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More info?)
Yes, I would consider refilling as already suggested. But don't be afraid to
just junk it and get a mainstream printer.
What do you use it for? You can pick up a deal on all brands on Ebay and get
rebuilt cartridges cheap if you don't want to refill.
"Hipster" <hipster@dufous.net> wrote in message
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> "GB" <NOTsomeone@microsoft.com> wrote in
> news:410ee0ce$1@news1.homechoice.co.uk:
>
> > You know the little Dell 720 printer - looks remarkably like a Lexmark
> > Z601. Anybody know if it is possible to modify Lexmark cartridges to
> > fit the Dell?
> >
> > The Lexmark cartridges are astronomical in price, but the Dell prices
> > are even bigger. (Would that be cosmological?)
> >
>
> Astronomical?
> Cosmological?
>
> How would you like to pay infinitismal -- as in very little?
>
> Any reason you haven't considered simply refilling the Dell cartridges
> yourself? I'm not familiar with your particular cartridge, but usually
> for the Lexmark type you unsnap the cover on the color and for the
> black, drill a small hole on top. Inject ink, replace the color cover
> and do nothing with the black. I think you can get 12-refill bottles of
> color or black for around $20 US (try atlanticinkjet.com). Instructions
> come with kits.
>
> The money saved is.... well, astronomical!