EPS CL

I really don't believe this. I'm sorry, but I have to rant.

I bought a Canon printer a while back with 3 color cartridges and 1 black catridge under the assumption that I will save ink if I'm printing just black and white.

So time goes by and I save up that color ink for that special "moment" and low and behold, I have no color at all! I call up Canon and they said that the richness of the text depends on all the colors, not just black, and that I would have to eat the cost of the ink myself.

Thats 3 color inks at 9 bucks each and 1 black at 11 bucks. 40 bucks down the shitter. This really, really pisses me off.

Anyone have this same problem or know where to get cheap ink? Apparently, generic ink is really cheap, but is not recommended by Canon (obviously )

zamo

welcome to the world of high revenue of ink cartridges.

search for non-OEM on ebay; they even sell refill kits. I always by non-OEM and they work fine. And I pay a fraction of the cost.

Oh, I have a laser printer that cost me $70 after rebate, which I use for blank at white prints. A toner lasts 1000+ pages (even more)

Sarlacc

next time make sure you choose the grayscale option in the print options. then you arent using your color catridges.

but a yeah...i bet your black and white has a lots of gradations in it, and yes it does use color.

dallison

sometimes the ink dries up if you don't use it.

mine costs 75 for the black and the color

chef chris

My Dell laser was the best $125 I ever spent. We were going through 3 sets of inkjet cartridges for every reem of paper(big $$$).

I've went through one reem with the Dell, toner level hasn't budged.

rbf351

http://www.voltexx.com

i get all my ink from them

Doom878

I need to buy a printer but I'll probably be more concerned with how much the cartridges are versus the actual cost of printer. Need cheap photo printer.

zamo

It will be cheaper to just spend 16 cents per photo printed.

http://winkflash.com/

cor

thats what i used to do but now with HP there is no print greyscale option.. it's a bitch-- no color ink, no printing.

ib_jimmy

if u gonna buy generic ink...make sure u dont buy those refill kit...buy the recycle cartig. but do use the at least 1 OEM after 4 or 5 uses of the generic brand.

rise

laser printers are pretty cheap nowadays, much more cost-effective than inkjets for b&w.

i havent printed anything in color since highschool...

zamo

I needed a multifunction printer, for faxing and copying/scanning, and with built in network, the laser options were way over 400 bucks. I bought a Brother MFC-3820CN for $170 and just plug it to my switch, and voilá. Anyone can scan/fax, etc.

If I need to copy a high amount of pages, I wil just put them into the feeder, scan them into a PDF document, and them print via laser.

ib_jimmy

i print color junks now and then just to keep my color ink working proper.

chef chris

Another thing to consider with generic ink refills...some printer cartridges have the print head on the cartridge itself...so it will produce poorer quality pics over time as it wears out. You'll end up having to buy a new cartridge anyhow...

dom

What model Canon printer do you have?

Python2121

i went to college and bought a brother HL-1440

great printer, i wanted something i could print 20-30 pages out and have no issues

Dan Martin

One of my friends was telling me that HP is working on a printer that takes 7 cartridges: cyan, dark cyan, magenta, dark magenta, yelllow, black, and get this: clear. The clear is an oil-based ink that seals the page so that colors don't smudge and it's essentially waterproof.

Can you imagine being out of clear ink and not being able to print? :wtf:

Now Epson has a TV with a built in printer. Double :wtf:

Good lord, next thing you know you won't be able to take a dump without buying a cartridge of some sort.

dom

I'm confused. Were you printing in black or color. I just removed the 3 color inks from Canon S530D and set grayscale printing, printed a text file and it looks perfect.

ib_jimmy

my old epson photo stylus had cyan, light cyan, yellow, light yellow, magenta, light magenta, and black. but that was like 4 years ago. that piece of junk lasted about a year

zamo

the american mentallity. Buy, use a couple of times, discard, buy another one.

rise

i have a brother 1440 also. great printer!

zamo

$148.76 - $30 coupon - $30 rebate = $88.76

It used to have a $50 rebate which made the deal $68.76

Excellent printer.

Jabodacious

I have an HP photosmart printer. I find it interesting that a set of replacement cartidges cost about as much as I paid for the new printer. And it came with cartridges!?!