Will buying remanufactured or compatible Lexmark inkjet cartridges void your printer warranty?

Lexmark printers are a good quality printer with printer ink cartridges that incorporate the printer head in the cartridge. Most other printers incorporate the print head in the printer. Essentially this means that each time you purchase a new cartridge you are getting a new print head. Needless to say, however, genuine Lexmark inkjet cartridges can be expensive which compels many people to look for cheaper alternatives. This usually means purchasing remanufactured or compatible Lexmark inkjet cartridges but how does this affect your printer warranty?

In the past, many printer manufacturers would indicate that using anything other than a genuine cartridge would result in your warranty being voided. This would basically mean that if your printer needed repair and the company found out that you were using a non-genuine cartridge, they would not fix your printer under the warranty.

Things have certainly changed. If you purchase remanufactured or compatible Lexmark inkjet cartridges you will no longer void your printer warranty. In the US, legislation has been passed known as the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Improvement Act. This legislation states the following:

United States Code Annotated
Title 15 Commerce and Trade
Chapter 50 Consumer Product Warranties
15 Section 2302

”c) No warrantor of a consumer product may condition his written or implied warranty of such product on the consumer's using, in connection with such product, any article or service (other than article or service provided without charge under the terms of the warranty) which is identified by brand, trade or corporate name; except that the prohibition of this subsection be waived by the commission if:

1) The warrantor satisfies the Commission that the warranted product will function properly only if the article or service so identified is used in connection with the warranted product, and

2) the Commission finds that such a waiver is in the public interest.”

Basically what this means is that no company can force you to purchase their products. You can purchase non-genuine Lexmark inkjet cartridges with the knowledge that you won’t void your warranty.

You will not only be making great savings by buying remanufactured or compatible Lexmark inkjet cartridges but you will also help the environment by reducing the amount of unnecessary waste in our landfills. So go for it – buy online and you will reap the rewards.

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