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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.

One of the most important printer manufacturers Hewlett-Packard seems to talk us and the ink cartridge dealers into an atmosphere of what comes down to the idea that their genuine ink cartridges are the best thing to buy and not buy the non-genuine brand cartridges because then you might not get best results when you print your documents and other materials. The try to persuade retailers that they should advise their customers to print with OEM ink cartridges. In return it may be obvious that those retailers get somehow 'rewarded' by HP, for their efforts. Of course, when compatible non-brand cartridges should become less available, and you don't want to pay for those expensive brand cartridges you still have the possiblility to buy refill kits or remanufactured ink cartridges if you don't want to refill by yourself. Here's more about Compatible HP Ink Cartridges.

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

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