topic Will 251 ink work in place of 271 ink? in General Discussion

Will 251 ink work in place of 271 ink?

betgeo520 — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 18:45:51 GMT

Re: Will 251 ink work in place of 271 ink?

Waddizzle — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 12:47:38 GMT

I have no idea which inks those are, but I doubt it. Most printers can identify ink levels, which means they can tell when an ink cartridge is in the wrong slot. If it sees the wrong ink in a slot, you'll probably get gonged.

Re: Will 251 ink work in place of 271 ink?

John_B — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 19:03:21 GMT

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