Will 251 ink work in place of 271 ink?

[Waddizzle]

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.

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