Think Ink

May 16, 2006 9:41 AM

I need a reliable, cheap online source for printer ink. Where should I go?

I was buying from InkDaddy these last couple years but their site's been down for a few days, and I'm out of Magenta. I have a Canon Pixma iP4200; where's the cheap ink at? No links to sketchy greymarket Brooklyn camera shops, please. Low price, reliability, and fast shipping are all pluses.

posted by jtron to computers & internet (9 answers total)

I've been using Inkpool for a year or more now with zero complaints.

My Epson R200 eats ink like it's going out of style, and ~$3 for replacement cartridges vs. $10 or more in retail stores (even the generic stuff isn't much cheaper) rocks my world.
posted by porntips guzzardo at 9:48 AM on May 16, 2006

I use PacificInk. Haven't bought anything from them in the past year, but when I did they were pretty fast. They also had good customer service on one issue I encountered where one batch of cartridges for my Canon i950 were bad.

As a meta-answer, for these types of questions I usually check ResellerRatings.com, which gives both price comparisons and customer satisfaction ratings on resellers.
posted by justkevin at 9:49 AM on May 16, 2006

ResellerRatings I've found to be useful but unfortunately it seems vulnerable to the same kind of ratings gaming that affects all of these sort of sites.

Thanks for the recommendations, keep 'em coming!
posted by jtron at 9:53 AM on May 16, 2006

I bought a generic refill kit at Malwart for my canon s630. Be sure to inject the ink over a sink, and wear old clothes. Seems to work fine.
posted by craniac at 10:43 AM on May 16, 2006

supermediastore.com
posted by radioamy at 11:14 AM on May 16, 2006

InkGrabber has refilled my Canon well 4-5 times now.
posted by omnidrew at 11:56 AM on May 16, 2006

To piggyback on this question... have any of you used refills for laser ink cartridges? I have an HP Laserjet 6p...
posted by kdern at 2:30 PM on May 16, 2006

I've been pretty happy with supermediastore.com as well.
posted by majick at 3:50 PM on May 16, 2006

Supermediastore.com had the cartridges for a dollar less than the other sites listed so far and it's already my source for blank DVDs and cases so it looks like they're my new ink daddies as well. Still, if anyone else has a category-killer inkjet supplier, please post it!
posted by jtron at 5:04 PM on May 16, 2006