If you have frequent use of
printer at home or office, you will have to add ink cartridge as your major
expenses. Few years back the printer cartridges considered as big expense for a printer user due to lack of
options available. Today there are several ways to reduce this cost. The
options include refilling the ink cartridges, buying generic or branded ink
cartridges from market. All of these methods bring massive savings in the ink
cartridge expenses in your routine. Below is the brief introduction of such
methods.
Stop
Buying Expensive Branded Ink Cartridges
The name branded inks is
expensive and become unaffordable when you are using printer on frequent basis.
This is one of the most expensive options available in the market for the
printer cartridges. Being a household user you will not be able to afford it. The
best alternative of the branded ink cartridge is the generic ink cartridges
available in the market. Different printer companies are manufacturing generic
ink cartridges you can use for your printer. They are cheap and more functional
than the branded in cartridges available in the market. Compatibility is the
bigger issue with generic ink cartridges that often people complain about. You
have to test three or four different generic ink cartridges to find the most
compatible ink cartridge for your printer. However the things are changing so
fast with the passage of time. The manufacturers are trying their best to
remove the hurdles of compatibility issues with the generic cartridges.
Now people don’t feel much
hurdle to find a generic printer cartridge that is compatible with the printer.
The generic cartridges are available in the market according to the model
number of the printers. You can choose a cartridge as per your printer model
number. Most of the people attract towards generic printers because of low
cost. They are far cheaper than the branded ink cartridges available in the
market. The performance of such generic cartridges is also considered as
better. You must keep the shipping expenses of a generic ink cartridge in your
mind before placing an order. You need to compare the price of branded and
generic printer cartridge by adding the shipping charges. If the price of the
generic cartridge is almost equal with the branded ink cartridge by adding the
shipping charges, it will be useless to buy the generic ink cartridge. In the
case like that you should buy the branded ink cartridge.
Refilling
the Printer Cartridges
Number of printer stores offer refilling
ink cartridge services. Just find such stores and take your printer cartridge
to such store. Some photo service desk also offer refilling services to the
customers. You can even visit a national drug store chain to refill your empty
printer cartridge. A service boy takes 10-15 minutes to refill your ink
cartridge. You can stop at the store to wait for refilling process completed or
you can drop off the cartridge and collect after some time.