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Introduction
We started in the Recycling Business because we purchased a Personalised Books program from The States. This allowed us to put a story into a book, which had the persons, friends and family in the book by name together with the person buying the book.
The program needed a laser printer to print the book, and after the first laser cartridge was MT, we had to purchase another from HP. We were a bit shocked at the price, to say the least. After a bit of enquiry, we found we could have the cartridge refilled for about half the price of a new cartridge. We thought if we can have the cartridge refilled, we should be able to refill it ourselves, as we appeared to be reasonably intelligent.
Everyone we asked told us how difficult it was, how we wouldn't be able to do it etc,. After a lot of harassing, we found a company in Sydney who would teach us for a price. I arrived on their doorstep the next day, and had to bully them into taking my money. Imagine that. A company that really didn't want my money!
Anyway, after two days we were into refilling laser cartridges, then we started onto repacking ribbon cartridges. Then we attended a seminar in Brisbane and discovered Inkjet Cartridge Refilling. Brisbane's premier Inkjet Company ran the seminar, and the guru of Australian Inkjet people showed us how to take a printer apart and refill cartridges. What a revelation! Here was a recycling business that even I could understand, and best of all I saw the potential.
After some disappointments with continuity of ink supplies, we decided to import our own ink from the US. After trying various companies, we found one that seemed to want our business, and we are still with them today. We now import their ink, and also make some ink under license to them.
We have been marketing a start up pack for refilling cartridges, which included ink and equipment for starting an Inkjet Refilling Business, and we have been pleasantly surprised by the amount of interest we have received. We decided after researching the business, that we should market a starter kit without the ink, to access other markets.
Only about 40% of people using Inkjet Printers know they can be refilled, and only about 1/2 of them actually refill their cartridges. The potential is enormous in this fledgling industry. We hope this blog will answer questions for people who want to refill their own cartridges, or even start an Inkjet Refilling Business
Regards
Rick Bullock
Mister Inkjet Australia
We started in the Recycling Business because we purchased a Personalised Books program from The States. This allowed us to put a story into a book, which had the persons, friends and family in the book by name together with the person buying the book.
The program needed a laser printer to print the book, and after the first laser cartridge was MT, we had to purchase another from HP. We were a bit shocked at the price, to say the least. After a bit of enquiry, we found we could have the cartridge refilled for about half the price of a new cartridge. We thought if we can have the cartridge refilled, we should be able to refill it ourselves, as we appeared to be reasonably intelligent.
Everyone we asked told us how difficult it was, how we wouldn't be able to do it etc,. After a lot of harassing, we found a company in Sydney who would teach us for a price. I arrived on their doorstep the next day, and had to bully them into taking my money. Imagine that. A company that really didn't want my money!
Anyway, after two days we were into refilling laser cartridges, then we started onto repacking ribbon cartridges. Then we attended a seminar in Brisbane and discovered Inkjet Cartridge Refilling. Brisbane's premier Inkjet Company ran the seminar, and the guru of Australian Inkjet people showed us how to take a printer apart and refill cartridges. What a revelation! Here was a recycling business that even I could understand, and best of all I saw the potential.
After some disappointments with continuity of ink supplies, we decided to import our own ink from the US. After trying various companies, we found one that seemed to want our business, and we are still with them today. We now import their ink, and also make some ink under license to them.
We have been marketing a start up pack for refilling cartridges, which included ink and equipment for starting an Inkjet Refilling Business, and we have been pleasantly surprised by the amount of interest we have received. We decided after researching the business, that we should market a starter kit without the ink, to access other markets.
Only about 40% of people using Inkjet Printers know they can be refilled, and only about 1/2 of them actually refill their cartridges. The potential is enormous in this fledgling industry. We hope this blog will answer questions for people who want to refill their own cartridges, or even start an Inkjet Refilling Business
Regards
Rick Bullock
Mister Inkjet Australia
posted by Mister Inkjet @ 6:01 am
1 Comments:
At 1:19 pm,
Anonymous said…
I have used Mr. Ink Jet ink for many years now I think since around 1988 and just love it. It has alsways been easy to refill my cartridges and they have always worked every time. I can tell you the only time it would not work was when the cartridge was worn out. And MR. Ink Jet has saved me lots of money by doing my own refills as I do most of my printing for our local church for free as part of my donationed time and money. So as a loyal customer I highly recommend Mr. Ink Jet for all your ink refill needs.
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