Great Printer Ink Cash Saving Tips

People often ask the question ‘How can we save money when shopping for printer ink cartridges?’. Take a close look at our answers and save money on printer ink from now on.

You can cut the cost by 75% by switching from original ink to compatible ink which in many cases doesn’t show too much difference in quality.

Your first option is to think about buying compatible compatible ink. Compatible cartridges can be sold in multipacks and are not branded by your printer model making them much cheaper.

When you purchase your printer please make sure that each colour cartridge has its very own ink tank. Many of the older models had the colours bundled together into 1 cartridge, but in this day and age you find that most new printers have more than 1 colour ink tank, which are black, cyan, magenta and yellow, with other printers also allowing for light cyan and light magenta for better colour printing quality. Having a printer of this type allows you to change just the colour that has emptied and not the whole cartridge that contains 3 seperate tanks, so you are not throwing away excess ink.

Double check the capacity of the printer cartridge. Dont forget this when it comes to purchasing your printer ink. Some manufacturers may only fill about 75% of the cartridge and state on their advert that the cartridge contains X amount of ink in mililitres. This allows them to sell their cartridges a little bit cheaper.

An industry that has been rapidly growing is the cartridge recycling industry, although many of them only accept certain types of ink cartridge. Generally loads of people either chuck away their compatible ink or put them somewhere at home where they will be forgot about. Today you can return your old empty cartridges in return for cash, or for a one off voucher code that will give you a further 20% off your next order with that company.

Bulk purchasing. Many printer ink companies manufacture their cartridges in bulk packs, inserting all of the ink cartridges for your model printer into the same packing, which will help save on postage costs, so buying in bulk can again save you more money.

The internet is by far the best place to pick up a bargain, but only if you find the right printer ink manufacturer that you are happy with, as this makes it easier to purchase your printer ink.