burton@mitisft.Convergent.COM (Philip Burton) (10/25/89)
The latest Inmac computer supplies catalog has a refillable cartridges for the Canon SX engine,priced at $269. They claim that the four reloads are equivalent to 3 1/2 regular loads. The cartridge is apparently refilled with a "no-muss" container. Seems a lot cleaner than drilling a used cartridge and fooling with bottles of toner. The only problem is the price. This product is a bargain only if you are willing to pay about $120 for a replacement cartridge. (If you do, lemmme tell you about this big bridge back in my hometown Brooklyn.) Since Inmac makes nothing, but relabels products, does anyone know who is the manufacturer? Better yet, does anyone know a better price?
jwi@cbnewsj.ATT.COM (Jim Winer @ AT&T, Middletown, NJ) (11/15/89)
> (Philip Burton) writes: > The latest Inmac computer supplies catalog has a refillable cartridges for the > Canon SX engine,priced at $269. They claim that the four reloads are equivalent > to 3 1/2 regular loads. The cartridge is apparently refilled with a "no-muss" > container. Seems a lot cleaner than drilling a used cartridge and fooling with bottles of toner. > > The only problem is the price. This product is a bargain only if you are willing > to pay about $120 for a replacement cartridge. (If you do, lemmme tell you > about this big bridge back in my hometown Brooklyn.) > The manufacturer is Pelican. This thing wholesales for about $190 (maybe less, info is in my files at home somewhere). If you buy $1200 per year, you can buy direct. In general, I think this is a bad idea -- remanufactured rather than refilled cartridges is a better idea, and cheaper. Jim Winer -- The opinions expressed here are not necessarily and do not represent nor in any way imply of any other sane person and especially not employer. "My reply is that such pre-theoretical conceptual essences are often riddled with deep ambiguity and internal incoherence, despite strong convictions people have that they know what they mean." -- Aaron Sloman