Why does my printer always go out of ink when I really want to print something. It never fails, I have something I need to print, maybe a coupon, a permission slip, tax paper work, you name it… anyway I need to print it and then I get the dreaded error message that my ink cartridges are empty.
It used to be that the printer I had would tell me the ink was low and just continue to print. The quality of the print would be very poor but I could still get something on the page. For some things the lesser quality was not a problem at all and I would continue to print until my pages came out blank.
I got a new printer a few months ago for a number of reasons. The primary reason was that the ink cartridges for my old printer were so darn expensive and I was going through them pretty fast. I was tired of paying $50 a cartridge and not having it last very long. I did research on printers that have low priced ink cartridges. I settled on an Epson Stylus NX430.
I love that the cartridges are only about $8! That is so much better than my other printer. And, this printer has individual cartridges for each color so I only have to replace the color that is out not all of them at once. At this price point I can change all for cartridges for still less than just the black cartridge of my other printer.
I recently purchased the Lexmark printer that advertises that it has the lowest price for black ink replacement. Before that I was paying a fortune for ink! My printer also sells the color ink cartridges individually. Hopefully that will save a lot of money in the long run!
I have the same printer and I got it fro the same reason you did, the low cost of the ink cartridges.
Cari, the price can’t be beat for only $8.
I buy refilled Cartridges from Cartrdige World at a big discount over the OEM ones. They guarantee the cartridges and work as good as the name brand ones.
Wendy, I’ve never heard of Cartridge World. I’ll have to check them out. Thanks for the tip.