Testing Cheaper Printer Ink

Posted by timothy on Monday June 13, 2005 @10:18PM from the droplets-of-common-sense dept.

Carl Bialik from the WSJ writes "Computer users world-wide spend $22 billion a year on ink cartridges, and the big companies are getting stingier with the amount of ink they are putting into each cartridge, the Wall Street Journal reports. Entrepreneurs are seeking a slice of that market by undercutting HP and Lexmark with ink prices 20% to 50% lower. The Journal tested do-it-yourself refill kits, cartridge retail outlets and replacement cartridges from online stores to find the best way to save money on ink refills. One major finding: The quality often wasn't as good as with the name-brand cartridges."

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Re:What a horrible industry by seann · 2005-06-13 23:21 · Score: -1, Troll

people want their ink to last in the sun

this costs money

live with it

if your printing documents your a moron

people have inkjets to print pictures from their digital camera

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Re:yellow, blue and magenta? by Torontoman · 2005-06-14 04:41 · Score: 0, Troll

Cyan...

Great. What's next Mauve and Fuscha?

Ink Cartridges are fast becoming a woman-dominated industry and at some point I won't know what any of the colors are.