Inkjets: Reducing your costs:
Updated: 16th April 2008
If you've bought or are thinking about buying an Inkjet printer you were probably attracted by the low price of the printer, the fact that you can print your photos at home, or some other *ping* that just ticked a box in your head.
Once you've bought that printer though, chances are your experience has soured as soon as you came to buy new cartridges.... "HOW MUCH?!"
...Realising just how expensive Epson, Canon, etc... branded cartridges are is not an experience for the faint hearted. Not good and certainly not cheap!
But, you're on ebay so you'll have quickly realised that there are cheaper ways to get hold of your cartridges... However, it's worth noting that there are other methods of keeping your printing costs lower.
1. Generic Ink cartridges
You'll have seen them all over ebay if you've looked and there are plenty... Just remember to find a seller with good quality inks and keep in mind that cheap cartridges can result in other costs (printhead clogging, leaking, mess, etc...) later.
2. Refilling ink cartridges
Some printers, (eg: Epson, Canon) allow you to refill the cartridges but remember to check for things like:
- chips that keep tack of ink levels
Epson cartridges can be reset with a chip resetter, whereas new Canon printers (eg: iP4200) require a commercial refiller to reset them. You can still refill them but your ink monitor will ... read the full article...
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