Comments on: How to Stop Printer Ink Cartridges from Smearing Your Budget

By: David from Jupiter

David from Jupiter — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:56:18 +0000

Do you work for Preton Saver? I have seen your same comment on many other sites.

By: Ink Optimizer

Ink Optimizer — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:22:14 +0000

Not only printer manufactures sell ink and toner for outraging prices, they also create printers that are not ink efficient.

It turn out, that using smart algorithm it is possible to reduce ink consumption by 70% and still get high quality printouts.

PretonSaver Home is a software that works in the background, works with any printer, and drastically reduce the ink consumed for printing.

By far, this is the most effective savings one can get while still getting excellent print quality.

By: Amanda Brand

Amanda Brand — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:53:18 +0000

I work for a company that re manufactures ink jet and toner cartridges. I commend you for doing your homework! I would like to add a couple of things though. The re manufacture process is not standardized and many places will tell you they are re manufacturing your cartridge when in truth they are only refilling it. We actually soak the cartridges in a cleaning solution, spin them empty in a centrifuge, and place them in a vacuum chamber to be filled (to prevent air bubbles & clogging). Then the cartridges are weighed and tested before being packaged for sale. You also didn’t mention that most re manufactured cartridges have 20% to 60% more ink in them. Thanks so much and if you have any questions feel free to contact me amanda@jetscape.com

By: Funny about Money

Funny about Money — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:16:21 +0000

Perfect timing: just as the dratted HP announced that it’s running low on ink…again! I also am going to try refilling mine at Costco. Is it risky to do that? I’ve heard that refilled cartridges can leak and wreck your printer. Is that true or is it another urban techno-myth?

By: Bucksome

Bucksome — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 13:05:19 +0000

Costco refills your ink cartridges which I plan to try as soon as my current stash is depleted.

That’s good to know about Ebay when I need to get new cartridges.

By: Frank Fenley

Frank Fenley — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:58:58 +0000

I enjoyed your article on cartridges for printers. At least it encouraged me to look at the true price per page of my copies. I teach at a university, which provides me with a computer but no printer. I have a Dell 922 for which I provide the cartridges. My correspondence must look neat and professional. A high-capacity black cartridge (I print very few things in color even though the printer can do that) from Dell costs $30.00. If I’m willing to take the no-cost mail option, as I always do, I pay no postage or handling, and there’s also no tax.
I get about 625 pages from the cartridge, which comes out to slightly less than a nickel per page. That seems reasonable for my purposes, but would probably seem a little high to individuals doing only personal printing.

By: Craig

Craig — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:10:53 +0000

A lot of places now let you refill your cartridges so that is the best way to get new ink and save money.

By: Kym

Kym — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:24:32 +0000

I print extremely infrequently (as in, I only need to print a couple of pages a year) and I often find that by the time I need to print something again, the ink in the cartridges has dried out…

By: DR

DR — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:25:41 +0000

andrea, that's a great tip. I checked out ebay, and they do have a huge selection of printer ink cartridges for just about every brand of printer you can think of, and the prices seem very competitive. You can check out ink cartridges on ebay by clicking here.

By: andrea p

andrea p — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:12:40 +0000

There is another option: use E-bay. I just purchased my 2 new in box HP cartridges for $17 total. They retail for $73 in a twin pack. Both are recently past their install dates, one was Aug. 2008 the other April 2009. HP guarantees their newly installed ink for 6 months after the install date. When using E-bay for ink I only buy from the small sellers who are able to guarantee the dates on the ink.

Remanufactured cartridges don’t seem to print as clean. (At least the ones in my office had that problem, so I’ve never bought them for personal use.)