Interesting thought, John. I've never tried to use anything but the reliable Lexmark program.

Paul, I have photo cartridges that I want to use, and also, as the heads are built into the cartidges in Lexmarks, each cartridge needs to be aligned. It makes them expensive, which is why I wanted to use them up, not loyalty.
The CD has a crack in it, and how that happened is beyond me. It was in the original packaging (undamaged) when I got it.