what do you pay for your ink cartridge for your printer  

I paid $20 for my ink cartridge for my dell printer when it ran out. Too bad i wasted my money because even after I changed it and made sure I had it in correctly. My printer stopped printing black and was only printing in color and now for some reason it won't even print in color even though I have not done anything with that ink and it's not even half gone. I havenen't had the printer for long, but i guess it's just a piece of crap.

That's about what I pay to, unless I get the cheaper kind and then it's only $18 per cartridge. I woldn't mind having some of the higher quality ink on hand in case I do special things but for most of what I do the cheaper ink is good enough. The good ink is also more expensive than my printer was to buy.

All printers are different. You need to check the cost of the ink cartridge as well as the amount of ink it holds. My mother has a cannon printer and her replacement ink is only about ten dollars each but they are small and have to be replaced more than mine. My ink runs about $49.99 each. I can get them on sale for a lower price. Watch staples and office depot because they give you $3.00 toward your next purchase when you turn in an old cartridge. I also get a good deal at Sams Club. I can usually get two black and one color for about $70.00 and that is a good price. I have a hp all in one printer. I have an Aunt that has a printer that you need to change like four or five ink cardridges. She is however, having problems with her printer because the ink has to be put in, in a certain order.

HP cartridges are always more because of the chip on the cartridge so that you have to buy new cartridges and are not able to refill them because you can't reset the chip.

Ok, I just bought a new HP photo printer, and each cartridge individually is about 10.00, you can buy them in complete sets for about 50.00, but these are individual inks, so if you run out of one before the others you only have to replace one and not all of them.

Each cartridge individually costs about 10.00 and the blacks are about 17, or 33(double pack).

Mooch

yes, cost wise lexmark is cheaper than hp. first i also used hp but the cost of cartridge is too much high. now i am also using Lexmark from last 7-8 months, and i am happy with this printer.

I hear you. I have an HP as well. i pay about $87 Cdn for both blacka nd color. It's great that the price for ink is cheaper for a Lexmark, but is it as good a printer as HP or other? My sister has a Lexmark...so I checked with Consumer Reports and found that Lexmark is near the bottom of the list. The oink may be cheaper, but is the quality good? Worth checking into and maybe take it back with a "problem".

I'm surprised. My experience with Lexmark was quite the reverse. In the past, their tactic was always to tempt you with a cheap printer, then jug you with the ink. If you didn't want to inconvenience yourself in buying and installing a new machine, and recycling/donating the old one; you'd bite the bullet and pay their exorbitant, cinematic prices. And the ink ran out quickly; not only were you paying out the nose, but you were paying out the nose for cartridges the size of HP's smallest.

How big were the HP cartridges you used to buy, and how big are the cartridges you're getting now? Mine's an HP PSC 1410, and I'm paying $30 per set. And since HP lets you adjust the weight from the control center, it can print over 100 full-page pictures, or a good few hundred text-only pages.

A few years ago, there was a Lexmark in the office I worked at (I can't remember the model, something like x1200, x1250...). Its cartridges were the size of the HP cartridges I use in my own printer, and they cost $50 each. And I don't remember being able to adjust the ink. It would print some 40-50 pages, then run out. There was a Brother printer hooked up to another workstation. It used separate cartridges for red, blue, yellow, and black. I don't remember what they cost, but the old machine printed well, and forever. Someone had given me my first flashdrive around that time, and I'd transfer files to the machine running the Brother when my Lexmark went out (the office wasn't networked).

Glad everything seems to be working out now. Salute!

-santuccie

P.S.: Laughing at dumb jokes is still good for your health!!!

I used to have a Cannon printer and I could buy a refill kit for like $20 that would last me like 5-6 months. Now I have a Lexmark and it won't let you refill it so I have to buy a new cartridge like every other month and it's like $20. I miss my Cannon.

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I have one of the new lexmarks too and it has a combined colour and black cartridge and it is only 19euro's which is really good value.

Hp is the Name You are Paying for and Quality and Lexmark is Quality on their
better Printers as I had One Model and it was bad for Photo Printing. One of the
Colors I Think Cyan wasn't Standard and Photo's were not Sharp and Were Faded
& Fuzzy. Lexmark made Printers for $100.00 or less and Ideal for Document as I
Purchased One for my Boss at Work. it was just a Basic Document and Nothing More. I had Purchased a Cartridge Decoding Tool at Staples an American Based Office
Supply Retailer and this Tool helped Me Unlock the Ink Cartridge so I can Refill so the Cartridge Registered Empty When it Needed a Refill. It is not a Code more
like an Electronic On/Off Switch which can be Defeated if You have the Right Tool.

All Printer Ports can Clog as Unused Ink may Form Inside it and it may Stop Printing. Their should be a Cleaning Function on the Software with Your Printer.
This should be Performed When Printer Performance is Poor or Faded when You know
the Ink Supply is Good. I am Paying around $35 for Color and $50 for 2 B/W Cartridges at Staples & Less at a Computer Retailer and another Office Supply
Place that had two Open Boxes of B//w and I Saved $10.00. Look and Ye Shall Save.