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Summary: Pricey, but excellent quality
Review: A bit high-priced, but much better than my old bubblejet. Also, it does last a long time.
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Summary: Total Rip-Off
Review: Apparently you are forced to enter 1 star, my real review is a minus 5 stars. When Amazon originally offered Lexmark cartridges (12A1970 & 15MO120) they were of good quality, but as of late the price is high on apparently a faulty product that only lasts a very short time. I E-mailed Amazon twice questioning if these cartridges were remanufactured, refilled or refurbished and they refused to answer the question and told me to go ask the manufacturer (it would have been nice if I kept the box they came in, but who does), besides I didn't buy them from the manufacturer, I bought them from Amazon and they should know what they are selling to their customers especially since they charge top dollar for apparently a refurbished item. Stay away from these cartridges. The latest set of cartridges that I installed recently indicate 3/4 full but the quality is so poor that I can hardly read the type. This is the second set of cartridges from Amazon that I have been burned on. Need I say that I will no longer be buying them from Amazon.
PS. It truly saddens me to write this review since I have been a truly happy customer of Amazon in the past.
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Summary: skip it
Review: Don't buy it. The cartridges dry up FAST and don't last long at all.
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Summary: these work well when fresh, those saved for later are risky
Review: Don't buy these for keeping as a backup; these cartridges in actuality work very well when they are fresh, but I am finding that there is a 50% risk that a saved backup cartridge won't print right. I have now had two new cartridges that I have bought at different times as a backup supply and not used right away that have failed to print right (truncates text horizontally), even after cleaning the nozzles numerous times and re-aligning the cartridge according to the printer's control program. This problem occurs right after installation of the replacement cartridge (not after a period of printing correctly), and this seems to now always happen with the cartridge that was not installed when purchased, but some time later (2-3 months later). A fresh cartridge has resolved the problem in the past. ....
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Summary: You have to use them but you do not have to love them!!
Review: Don't you hate getting suckered? If you are reading this then you probably know by know that they make their money from the cartridges and not from the printers. I just hope that next time I purchase a printer I remember to get a more cost effective printer. These cartridges cost too much for what they are and often out of a sealed package they are dried up (poor self life).
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Summary: Only prints a few pages
Review: Expensive and you won't print many pages. Lexmark offers a "High capacity" cartridge but good luck finding it.
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Summary: Only prints a few pages
Review: Expensive and you won't print many pages. Lexmark offers a "High capacity" cartridge but good luck finding it.
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Summary: A Case Of NOT Getting What You Pay For....
Review: For the price of this cartridge, I expected it would last quite a while. My printer is not used on a daily basis, and when it is, usually only one or two copies at a time are made. It looked good at first, but after only a couple of dozen uses, the copies started looking really bad.I couldn't even see the print. So bad in fact, I found it to be a much more economical(and much less frustrating) venture to get in my car(even with the price of gas as it is), drive to my neighborhood "Office-Depot" and make a copy for a nickel. This also would take less time then having to soak the cartridge in water whenever I needed a copy made.This is definately a case of NOT getting what you pay for. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find any other cartridge to fit my printer. Maybe that's why the printer came as a free bonus with the computer....they knew they'd get me on the ink cartrdiges!.....Laurie
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Summary: Nice quality... when it works
Review: I am so glad I decided to check Amazon before going out to buy another new cartridge! It's sad to see so many others have experienced the same frustration with replacing these expensive cartridges so often. I had been disappointed in my Z42's print quality from day one, but assumed the ink levels couldn't be the cause since they were nearly full. I kept cleaning the nozzles, realigning, and contacting support... I finally gave up and replaced the cartridges, and only then did I see the quality I had been expecting. I realize now the cartridges that came with the printer were dried up when I bought it. I don't need to print often, but who would expect that printing less would cost more?! I doubt I get 50 pages per cartridge, and more than half of those are the ruined pages and test page after test page... THANK YOU SO MUCH for the suggestion of soaking in cold water - that did the trick!
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Summary: Black 12A1970 defective
Review: I found that the black 12A1970 do not store well at all. even though still in the plastic sealed bag.
I opened a new one and it printed so erratic i thought I had put the old one back in.
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