Ink Cartridges Blog

Canon PGI-520BK

Well the new Canon range of printers has hit the market. You may have noticed (as with everything now days) the size of the cartridges have got smaller but the price hasn’t. All of the latest models use a set of 5 ink cartridges- the Canon PGI-520BK and Canon CLI-521’s.  Our online store “Ink Hub” has the  Canon PGI-520BK cartirdges for a crazy $10.20 each. Dont waste your hard earned money on Genuine Canon PGI-520BK ink cartridges when the compatibles are the same quality for almost half the price ! Some of the Canon printers are even using 6 cartridges. They have an extra Grey cartridge the canon cli-521g. Be warned when looking to purchase a new printer that you dont get sucked in to buying one of the new Canon printers using only the 2 cartridges (PG-510,CL-511 and PG-512,CL-513). Canon are clever as they generally sell these quite cheap. BE WARNED however as the ink cartridges for these are very costly. You are much better sticking with a printer using the Canon PGI-520BK and CLI-521 cartridges.

Brother LC38 / 67

The Brother LC-38/LC-67 compatible ink cartridges are finally here. These have been huge sellers and no wonder at $31.00 for the full set this represents a huge saving over the genuine OEM cartridges. The Brother LC-38 (Brother LC38 ink cartridges)  and Brother LC-67 (Brother LC67 ink cartridges) are exactly the same as the genuine OEM brother ink cartridges and they contain more ink so your dollar goes even further ! The Brother ink cartridges are a very reliable cartridge, unlike other cartridges which contain microchips or built in printheads the Brother cartridges are simply a plastic canister which holds ink. All of the electronic sensing of ink levels etc is done by the printer itself so there is NEVER any problems with Brother ink cartridges. Good quality compatible ink cartridges usually contain American made ink which is of a very high quality and you will find absolutely no difference whatsoever in print quality between the Genuine ‘Inobella’ inks and the compatibles. In all of the tests conducted by our technician at Ink Hub we concluded that the print quality is equal to or better than the Genuine Brother cartridges. The compatibles actually tend to have more vibrant colours than the Genuine Brother cartridges. If youre on the lookout for a new printer you cant go past the Brother Printers for price, reliability and ink cartridge prices.

At last the Canon PGI-520 and Canon CLI-521 compatible ink cartridges with microchips already fitted have arrived. Once again Ink Hub is the first online ink cartridge store in Australia to offer these compatible ink cartridges for $49.90 for the full set of 5 ink cartridges.

The new Canon PGI-520 compatible contains 2.5ml more ink than the genuine OEM Canon ink cartridge. The new Canon CLI-521 cartridges contain an extra 1.5ml of ink in each cartridge as compared to the genuine OEM Canon ink cartridges. So if you are looking to save around 45% on the cost of your next set of ink cartridges definitely dont buy Genuine Canon PGI-520/CLI-521 ink cartridges go for the cheaper alternative and start saving! These new cartridges operate EXACTLY the same as the genuine Canon ink cartridges.

YES they do read the correct ink levels.

YES the print quality is identical.

YES your printer warranty will still be valid.

Still skeptical ? At Ink Hub if youre not 100% happy with every aspect of your new canon ink cartridges tell us and well refund your money and shipping costs.

The NEW Canon PGI-520 and Canon CLI-521 series ink cartridges are an absolute bargain !

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Cartridge World have been in the ink cartridge refill and supply business for many years but they now face HUGE amounts of competition from the large number of online suppliers. Cartridge World specialises in refilling ink and toner cartridges, and it all began from one store in  Adelaide and has now grown to 1,000 stores worldwide in 9 years. Unlike Cartridge World most online retailers sell only NEW (not refilled) ink cartridges and the quality nowadays is extremely high. One problem that is often encountered with refilling is trying to get the full amount of ink back into the empty cartridge. This is not a problem with compatibles as they are usually filled with a higher capacity of ink than the genuine OEM ink cartridge.Printer manufacturers are becoming more devious in their printer designs by producing smaller capacity ink cartridges and complex opto-electric chips which are extremely difficult to replicate. This is done in a desperate attempt to slow down the flood of high quality compatible ink cartridges which are flooding the market at bargain prices causing Printer manufacturers to lose piles of money ! Fortunately our friends in China are quick to replicate the cartridges and eventually copy the microchips and in most cases they are on the market  several months after the Genuine product is released. Canon seem to lead in this field as they produce microchips on their ink cartridges that may take several years to duplicate. A classic example of this is the Canon CLI-8 and PGI-5 cartridges which took many years to crack. Canon sell these for around $125 per set and the new compatibles are available for as low as $49.90 a set at online stores such as  Ink Hub-ink cartridges. With so many rapid changes in ink cartridge and printer technology, the flood of high quality, low priced compatible ink cartridges and the slowing economy Cartridge World like so many other businesses must be feeling the pinch. So shop around, do the homework and dont be afraid to try a compatible ink cartridge over a genuine product as there are HUGE savings to be made. Also remember that your printer warranty is NOT affected by using a compatible cartridge. Ink Hub has been selling quality ink cartridges Australia Wide for many years and have NEVER had a report of a printer being damaged by using a compatible product. So keep your eyes on Cartridge World over the next 12 months and I think that you will find as with many other businesses that they will struggle and that the online competitors will steal a large slice of Cartridge World’s business !

Are compatible ink cartridges better value than Genuine cartridges ?

If you had asked me this question 5 years ago the answer I would have given would have been NO!

However with the fierce competition nowadays and the huge advances in technology my opinion has changed 100%.

In the early days of refill kits and compatible ink cartridges there were only a handful of companies that produced generic cartridges. One of the better known ones (which still exists today) is a company called “Calidad”.

I guess that many of us were introduced to the generic alternative ink cartridges and refill kits through Calidad as they dominated the industry years ago.

Times have changed however and Calidad have been left at the post. The modern compatible ink cartridges coming out of China nowadays are far superior in EVERY aspect.

At Ink Hub we have spent much time testing a huge range of compatible ink cartridges and we have narrowed it down to two main suppliers. We can honestly say that our compatibles are equal in print quality, most contain more ink (some up to almost 3 times the ink capacity of a genuine) and represent a HUGE cost saving.

We still get emails from people asking if compatible ink cartridges will damage their printers. Well we have NEVER had a report in all the time weve been selling ink cartridges and toners (100,000’s of ink cartridges) of a printer being damaged. Also remember that Printer Warranties are still valid if you use a compatible ink cartridge and printer manufacturers cannot (by law) void your printer warranty because you have used  compatible ink cartridges !

Finally let me say that at Ink Hub weve done the hard work, we know what works and we only sell the highest quality compatible ink cartridges available. Have a read of the customers “Reviews” on our website and STOP wasting big dollars on genuine ink cartridges.

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