Printer ink is very expensive, more expensive per droplet than fine wine or even human blood. If you have not gone paperless, you’ll realize that you are spending a lot of bucks on new ink cartridges — more than seems reasonable. Buying the cheapest inkjet printer and purchasing official ink cartridges replacement is the most expensive thing you can go through. Luckily, there are several ways on how to save money on printer ink.
Inkjet printers are generally cheap because they are often sold at cost or even at a loss, i.e. the printer companies either make no profit from the printer itself or sustain losses in business. However, the manufacturers will make most of their profits from the printer cartridges purchased by you later. Even if the manufacturers do make a bit of money from each printer sold, they make far much larger profit on printer ink. Instead of selling you a printer that may be quite expensive, they tend to sell you a cheap printer but make continuous profits on a regular basis by offering expensive printer ink.
The following are some suggested ways to save money on printer ink:
Purchase Compatible Refilled Cartridges
In general, compatible refilled cartridges from third parties cost far less than official OEM ones. Printer manufacturers warn us away from non-official cartridges, but they usually tend to perform very well.
Refill Your Own Cartridges
You can get DIY kits for refilling the printer ink cartridges of your own, but this may not work in certain situations. Many printer companies try hard to make it difficult for customers to use non-official ink cartridges, implanting microchips into their official ink cartridges. If a microchip is implanted in the cartridge, your printer might refuse to accept a non-official refilled cartridge.
Switch to Laser Printers
Many people hold that the most reliable, longest lasting and most affordable (in the long term) printers are laser printers. Even though laser printers may cost more at the beginning, they tend to be faster, use less ink, and are much cheaper on a monthly basis. If you print a lot of black and white documents, a laser printer is worth a try.
Purchase XL Cartridges
The cheapest ink cartridges won’t contain much ink at all, however, larger XL ones will contain much more ink with just a bit more money paid. Generally, it’s much cheaper to buy the ink in bulk at a discount.
We’ve also collected some tips from the Internet on how to save money on ink and paper.
We hope these tips would be helpful for you to save money on printer ink. Of course, if you have your own methods or better tips on how to save money on printer ink, please feel free to share your opinions with us at tianse on Facebook or at tianseoffice on Twitter.
Post time: Oct-24-2018