Compatible or Generic Cartridge:

Compatible or Generic Cartridges are made by someone other than the original manufacturer.  They are not refilled or recycled cartridges but are completely new.  There are many manufacturers of these generic brands all over the world and the quality varies greatly.  We will only sell a generic brand once we are satisfied that they produce high quality products and that they stand behind their product.  Calidad is definitely one such company and we have been very pleased with their products for over 10 years now.  There are dangers to using non genuine products. It is vitally important that you make sure you are putting high quality generic ink into your machine.  Poor quality inks will give you blocked print heads, streaking print, print head failure, poor colour and poor light fastness to name just a few issues.  They are an extremely economical alternative to genuine cartridges. We stock Calidad compatible cartridges for most Epson & Canon inkjet cartridges and also Brother, Sharp and Panasonic.

Remanufactured Cartridge:

Remanufactured Cartridges are cartridges that have been used and recycled for reuse. The recycling process usually involves inspecting, cleaning, replacing worn or consumable parts, refilling and then testing. We DO NOT sell remanufactured cartridges.  It has been our experience that the rate of failure is far higher than acceptable.  We only sell new original cartridges or generic cartridges and refill kits.  The draw back to this is the impact on the environment.  As a solution many of the large brand names are now implementing their own recycling schemes as well as the big one - PLANET ARK -.  Planet Ark has recycling bins all over Australia.  Check out their web site - http://www.recyclingnearyou.com.au/cartridges.html for the closest drop off point near you.

OEM:

OEM is an Acronym and stands for Original Equipment Manufacturer.  An OEM producer is a company that makes products specifically for another company like Canon, Hewlett Packard and Epson etc to go into their equipment with their label on it.  This means that a Canon cartridge may not have been made by Canon.  An Epson cartridge not have been made by Epson etc etc etc.  Many well known brands are simply rebadged products of other companies.  Strangely however OEM is now also being used by the companies that buy the components from OEMs to put in their products and sell as finished equipment which makes it somewhat confusing.  The fear of using generic cartridges is really baseless as a lot of the time the OEM products are made by a 3^rd party anyway.  As long as you are using a high quality product there is absolutely no reason to fear generic brands.