Comments on: There’s always an ink cartridge in my drawer

By: terrywhite

terrywhite — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:55:55 +0000

William, Adam & Robert, Like I said, “I’m sure you can find cheaper”. This wasn’t a post about the cheapest ink you can find. It was about the service. I can prints done at Costco cheaper than I can print them myself.

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:48:02 +0000

I was just talking about ink/printer issues with another photographer friend.. and how the printer companies make $ on ink vs the printer.. I outsource 98 %my final prints but do some dvd printing/cases inhouse on the Epson R series… all is great with that except the cost of ink..

Turns out its cheaper to give the printer away via Craigslist or Freecycle without ink and buy a new printer for $50-$75 with a full set of ink. I’ve done this 4 times in the past year alone.

Just my .002

-Adam

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:59:37 +0000

17.00 for one cartridge that seems high

I pay 18.00 for all colors from amazon

By: William Chinn

William Chinn — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:43:54 +0000

My NAPP discount at Office Depot is a better economic incentive for me since they have numerous stores in Los Angeles where I live and discount most of my office supplies. Once again, thank you NAPP!

By: matt

matt — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:42:11 +0000

Cool tip. Thanks for sharing this.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:16:14 +0000

Nice! As always, thanks for your tips — they can be invaluable.

I’d tried using a cartridge recycling franchise shop, as a) they are close by at 0.5 miles away and therefore b) an easy way to make a small “green” contribution. Most of the time, things were fine, but I had one bad experience with a bad cartridge and ruined 2 sheets of not inexpensive 13″x19″ Moab at 2 in the morning. Since then, I only do “original equipment”, and unfortunately my local camera shop is often out of cartridges for my Pixma 9000. This is a great solution.