There are several factors to consider before you decide to manually refill your own inkjet or toner cartridges or engage in the use of inkjet Continuous Re-Inking Systems:

	Determine your estimated cartridge usage per month - Every refill kit provides a certain number of refills. Upon finding your refill kit, look at the number of refills the kit provides. You should be using that number of cartridges every 12 months to obtain the BEST economical results from a refill kit or continuous system. If you use less during a 12 month period you can still refill but your average cost per fill will be slightly higher. If you use less than 1/2 that amount in12 months, you may want to consider the easier route of compatible cartridges, as most inkjet bulk inks become less than optimal
	Determine long term cost per fill - Our refill starter kits and CRS starter kits include all necessary instructions and unusual tools needed to use our products. As such they can reflect a very high start-up cost. Before investing your money in such products look at the amortized cost of the product over the expected use life of your printer. If your replace your printer every year, a refill kit or CRS will only be useful if you have a high printing volume. If you keep your printer for 3 years or more (the average life of an extended warranty), then an investment in a refill kit or CRS may offer great economic advantages over the long term
	Decide if your willing to learn how to use our products properly - Unlike simply buying cartridges, refill kits and CRS require that you learn much more about how your printer and their cartridges operate. Some kits require that you learn how to assemble and disassemble cartridges or CRS systems. The initial time that must be invested in learning can be as much as 1 hour or more for the more complex systems. We provide free support for at least 1 hour by phone with all of our Starter Kit products, as well as detailed instructions on-line and with your product. Beyond the initial learning curve for your selected product, you must learn to properly maintain your printer, cartridges, and kits so that they operate together at peak efficiency. If you don't have the time or patience to do it right from the beginning, you should consider sticking with compatible or OEM ready to use cartridges.
	Consider your printer warranty - While the Magnusson-Moss Warranty Improvement Act and Sherman Anti-Trust Act prevent manufacturers from tying the original warranties for your printer to the purchase of the manufacturer's consumables, you must understand that this protection does not cover you if you fail to use our products properly. Improperly filled cartridges, or unusual modifications to our products' usage specifications could result in damage to your printer which is not covered by warranties.  Many people find that the monetary savings realized by refilling is so great that potential warranty risks are far outweighed by the immediate monetary saving. In some cases, short term savings is so great that you could new printers several times over. In such cases the warranty becomes an insignificant consideration. In the end, you, the user, must decide what works best for you.
	Decide if our product meets your needs - Not everyone uses a printer for the same purpose. Most users own a printer to fill day-to-day non-specialized printing needs. Others use their printers for specialized purposes. A few use their printer to produce products for sale to others. Our inks can meet most needs in terms of print quality and longevity, however, we may not meet all of the parameters that OEM (original equipment manufacturer) inks provide. The more specialized your needs, the more likely that we may unable to meet them. This is most true with inkjet printers and we provide a wealth of information regarding issues about longevity and paper compatibility at our website. If you are unsure about a specific parameter, you can always ask us first. In general, we look to provide the following for all of our products: 1. Provides equivalent resolution and drying time ( or fusing time) as the original product. 2. Provides color gamut as close to the original inks as possible. 3. Provides equivalent surface tension and viscosity for correct replenishment rate to the printhead. 4. Provides suitable resistance to biological agents which could affect the quality of the inks. We also attempt to replicate the longevity parameters of the inks, however ink longevity is only one factor of the overall longevity of inkjet printers. As such one must consider not only the inks, but also the paper, as well as the display conditions.