Will using cheap ink break your printer? No. Could it? Yes. It's like smoking... might catch up with you, might not. Ok... maybe not the best comparison, but you know what I mean. ;o) ---Troth __________ Hmmmmmm -- well I am going to toss something else out at you. Depends on what you use your printer for. I don't print photos using my printer -- simple b/w pages. Also dot matrix printers are less expensive and some at throw-away prices. Meaning you can buy the printer for less than what it would cost you to buy 2 additional cartridges of branded ink. I also have a HP printer and I asked the specialist in the next town who sells refurbished black ink cartridges and he said the branded ones have less ink in them than what he puts in. I can attest to that fact because I got twice the number of copies from his generic cartridges than HP's cartridges. I don't think the places like Tori mentioned would continue to stay in business or the one I originally used online if they didn't sell good ink in their generic or reused cartridges. 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. And yes I smoke also (LOL) 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/