Whose printer cartridges are cheapest?

Jolanta_Nowak wrote: »

Frankly, I rarely print anything other than wordprocessing. When I DO print a webpage, the colour content is almost always unnecessary.

Does this mean I could just fit the one black ink cartridge to the D92?

there should be a setting on the printer setup page just before you print allowing you to print color images in black only thus saving your color ink

If you are going to do a lot of printing, I would definitely avoid Lexmark and HP. The reason is that the printhead on these machines is on the print cartridge, meaning there are no compatible inks available. Those which are are actually refilled cartridges, and the price saving between the genuine and compatible is not great because they need genuine original cartridges to make them with.


If you buy and Epson or a Canon you will find much cheaper inks available. Avoid any Canon printer that uses a combined cartridge such as PG-40 or CL-41. You want one with 4 or more cartridges as that way when a particular colour runs out you only have to replace that one, not throw away a combined cartridge with loads of in still in it.

my epson 890 wont run without
any colour ink in it,but you can set
it to print in black ink,so long as there
is a colour cartridge in the printer with
some ink in it,I mostly only ever print
in black ink so seldom have to buy
colour ink.Did notice in Staples that
the older the printer the cheaper the
ink as I have had mine about six years
cant wait for mine to be classed as an
older model noticed in Staples it was
£16.59 its coming down as in the past
its been around £24.99

Hi. I was very happy with my printer - until yesterday when it ran out of colour ink. Feeling a bit let down by PC World. Dropped by Cartridge World today to be told in no uncertain terms that Lexmark were ripping people off with newer printers, as they are in a deal with the retailer to supply black (no 4) and colour (no 5) cartridges. Also, they don't have as much ink in them - less ink, same price. They are single use only. Just read this: http://www.inksave.co.uk/lexmark-dell-info/ . :mad: So, I can't buy refills (very eco-unfriendly I think) and it is going to cost me the best part of £30 to buy a colour cartridge. That's half the cost of the printer itself! The printer won't print until I've got one installed.

So, does anyone know where I might be able to find these cartridges for a reasonable price? It's a long shot I know. I've complained to Lexmark but I'm sure they won't give a monkey's. Tried ebay but it's the same price as PC World right now.

Well, I could try that, but you say you have an HP - I'll probably find that they won't have the Lexmark ones I need. But thanks for the suggestion! :T