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This is the opposite of how their designed. The chips on cartridges exist solely to make sure you're only buying proprietary cartridges and they cost about 20x the prices of the rest of the materials. The ink is dirt cheap and Costco actually had a service where they'd refill them for you (not sure if they still do since they got sued by some of these companies not too long ago). The plastic might even be more expensive than the ink