Posts Tagged ‘printer ink’

Printer Inkjet Cartridges: What to Look for and How to Save Money?

Today’s digital age makes printing everything from our family photos to business documents a common activity in our homes, schools, and offices. Printers are affordable and found everywhere. With this abundance of personal printing comes the inevitable need to replace the printer inkjet cartridges that make printers work.  Most people go to their area electronics store and purchase replacement cartridges directly from the manufacturer. While this may seem like the easiest and most logical way to replace printer inkjet cartridges, fewer people realize that there is a booming industry of dependable and guaranteed re-manufactured and refilled printer inkjet cartridges as well as generic brand cartridges that fit any number of well-known printers.

How do people select a printer thats good for their needs?

Here is a story that was relayed today by a customer.  A very informed customer that is that cares about saving money and refilling his printer ink.Today I walked into Best Buy, and browsed the printer section.  I asked the customer service rep what printer he would recommend. He wasn’t sure how to answer me, or what questions he should ask me to ascertain what elements or functions of a printer I am most interested in.  He coughed, said a few unrelated things, and beckoned someone to help.  That someone was very “cool”, called me dude, and also did not ask me any questions.  He just zoomed past the printer aisle (passing by at least 10-15 printers on the way, mostly inkjet by the way – not sure why laser toners don’t feature as much on Best Buy shelves), and quickly pointed to 3 printers: a Canon, an Epson and a Lexmark (called Genesis).  I said “why did you suggest these 3?”, he said “Because they are newer and cool.  But it depends on how much printing you do”.  Go figure.  Anyway, I thanked him for his time, and began to do some investigating myself.

Printer Ink – Really The Most Expensive Liquid on Earth?

I read somewhere that printer ink is one of the most expensive liquids on the Earth. I thought it was a joke? It isn’t! Cartridge tubes really come so costly that one is surprised.

Tips for Saving Printer Ink

Printing is a routine function for any business, large, medium or small. So you have to ensure that it does not become costly, and, at the same time, is efficient too. Lost time due to printer ink, toner or paper running out and staff having to leave the office premises to get more stock of printer cartridges can impact productivity as well as profit.