Comments on: The Stink of Buying Ink http://newyorkrenovator.com/2009/06/the-stink-of-buying-ink.html Renovating an 1855 home in Upstate NY Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:06:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Oscar Gecko http://newyorkrenovator.com/2009/06/the-stink-of-buying-ink.html/comment-page-1#comment-7940 Oscar Gecko Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:54:11 +0000 http://newyorkrenovator.com/?p=1842#comment-7940 For a couple years, I worked in the IT department for a small company. We typically purchased printers by specifications such as color/black and white, pages per minute and so on. Since the, I learned a valuable lesson... Buy your printer based upon the cost of the ink. Yes, it can be expensive, but it does not have to be. You can save a bundle of money by using a little thought. Here is a bit on one time I bought a printer. It was a simple printer. First thing I did was walk over to the ink isle at my chosen store. I picked out the cheapest ink on the shelf. Next, walk over and find a printer that meets my needs and uses that same ink package. Whether your needs be resolution, or pages per minute, pick one out with your ink choice. Bingo, you got a deal. I did this one time... My black ink was under or about $10 per cartridge and color was about or under $15... Who needs to mess with those "ink refill" products with prices like those. To top it off, the printer was on clearance and under $60. That was less than five years ago. I bought one this past Christmas to replace that one.. It was an all-in-one. It was on sale for about $65. The ink cost slightly more, but I am happy every time I have to buy ink.. because I know what it could be. :) For a couple years, I worked in the IT department for a small company. We typically purchased printers by specifications such as color/black and white, pages per minute and so on.

Since the, I learned a valuable lesson… Buy your printer based upon the cost of the ink. Yes, it can be expensive, but it does not have to be. You can save a bundle of money by using a little thought.

Here is a bit on one time I bought a printer. It was a simple printer. First thing I did was walk over to the ink isle at my chosen store. I picked out the cheapest ink on the shelf.

Next, walk over and find a printer that meets my needs and uses that same ink package. Whether your needs be resolution, or pages per minute, pick one out with your ink choice. Bingo, you got a deal.

I did this one time… My black ink was under or about $10 per cartridge and color was about or under $15… Who needs to mess with those “ink refill” products with prices like those. To top it off, the printer was on clearance and under $60.

That was less than five years ago. I bought one this past Christmas to replace that one.. It was an all-in-one. It was on sale for about $65. The ink cost slightly more, but I am happy every time I have to buy ink.. because I know what it could be. :)

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