to deal with cartridges that expire after only being used for several print jobs.

[denoxis]

Brother has cheap multifunction printers. With small footprint and available compatible cartridges sold at $5-$6 a piece (vs $20-$25 OEM) Look for one that uses LC-51 series cartridges.

[HairyOldCopywriter]

Get a bulk ink ciss system for your HP and you won't have headaches anymore. Unless you love paying $8,000 per gallon for ink. :(

I've had one for 8 years and never looked back.

[denoxis]

I didn't know such systems exist. I Googled around and it looks amazing. Thanks for the info.

[dickcheney6]

Why on earth do printers stop printing BLACK when the COLOR INK IS OUT! THE COMPANIES R RIPPING U OF!

[bigbslove]

3 sheets a month huh?...you hardly have any right to speak on the subject....you know NOTHING about printing

[Ibringthetruth1]

Do not buy inkjet printers!

buy a laser printer.

The inkjet companies all use the same bullshit tactics. They need to be sued for shady shit like this. HP = cocksuckers.

[Me102288]

cant hear him over that lame music... get a laser, $100 toner lasts 10's of thousands of copys.

[benatkin815]

@ccricers Also - Kodak are doing some ace printers with excellant prices on replacment ink

[aharon401]

fuera de que es bien cara la tinta $180,000 por 4 m.l. o sea un litro $45,000,000 lo que vale un apartamento bien lujoso, espira la pila y queda sirviendo para nada. que tumbada me pegaron con esa hp f4280

[ozzirt]

@HairyOldCopywriter This is without a doubt the answer. I have been doing this for three years now and buy my ink in bulk. (500ml for $30) I have never had a moments trouble. Smaller users should only need to buy 100ml at a time for about $11.50.

That is very affordable printing. Most cartridges hold about 10mls of ink which means I get 50 refills for $30 or $0.60 per refill.

Refilling bulk ink tanks is quick and clean and can even be done while the printer is working.

[aidanrayner999]

My F4280 prints no matter what! :) (unless a cartridge is missing)

[user12119]

The worst part is anyone who needs to print is basically hooked.

[cotyslick]

i freking hate printers they cost so much to replace ink and with my hp printer (wich is awsome) i cant get windows 7 drivers for wtf is that it worked in vista sure its old but its better than most new ones it even prints small paper and CDS.

[happygamestvfun1]

cant hear you sombodys playing the news in the back ground, turn that shit off!

[scaleop4]

fuck it do what i do ....use refills. its better for the envelopment.