I understand where you are coming from but I have several bottles of ink jet ink to use up that I got at yard sales for $.25-$1.00 each. So my refilll cost is actually zero since I have already bought the ink I am just going to kick myself if I can't get the new printer to work with the refills.

You will and it's always a good challenge. Last two inkjets I had, were $10 at auctions. One is a scanner/fax/printer. I still use the scanner, or it would be recycled. What I mean is, you might find good printers cheap and have some good fun.

I had the best luck with HP once I got all the holes drilled for each color in the one color cartridge. Then I'd add ink and reseal with a set screw in each hole. HP doesn't read ink, it registers "new cartridge" serial number and estimates how many pages, then says Empty. You need two ink cartridges, so it will see the new one when you change. Might be able to reset by putting in a "new" empty tank, run configure then put in the good refilled tank as a new tank. Save one old for tricking the printer memory.

Epson had some tanks that worked a couple times. Translucent plastic, I injected ink into them. Felt pads inside and they needed to be sealed for pressure EQ or the ink leaked out. Tape... ;-)

Canon also had individual tanks.

There's supposed to be a new printer that uses refillable tanks, maybe you can find something like that.

Some of the inkjets (Brother) have a window that looks for ink. When it's out, they sense "out". Black tape over the window, it's never out. Resetting the chip is for Epson printers.

What happen to me was I used the B&W so much that the inkjets would dry out from sitting unused. Another problem with bubble jets/inkjets. Need to be run every week or they plug and another headache.

I still have ink in storage. Syringes, drills, little plugs, air bulbs to re-pressurize, all kinds of things. If it wasn't such a mess, I'd ship it all off. Probability of leaking is high.

Most of all, have fun!

And yes, if someone wants color, the whole laser concept is out the window. I tried refilling a toner once. Worse mess than ink. Black dust everywhere, attracted to everything. Now that I standardized on Brother monochrome printers and refills are $19, I'm document, label, and printing happy. I remember how excited I was when after the daisy wheel, I got an inkjet, and then my first color printer. I ran that thing out of ink the first couple days I had it, everything color.

Just like burning out with a car and finding out that two sport tires lasted under six months, I got over color printing every photo and everything around the office and photos, pretty fast. First laser printer was the real cure!