Tips on Saving Money on Printer Ink Cartridges

Ink Cartridges: This however is not always a good idea, especially when you are not sure about the manufacturer’s reputation.


There are basically two types of printer cartridges. There are; original, re-manufactured and compatible cartridges. Original printer cartridges refer to those that come with the manufacturers brand attached. These are produced by printer manufacturing companies and usually cost more to buy.
Re-manufactured cartridges are basically renewed and cost less. Compared to the other two types of cartridges, re-manufactured ones are probably the cheapest.
Compatible cartridges are manufactured by third party companies but are compatible with all models available in the market. Most businesses prefer using these ones for their cost effective aspect and compatibility.
How Can You Save Money on Printer Cartridges?
Avoid unnecessary printing -- While this sounds obvious, you may be surprised at how much money you can save on ink cartridges if you disciplined yourself when using printers. For instance, if you are printing something from the internet, it is highly likely that there will be unnecessary images on the page. By simply copying and pasting the text to a word processor program, you can avoid using that extra ink that is not needed.
Use Black & White -- As you know by now, colored ink can be very expensive compared to black and white. If it is not necessary for you to print in color, always use black ink for your copies. To save even more money, go to your printer properties and set your printer to use black ink cartridges only. When you print black and white documents using color cartridges, your printer is forced to combine primary colors to produce the document. This will still use up more ink than you want.
Economic printing -- Unless you are printing a document to be used for business or legal purposes, you could try using the economic printing option. Once you've activated this feature, your documents will print lighter than normal. The quality will remain good, only that you won’t be using as much ink from your cartridges.

Buy your ink cartridges online -- The internet is filled with stores selling ink cartridges at a cheaper price than physical stores. You can search around the internet for discounts and save more money if you are a regular user of printers.