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Solano Ink & Toner - With two stores (one in Vacaville and the other in Fairfield), this purveyor of fine replacement inkjet cartridges and laser toners is conveniently accessible to all businesses in Solano County.  Solano Ink & Toner provides refurbished cartridges and toners (not refilled) at costs well below OEM prices.  Visit their Web site for more information.  I purchased cartridges for my two inkjet printers (Epson Stylus C86 and Epson Stylus Photo R320) and a toner for my laser printer (Brother MFC-8440) to test quality and functionality.  Since replacements with Solano Ink & Toner products, all three printers have continued to perform well (no plugged jets, smearing or error messages) and upon examination of the same picture printed with OEM cartridges and Solano Ink & Toner cartridges, I could not identify any differences--the pictures printed using Solano Ink & Toner's cartridges had the same brilliance and quality as the ones printed with the OEM cartridges!  I'm still using the replacement cartridges and toner, so I'll post an update to this review later this year.

Here's a pricing comparison for for my printers:

Printer                                     Solano Ink & Toner        Costco          Staples

Epson R320 (6 Cartridges)             $ 52.45               $ 73.54          $ 98.34

Epson C86 (4 Cartridges)               $ 35.96               $ 63.56          $ 68.76

Brother 8440 (1 High-yield Toner)  $ 47.99               $ 68.24          $ 96.59

TOTAL                                               $136.40              $205.34         $263.69

(J. Whitson, 8/1/09)

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