Customer Reviews

Lexmark 18C1428 Return Program Print Cartridge (Black)

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Have owned several. Current one is the 5400 series. Prints okay but is low quality. HP 2100 series or higher are much better but more expensive. I own both. I use the Lexmark for mostly scanning to PDF. The Lexmark Cartridges are way over priced for what they do: Regular one like the 28 gives about 175 printed pages ($18) while the expanded one like the 35 gives you 500 printed pages ($28). That is a very low quantity for the money, plus they are low quality pages when printed not crisp. I will not buy another one. I will buy HP printer and get me a solo scanner that also copies. But for a low budget and unprofessional home requirements these Lexmark printers and cartridges are just okay. You can do better if you can afford an HP. The long term lifecycle cost of owning an HP would probably be lower and more satisfying. Plus the Lexmark Black 28 cartridges are hard to find except online, and online they are not cheap and you must pay shipping too. Not a great deal long term as you must buy new cartridges all the time too frequently. And the printers cannot stand the test of time and use and must be replaced sooner than others. I am tired of going to Staples, Walmart etc and being told that the Black 28 is sold out since there is such a high demand since the cartridges give out so early. NOT GOOD. Avoid Lexmark unless that is all you can afford or do not have a requirement for better printing. But be prepared to be nickled and dimed to death over repeat expenses.

When you bought a Lexmark printer you bought a piece of ripoff garbage, whose only function is to market low-production ink cartridges. Ink cartridges are where the money is in all these inkjet printers/faxes/copiers, regardless of the manufacturer. That's why the manufacturers are virtually giving away the machines.

You'll get less than 50 copies from this grossly overpriced cartridge. That's well more than 40 cents per copy of nothing but black ink. And if you don't use it regularly, it'll dry up and produce no print at all, in which case you might get ONE copy from it.

The companies manufacturing these inkjet machines are run by criminals who are systematically defrauding the public. The manufacture of inkjet printers should be prohibited by federal law.

I was buying the #28 and #29 Lexmark refills, but they go out too soon and this adds up quickly. Guy at work recommended getting an inkjet refill kit and doing it myself, which is fairly easy. I did, and bought a Merax Premium Injet refill kit, for $34 with shipping. My black ink went out couple days ago. Took it out of printer, lifted the paper label, made small hole with nail/hammer, inserted 15mm of black ink with needle/syringe, then put small round black sticker over hole. Put the cartridge back in and was back in business in 10 minutes--cheaper and faster, with more ink to spare next time. I'm done with ordering cartridges from HP and Lexmark--we print way too much with kids projects and travel itineraries.

I rarely use this cartridge but have to replace the cartridge every month or so. Printer software constantly reminds me to reorder a new cartridges. I have explored having the cartridge refilled and Walgreens would not refill it. I tried refilling the cartridge myself and the printer software would not let me reuse the cartridge. The print quality is good but the cost is too high to continue using this printer. I will be replacing my Lexmark printer for a Kodak. I don't think I will but this brand again.

I use this cartridge in an X2500 all in one printer. The prints are of an acceptable quality. But what I find to be annoying is that the cartridge stops printing when it 'thinks' that it is out of ink, and the printer then forces you to use the color cartridge instead to 'complete a print'.

I much prefer HP's method, where you decide when the prints are no longr of an acceptable quality. With this cartridge in this printer, you will never know if you are throwing away ink... And after a while, this could add up to quite a bit given the cost of these cartridges.

I don't understand why there is no information about the "Return Program" in the Product Details or Technical or Product Descriptions. Isn't it supposed to give a free cartridge for returning some number of empty cartridges? Why aren't the terms listed? What happens if they end the Return Program before you send in all your empty cartridges?

The #28 prints fine, just not a lot of pages. I don't have an exact measurement - my estimate is ~200 pages of text. Unfortunately the printer driver doesn't show a numeric percentage of ink remaining, only an icon/graphic symbol. Perhaps that's the idea - numbers would allow us to accurately measure ink capacity.

I was able to use a Amazon gift card for this purchase. I did so, but after reviewing other sites, I found out that this was the cheapest price I could find, even without a gift card. I always use the brand name inks because of how they are made. The manufactures of printer inks all have different formulas for their products. A lot of people don't realize that ink has to be made a certain way, with certain pigments and dyes for the make of the printer. So, in that way the jets on the print head won't deteriorate,or become damaged by a bad product. or, a sub-standard product.
I said all the that, to basically say, that this was a good deal, at a fair price. JPN

They had quick service and good prices. The item was exactly as described from your site.Thanks for offering this item online!

The ink only lasted about 40 sheets printing then i got error messege saying the inkjet was not compatable!!!!! So it was a waste of MONEY

Just like the rest of them, they have done their job. The print black ink until they run out. Have not had any issues at all.