Advice, Ways Printer Manufacturers Make You Spend More On Ink


by PETER WARRIOR - Date: 2008-12-18 - Word Count: 306 Share This!

The printer manufacturing industry makes most of its profits on consumables like ink and toner-and it goes to great lengths to preserve its market. Here are a few ways manufacturers will try to get you to spend more money on original ink.

By installing Smart Chips. These are tiny computer chips that are designed to stop the printer from printing when the cartridge is out of ink. They aren't always accurate-you may have plenty of ink left.

By claiming third party ink will break your printer and void your warranty. Original manufacturers make a lot of claims about third-party compatible and refilled cartridges, and not all of them are true.

By setting your printer at less ink-efficient modes. Some printer drivers will print automatically in colour even if you're just printing a page of black-and-white text, or come with Normal set as the default mode instead of Economy or Draft. These are small things, but if you don't notice them and change the settings manually, you could use more ink than you need as a regular practice.

By selling 3-in-1 cartridges. These cartridges combine all of your ink colours in a single cartridge. The problem is that once one colour compartment runs out, the entire cartridge is spent-you can't replace colours individually, and that three-in-one cartridge is expensive.

Printer manufacturers base their business model on getting you to spend more money on ink and other consumables. Avoid printers that have three-in-one cartridges or smart chips when possible, check your settings each time, and consider ink price when buying a new printer-and you're sure to save.

About the author

P Warrior is MD of the online retailer Ink and Media Limited http://www.inkandmedialtd.co.uk For more information on ink cartridges or to access the online store selling a range of original and compatible hp ink cartridges visit http://www.inkandmedialtd.co.uk/acatalog/HP.html


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