Some printer manufacturers like to suggest that refilled cartridges produce inferior quality prints.

However, during independent tests carried out by leading technology reviews website www.trustedreviews.com, Cartridge World actually outperformed the manufacturers’ own cartridges.

Below are some more myths that cost your business money every day that we think you should be aware of.

Click on each myth to find out the facts:

1. Printer manufacturers' own cartridges offer
value for money

2. Printer manufacturers maintain that to get the best possible print quality, you need to use their cartridges

3. Unsurprisingly, they also say that to produce prints that will stand the test of time, their cartridges give the best results

4. The same people allege that as many as one in eight refilled or remanufactured cartridges won't work when you try them in your printer

5. Printer manufacturers claim you get more prints out of their cartridges than refilled cartridges

6. Printer manufacturers say only their cartridges use specially developed inks and toners to get the best performance from their machines

7. They'll also say you shouldn't use refilled cartridges because they're 'used' and that means they're unreliable and inferior quality

8. But at the same time they offer their own recycling schemes. If you look closely, you'll see their 'new' cartridges include "recycled materials", "reconditioned parts" & "remoulded materials"

9. Printer manufacturers' own cartridges are easily available online. In-store, however it's less certain that the exact cartridge you need will be in stock without ordering it in advance

10. They'll also lead you to believe that using third party cartridges invalidates your printers warranty

*Source: The Ink jet Investigation, Trusted Reviews 2007
**Source: Rochester Institute of Technology Study commissioned by PC Magazine 2008
***Source: From a 2008 independent study performed by Best Foot Forward and commissioned by Centre for Remanufacturing and Reuse