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Lexmark and Dell Printers
Appears that the Dell A940 and Lexmark X5150 printers are similar in
design. Does anyone know whether the ink cartridges for Lexmark will work with Dell A940 printers? Thanks in Advance! TexBear -- * Posted with NewsLeecher v3.0 Beta 7 * http://www.newsleecher.com/?usenet |
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Not without making some modifications to your machine which would, of
course, void the warranty. Lexmark cartridges in Lexmark machines and Dell cartridges in Dell machines. Lexmark makes the ink jet printers for Dell and Dell puts their badge on them. It's sort of like Mitsubishi (Matsu****a Corportation) making just about every conceivable part that goes in just about every video tape recorder (VCR) ever made and then Sony or Hitachi or RCA putting their name on the chassis. "TexBear" wrote in message t... Appears that the Dell A940 and Lexmark X5150 printers are similar in design. Does anyone know whether the ink cartridges for Lexmark will work with Dell A940 printers? Thanks in Advance! TexBear -- * Posted with NewsLeecher v3.0 Beta 7 * http://www.newsleecher.com/?usenet |
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Well, that makes sense... considering the rules of marketing, I
believe. The modifications you're referring to... are they electronic-related? And if they are... heh, heh.. reckon I'm better off, just getting the original dell cartridges.. Thanks for your help.. TexBear -- * Posted with NewsLeecher v3.0 Beta 7 * http://www.newsleecher.com/?usenet |
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Well, that makes sense... considering the rules of marketing, I
believe. The modifications you're referring to... are they electronic-related? And if they are... heh, heh.. reckon I'm better off, just getting the original dell cartridges.. Older generations employed the use of an extra hump on the lexmark side so when you would buy a true blue lexmark cartridge it wouldn't physicaly fit. One in theory could remove the hump and buy whatever they want hince the "void the warranty statement". I don't know if the current generation employs anything more complex than an extra hump. |
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You have to cut, grind or dremel the offending plastic tab away.
"TexBear" wrote in message ... Well, that makes sense... considering the rules of marketing, I believe. The modifications you're referring to... are they electronic-related? And if they are... heh, heh.. reckon I'm better off, just getting the original dell cartridges.. Thanks for your help.. TexBear -- * Posted with NewsLeecher v3.0 Beta 7 * http://www.newsleecher.com/?usenet |
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So who cares about the warranty? You will save enough on cartridges to pay
for a new printer (one you can actually find cartridges for) The offending tab, is it on the printer or the cartridge? The idea that you can only get the cartridge from dell is idiotic, everyone needs competition. "Kevin" wrote in message ... You have to cut, grind or dremel the offending plastic tab away. "TexBear" wrote in message ... Well, that makes sense... considering the rules of marketing, I believe. The modifications you're referring to... are they electronic-related? And if they are... heh, heh.. reckon I'm better off, just getting the original dell cartridges.. Thanks for your help.. TexBear -- * Posted with NewsLeecher v3.0 Beta 7 * http://www.newsleecher.com/?usenet |
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So who cares about the warranty? You will save enough on cartridges to pay
for a new printer (one you can actually find cartridges for) Do you? Don't get me wrong, it's possible you may but simply the last time I looked the price was the same for cartridges from Dell as Office Depot. It may be possible the Lexmark varity had more ink or some other difference that wasn't documented. The offending tab, is it on the printer or the cartridge? I would imagine it would be in the printhead carrier. As in the ones I saw the dell varity had a sort of resessed area, where the printer it self had a buldge poking out. I don't know about the subject because simply put... switching to another printer all together is more cost effective than buying one refill for the printer whether from dell or office depot. the OEM lexmark ink for the free dell printer was over 10,000/gal, where other printers float at Between $3,000 to $5,000/gal. |
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Doesn't matter. Just drill a hole in the top and refill
them. "TexBear" wrote in message t... Appears that the Dell A940 and Lexmark X5150 printers are similar in design. Does anyone know whether the ink cartridges for Lexmark will work with Dell A940 printers? Thanks in Advance! TexBear -- * Posted with NewsLeecher v3.0 Beta 7 * http://www.newsleecher.com/?usenet |
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Probably not. Dell intentionally contracted Lexmark to make the
cartridges incompatible so they could capture that portion of the inkjet market. As I understand it, HP refused to do so, so Dell dropped them as a supplier. Art wrote: Appears that the Dell A940 and Lexmark X5150 printers are similar in design. Does anyone know whether the ink cartridges for Lexmark will work with Dell A940 printers? Thanks in Advance! TexBear |
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