But we all have opinions -- my HP has been going strong for 7 years with the **cheaper** ink in it for the last 4 years. ____________ I AM going to further clarify this by saying "the man (specialist) in ink cartridges only will sell refurbished **black ink** cartridges. He says the color cartridges he won't make nor would advise anybody to use them in their printer. But then again -- Tori had better luck using **cheaper** color cartridges. I do know there is a study about the longevity of color ink and Epson color ink used to be the only one which would last 50 years or longer. Of course that was over 5 years ago. Judith -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/