Back in the day......and I'm talking late 70's and early 80's before those new fangled PC thingies came out, I worked on IBM typewriters, particularly Selectrics. I've seen the havoc that other than OEM ribbons created. And I'm not being funny about this. The quality just wasn't there. You could see the difference on the paper (and that goes for paper as well). I'd get calls about quality. Go in and show them the difference between IBM and the others (always carried an IBM ribbon with me). If they really pissed me off, I'd bill them for the service call......after I took their heads.
But seriously, ink, like oil, is whatever floats your boat. I've used Lexmark printers with their supplies and others.. I prefer the OEM supplies. Yeah, they are more pricey but I have less issues with them than the cheapo brands. When my Brother needs supplies, I'm going Brother, not some no name SOB company with the quality of
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Hey, but again, use what you want.... I won't use an inkjet printer again, that's for sure. Pieces of cra
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