Isn't This Shocking? Or Have You Suspected It All Along?

[realteal]

Now that I have a printer (a gift) with individual color cartridges costing $10 each (they used to be $5 ea), I noticed something else. If you are conservative in usage, trying to milk the inks as long as possible, they will automatically expire in a certain time frame, even if not yet emptied. Grrr

So I guess I wasn't shocked that the cost is so high. But more costly than human blood?!? Outrageous.

Is there a better solution besides making all copies away from home?

(And by the way I am thankful to have a printer at home.)

[Quinn]

I am rather wasteful I'm afraid...Since I work from home, my company pays for my ink. And my paper. And my Internet.
Perks are nice :-)

If you want, you can send me your stuff. I'll print it and then mail it to you--my company pays for my postage as well ;-)

[realteal]

Perfect perks, Quinn! I'm sure your company won't mind me using your printer and having my stuff shipped out. Thanks.

Okay, looking for a perky new job. .

[Bob Stepp]

If you don't mind my asking, what kind of printer and ink do you use? I don't print as much as I used to, but my inks don't expire. I have a Canon I960 printer that uses 6 ink cartridges and i love it.

[realteal]

HP, Bob. Nuff said.

[Bob Stepp]

Yep....nuff said...

[Stir Young]

Well, not being very computer savvy, I honestly didn't know that the inks time out. No wonder I'm always buying them. I do very little printing.....I thought the object was to become more paperless to save our natural resources.

H-m-m-m-m, are any trees killed to make that ink?

[realteal]

Black walnut trees have been used to make ink in the past, but
I doubt HP does it now. And Stir the tree isn't actually killed in the process so I guess it's "green"..haha

[realteal]

That's a better plan, Steven.
In the beginning, all these cartridges seemed economically ominous!