One of Dell‘s color inkjet cartridges is the M4646 cartridge, which works in a couple of their printers, including the 944 and the 964. If you print a lot and are tired of buying new cartridges, here is a list of all the options you have to replace the T0601, including some alternatives:

Remanufactured M4646 – a remanufactured M4640 cartridge is one that has been refilled to capacity with ink and fitted with a new print head, which is the most important part of the cartridge. We sell these cartridges at a discount compared to Dell’s price. This is not just a refilled cartridge, as the new print head ensures it will print like a brand new cartridge.

Dell OEM M4646 – an OEM cartridge is the one that comes with your machine and the one that you would buy directly from Dell. In other words, it is the new Dell brand cartridge. This is a high yield cartridge.

Refill kits – even though some people used to have a bad idea about these, they are definitely the way to go if you want to save the most money. These kits are simple, they aren’t messy, and if you use them then each cartridge refill ends up costing you $5 or less.

Refilling service – if you aren’t into refill kits yourself, then you can have someone professionally refill your cartridge for you. We offer a service called Renew where you purchase a mailer from us for your M4646 empty cartridge, mail it off to our reycling center, and then wait about 7-10 days to receive your refilled one in the mail. This works for people who like the idea of recycling, but don’t have the time to do it themselves.

One of Dell‘s black inkjet cartridges is the M4640 cartridge, which works in a couple of their printers, including the 922 and the 924. If you print a lot and are tired of buying new cartridges, here is a list of all the options you have to replace the T0601, including some alternatives:

Remanufactured M4640 – a remanufactured M4640 cartridge is one that has been refilled to capacity with ink and fitted with a new print head, which is the most important part of the cartridge. We sell these cartridges at a discount compared to Dell’s price.

Dell OEM M4640 – an OEM cartridge is the one that comes with your machine and the one that you would buy directly from Dell. In other words, it is the Dell brand cartridge.

Refill kits – even though some people used to have a bad idea about these, they are definitely the way to go if you want to save the most money. These kits are simple, they aren’t messy, and if you use them then each cartridge refill ends up costing you $5 or less.

Refilling service – if you aren’t into refill kits yourself, then you can have someone professionally refill your cartridge for you. We offer a service called Renew where you purchase a mailer from us for your empty cartridge, mail it off to our reycling center, and then wait about 7-10 days to receive your refilled one in the mail. This works for people who like the idea of recycling, but don’t have the time to do it themselves.

Recently Tom’s Hardware had an excellent and exhaustive review of five multifunction machines currently out on the market. They review and compare the Canon PIXMA MP500, Dell All-in-One 944, Epson Stylus Photo RX700, HP Photosmart 3210 and the Lexmark P6350.

They compare the machines based on their photo printing, their speed and the cost of owning and operating them. Some findings:

-the Lexmark P6350 prints text the fastest in Normal mode
-the Epson RX700 prints a standard photo the fastest, barely edging out the Photosmart
-the HP and Canon seem to perform the best in the photo print quality test
-the PIXMA MP500 is the cheapest to operate over the life of the machine; the RX700 the most expensive

Not to spoil things, but they don’t declare one one winner. Instead, they note that the HP Photosmart 3210 and the Canon PIXMA MP500 stand out above the others. They had a favorable opinion of all the machines except the Dell, which they were “disappointed” with. Regardless, their analysis is definitely worth a read. It is very rare that you will find this much hard data showing the performance of different printers anywhere else. You can read all the reviews you want and get people’s opinions on these machines, but it is nice to see some numbers to put things in perspective.

Multifunction printers call the tune [Tom's Hardware]

One of the black ink cartridges made by Dell is the T5480. Like other common ink cartridges with a print head, there are a number of options available for people who are tired of buying a brand new cartridge all the time. Here are your options:

Dell OEM T5480 – right now this is the only cartridge that we sell to replace the T5480. This is the one that comes installed in your printer and the one that you would buy directly from Dell. This is the one that their software alerts you to buy from their online store when your printer is getting low on ink.

Refill kits – available for almost all Dell inkjet cartridges, this is the way to save the most money on ink. For the T5480, we offer a refill kit that is $12.99 and gives you about two refills, which works out to be about $6.50 per cartridge refill. The kits come with simple instructions and the whole process should only take you a few minutes.

Refilling service – if you don’t want to mess around with refilling, you can pay someone to do it for you. The service we offer is Renew and it works like this: you purchase the service, you then receive a mailer and then send away your empty cartridge. About a week or so later, you receive a refilled cartridge. This option works for people who are interested in recycling or conserving, but don’t have the time.

Not really a big secret, but this article notes that 15% of all printers sold by Lexmark are sold to Dell. Lexmark manufacturers the printers, sells them to Dell and then Dell brands them with their name. Last year, Lexmark sold $782 million worth of printers to Dell, up from $570 million the year before. The article says:

Lexmark has been criticized by analysts who say the company’s relationship with Dell, which has rapidly gained printer market share, dilutes its own brand name.

While that may be true, it’s hard to argue with hundreds of millions of dollars of sales. Besides, most people probably don’t even know that their Dell printer isn’t made by Dell, so the Lexmark name probably isn’t being diluted in too many people’s eyes.

Lexmark selling more printers to Dell [Kentucky.com]