Cheapest place to buy ink for Canon IP4600?

Indie_Kid

I have a Canon IP4600 and need some ink for it. The cheapest I can find is Ink Jungle - £44 for the 5 (Cyan, Yellow, Magenta & Black x2) inks - these are all 9ml.

When I was in London, I paid no more than £7 - apart from the £9 for 22ml black. Unfortunately, the retailer doesn't sell these online.

I've tried Staples - £11 / £12 for 9ml.

Is there anywhere else cheap online? I've been advised not to refill the cartridges - it messes up the printer / cartridge.

ThomasK31ly

You could try these people.. http://www.inkredible.co.uk/Default.aspx?View=Offers&OffersView=OffersListView&CategoryID=2567

esuhl

I've used these people before: https://www.printercartridges.net/printercartridgesstore/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=3_179&zenid=fda6b815a85281c3271829d53385958d

£17.95 for a set of five, or £29.95 for ten.

These are chipped cartridges too - you could probably get them for a bit less if you got chipless cartridges and re-used the chips on your existing cartridges (although you'd need a chip resetter if you don't already have one).

Chipless cartridge for my Canon iP4500 cost around £1.50 to £2.00 each, if I remember rightly.

Indie_Kid

Thanks. What's the difference between chipped and chipless?

ThomasK31ly

With the chipped ones, you just need to replace like for like.

The non chipped ones need the chip taken off the old cartridge, I think they come with instructions or look at the video.

esuhl

Chipped cartridges are an anti-competetive (but apparently legal) scam invented by printer manufacturers. They patent their chip design so that no one can produce unauthorised chips without paying them. This means that they can sell printers at a loss, but make a packet out of ink cartridge sales.

Of course, anyone can make chipless cartridges (making them cheaper), but you usually need to buy a "chip resetter" so that you can reset an old chip, remove it, and stick it onto the originally chipless cartridge.

There's an info page on eBay about chipped cartridges, chip resetters, etc. for Canon printers on eBay:

http://reviews.ebay.co.uk/Canon-Chipped-Cartridges-Pixma-printers_W0QQugidZ10000000000949031

david39

www.7dayshop.co.uk

Just bought 10 x 5-colour Epson cartridges from them for £11 - tried the first out and it seems good -even on photo-quality prints.

Fast delivery, too.

Based in Channel Islands, so no VAT to pay.

tonynw

£4.00 each from

www.7dayinks.co.uk

tonynw

esuhl

Just come across the Hornsea Inkjets website - set of 10 for £19.95 or 5 for £10.95...

jockey

The place i use for my inks have an offer on at the moment, full set for your printer is £10 http://www.nd-ink.co.uk/Canon-Cartridges-Canon-Pixma-IP4600/c1_542/p582/IJ-Compatible-Full-Set-Cartridges/product_info.html