Brother® MFC-J430w wireless all-in-one (CHEAP INK PRINTER!) $59.99 shipped STAPLES starts 2/17

Quote from Core2Quad : OP this is a B&M only deal, please put this in the title thanks. Nearest staples is 50 miles away.

To be fair, it wasn't B&M originally. Then it was, presumably they ran out of stock? Then it wasn't again and could be ordered online. Now it is B&M again but who knows if that will stay so not sure it's correct to label it so. Maybe say "possibly B&M"? Anyway.

Quote from norazi : the cheap ink is trash.... i print about 50 sheets a day and the cheap ink from amazon will clog the jets every 100 pages or so and requires about 2-3 "cleaning cycles" to clear out i pay a bit more $ for the OEM ink from amazon and its not too bad

I never tried the Amazon ink but bet it's comparable to the meritline ink I've used. I've had decent luck with it, having to run cleaning cycles occasionally. But until proven otherwise, as posted above, I plan to move on to an ink formulated more closely per Brother specs. Fingers crossed, knock on wood, hoping this will be the best of both worlds, the right ink mix without the high costs of OEM carts. If it doesn't work out maybe I'll come crawling back to OEM and hope to catch a sale,

Quote from TexasFlood : I never tried the Amazon ink but bet it's comparable to the meritline ink I've used. I've had decent luck with it, having to run cleaning cycles occasionally. But until proven otherwise, as posted above, I plan to move on to an ink formulated more closely per Brother specs. Fingers crossed, knock on wood, hoping this will be the best of both worlds, the right ink mix without the high costs of OEM carts. If it doesn't work out maybe I'll come crawling back to OEM and hope to catch a sale,

How much more does that ink cost compared to Amazon's 70 cents/generic cartridges?

I'd be willing to pay a little more for high quality generic, but there doesn't seem to be much of a market for that.

Quote from poohbie : How much more does that ink cost compared to Amazon's 70 cents/generic cartridges? I'd be willing to pay a little more for high quality generic, but there doesn't seem to be much of a market for that.

Basically 4 times as much.

The item I'm looking at from printpayless via Amazon includes 4 refillable Ink cartridges and 4 400ml bottles of "PrintPayLess Brand Anti-UV Bulk Refill Ink Specially Formulated for Brother: Cyan, Black, Magenta, and Yellow" for $29.80l+l$6.90lshipping = $36.70. So that's $36.90 / 4 = 9.23 per cart with roughly 3 (3.3 technically) refills, so equivalent to about $3 bucks a cart. And beyond 3 refills that cost will go down some since I already have the cartridges. The Amazon 68 cent carts are still the clean winner in cost per unit.

But it's still much cheaper than OEM with virtually identical ink formula vs generic dye ink sans additives. Looking at Staples web site a single set of C/Y/M/BK OEM carts is $65-$70, depending on if you buy a color multipack, plus tax. So the refill carts are still looking potentially good to me. What I'm looking for is ink with the additives to prevent clogging. We must not print enough to keep this from happening. Now our inkjet printers have lasted a decent length of time using generic ink but eventually clogged, three of them now over maybe 7 or 8 years. If the OEM formula ink can extend the life of my printers a bit then I might come out ahead overall.

Quote from GhostShaDoW : What the heck it works? I tried that and it would print like half of the stuff. The whole page will print but it's missing a few sections of the letters from left to right and very rarely readable. I'll have to try it again. Thanks! OMG it does work! I have the color cartridges in there that are non-oem. I printed a color page and it works out great! Thanks!!!!!!!!!!

Sweet! I picked up another one from Staples today for $19 after my $40 rewards. Must have been double ink rewards last month? I normally get $20.

Quote from TexasFlood : Basically 4 times as much. The item I'm looking at from printpayless via Amazon includes 4 refillable Ink cartridges and 4 400ml bottles of "PrintPayLess Brand Anti-UV Bulk Refill Ink Specially Formulated for Brother: Cyan, Black, Magenta, and Yellow" for $29.80l+l$6.90lshipping = $36.70. So that's $36.90 / 4 = 9.23 per cart with roughly 3 (3.3 technically) refills, so equivalent to about $3 bucks a cart. And beyond 3 refills that cost will go down some since I already have the cartridges. The Amazon 68 cent carts are still the clean winner in cost per unit. But it's still much cheaper than OEM with virtually identical ink formula vs generic dye ink sans additives. Looking at Staples web site a single set of C/Y/M/BK OEM carts is $65-$70, depending on if you buy a color multipack, plus tax. So the refill carts are still looking potentially good to me. What I'm looking for is ink with the additives to prevent clogging. We must not print enough to keep this from happening. Now our inkjet printers have lasted a decent length of time using generic ink but eventually clogged, three of them now over maybe 7 or 8 years. If the OEM formula ink can extend the life of my printers a bit then I might come out ahead overall.

The cheap Amazon carts are like playing roulette. You're likely to get a different cartridge each time you order...even from the same Marketplace seller if it's been a while since your last purchase. So there's no consistency.

But I wonder whether the PrintPayLess are simply generic ink marketed for Brother, rather than any particular formulation (i.e. overpriced generic refills like you find in various stores). It helps though to have a brand backing the ink. As for refilling Brother ink cartridges, I create enough of a mess taking out "low" ink carts...the ink seems to just spill out of the punctured hole if tilted. I'm not sure whether that's just due to the design of the generic ink tanks.

Quote from poohbie : The cheap Amazon carts are like playing roulette. You're likely to get a different cartridge each time you order...even from the same Marketplace seller if it's been a while since your last purchase. So there's no consistency. But I wonder whether the PrintPayLess are simply generic ink marketed for Brother, rather than any particular formulation (i.e. overpriced generic refills like you find in various stores). It helps though to have a brand backing the ink. As for refilling Brother ink cartridges, I create enough of a mess taking out "low" ink carts...the ink seems to just spill out of the punctured hole if tilted. I'm not sure whether that's just due to the design of the generic ink tanks.

I might be wasting a lot of time and some money only to end up buying the same ink, hah! That would serve me right eh? I really didn't want to get into refilling brother cartridges which is why I like the idea of a compatible cartridges designed to be refilled. Still would be some spillage / leaking but maybe less and easier to do. I did find one really cool looking refill system illustrated on ebay for Brother LC71/75 cartridges, you basically suck some air out of it with a syringe, put some in in the syringe and the cartridge sucks the ink back in. Check it out here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmM5UQQEEqc

I love this thing, ink is cheap from amazon, google print, airprint, etc works flawless on my network all devices work perfectly to it, no issues. Make sure you set the TIME on the printer when you get it or google print will throw up errors.

I got this printer a while back, and the last two months I have been cashing in 10 cartridges at office depot to get the $20 rewards. I just logged into office depot *first time ive ever logged in* and it shows $0 for both of those transactions. does it get updated at the end of the quarter or am I getting ripped off by them?

Quote from msf : I got this printer a while back, and the last two months I have been cashing in 10 cartridges at office depot to get the $20 rewards. I just logged into office depot *first time ive ever logged in* and it shows $0 for both of those transactions. does it get updated at the end of the quarter or am I getting ripped off by them?

There is an FAQ on slickdeals, http://slickdeals.net/f/2042908-i...012-09-19?, which says at office depot the rewards can't exceed the amount of "qualifying purchases" you have that quarter. So no qualifying purchases, no credit. Wasn't clear to me exactly what a qualifying purchase is, anything you buy at OD or has to be ink. Maybe someone else here knows more. Don't think staples has that sort of limit yet but from other recent posts is about to implement something similar as well.

I bought this printer for my wife for Christmas. We just started using it in Feb. Went through one black ink cart, tried to install a new one and we get the error message "Cartridge not detected". Error will not go away no matter what, I even tried using the other cartridges that were working. Waste of my money.