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Pricey Printer Ink
By j00nior
@j00nior (182)
Canada
February 11, 2010 7:37pm CST
I can't believe how expensive printer ink is lately! I just spent almost 60$ on a black and colour ink cartridge from my hp deskjet 3320. I usually use the printers at my university for 10cents a page, but I figured I might save some money by pulling out my old printer. My dad got fed up with paying for ink and just ordered a Kodak 5250 inkjet printer. Apparently you can save a lot of money, because the ink refills cost under 20$. Does anyone else have a Kodak that wants to share how they like or dislike it?
Tell me how much you've spent on printer ink?
7 responses
@kaylayoe (293)
• United States
12 Feb 10
Printer ink seems to always be expensive unless you buy it in bulk. I hate it. I never want to print out anything at home because I feel like I'm wasting so much money! At school you can print things out for free if you can squeeze yourself into the library! I have a HP deskjet and the ink is like $26 for each color! I don't understand why it's so expensive!
@j00nior (182)
• Canada
12 Feb 10
My school charges for printing in the library! 10cents a page, which is pretty pricey when you print a lot of assignments out. I know a lot of people do their personal printing needs at work to save money but it ends up costing offices and other workplaces a lot of money in ink/toner!
@kar295rocks (2116)
• India
12 Feb 10
10 cents a page is too much dude! In India, black and white print costs Rs.2 a page. Assuming a dollar to be approx. 50 Rupees = 25 pages per dollar! Things are very cheap here in India!
@kar295rocks (2116)
• India
12 Feb 10
Also, printing at my school's library is free of cost for the first 40 pages and costs Rs.1 after that! They also take a fee called the Cartridge fee in our fees every year , and that comes to be about Rs.250!
@kaylachan (71786)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
12 Feb 10
This brand is good for picture-qulity work. Though I don't recommend using refills because those can actually end up damaging the printer or causing a big mess. So I'd be careful about that. Other then that little flaw, you should consider when it comes to replacing the ink.
@kar295rocks (2116)
• India
12 Feb 10
I do not think that refilling the printer causes any problem for the printer itself! I refilled the cartridge for about 15 times and it was still working fine! I just find ways to save money so that I can get that 2GB of RAM for my PC!
@Eskimo (2315)
•
12 Feb 10
Buying ink from the printer's makers is very expensive,
probably cheaper just buying a new printer every time you need a refill. However there are plenty of sites on the internet which sell compatable ink (usually as good or even better quality as originals).
Not sure of the cost in U.S. but I can get a set of 4 Full Sets ofcartridges (16 in total) for my Epson for £19.99. Epson's price for One full set is £34.30.
Shop around on the internet you will be pleasantly surprised.
probably cheaper just buying a new printer every time you need a refill. However there are plenty of sites on the internet which sell compatable ink (usually as good or even better quality as originals).
Not sure of the cost in U.S. but I can get a set of 4 Full Sets ofcartridges (16 in total) for my Epson for £19.99. Epson's price for One full set is £34.30. Shop around on the internet you will be pleasantly surprised. 
@MrKennedy (1978)
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12 Feb 10
Printer ink is extortionately expensive. Give the manufacturers striped shirts and a balaclava and it'll be daylight robbery
I find it much cheaper, not to mention more environmentally friendly (but this is less important than price for me
) to recycle my cartridges and have them re-filled with ink, rather than buy fresh ones.
I find it much cheaper, not to mention more environmentally friendly (but this is less important than price for me) to recycle my cartridges and have them re-filled with ink, rather than buy fresh ones.
@calai618 (1773)
• Philippines
12 Feb 10
inks are really very pricey and i dont get it. it's even easier to just buy a new printer which comes with free ink cartridges than spend for just inks. To be honest, I ave done that twice. :D It is really more practical to buy a new printer than spend so much on just inks.
@j00nior (182)
• Canada
12 Feb 10
I know that is pretty ridiculous that we can buy new printers to get the ink that without the printer would be very expensive. How wasteful though! A whole printer that will probably never get used because all it was purchased for was the ink. I wonder if you could sell the unused printer on eBay for any money.
@jake_quatro04 (66)
• Philippines
14 Feb 10
Yeah, printer are way much expensive than the printer. I think we are actually paying for the price of the ink cartridge when buy a brand new printer because ink cartridge are already included in package. Here in our place, the price of both black and colour ink cartredge will cost you around $40-$60. Brand new printers together with the ink cartridge costs about $50.
@jake_quatro04 (66)
• Philippines
14 Feb 10
I mean printer cartridge are way much expensive than the printer.
@kar295rocks (2116)
• India
12 Feb 10
I had a Kodak printer but I had to give it away because I was getting a Canon Inkjet printer! I know to refill the cartridges on my own and it really worked! I did not waste any money on refilling! I just bought a huge Ink Bottle for Rs.499 = 10$ and I used it to refill the cartridge about 15 times! The Kodak was a good one! No comments about that, it worked fine!
