| As anyone who has ever had to shell out good | | | | cheaper than the 15p it would take to print them |
| cash knows, printer cartridges can cost a lot of | | | | yourself. However, there is a charge of 99p to |
| money. These days most people print their | | | | get the delivered so it depends how many photos |
| photos at home which uses lots of colour ink | | | | you are printing. Rather then printing individually at |
| cartridges. If you are a student or use your | | | | home and spending lost of money on printer |
| printer for business use then you will probably use | | | | cartridges, you might want to wait until you have |
| a lot of black printer cartridges. Either way, home | | | | a few month's worth or photos and then use an |
| printing can cost quite a lot, but don't despair, | | | | online service like Snapfish to print and deliver |
| whether you use colour or black printer | | | | them. This will spread the delivery cost over a |
| cartridges, you can save money with the following | | | | number of photos, thus bringing the price per print |
| 5 money saving tips. | | | | down. |
| 1, Choose the best printer for your needs. | | | | 3, Use compatible or remanufactured printer |
| If you are doing a lot of mono printing for | | | | cartridges |
| business or academic purposes for example, then | | | | If you are defiantly going to be printing at home |
| it may be prudent to buy a mono laser printer. | | | | then this will save you the most money. There |
| These take toner cartridges which can do | | | | has been so much discussion on the pros and |
| anything from 2000 to 50,000 pages. A typical | | | | cons of using remanufactured and compatible |
| small home use laser printer such as a HP 1020 | | | | printer cartridges that it hardly seems worth |
| takes Q2612a printer cartridges which print 2000 | | | | covering old ground. However, suffice to say that |
| pages. Remanufactured cartridges are available | | | | it has been established that they do not void |
| for around £25.00 and are usually very | | | | printer warranty and that the most important |
| good quality as they are easy to refill. This works | | | | thing is to buy them from a reputable source with |
| out at about 1.25p per page. Not bad considering | | | | a full guarantee. It like anything else, you get good |
| that the alternative inkjet printer uses a HP 350 | | | | workmanship from one company and goof from |
| printer cartridge containing about 4ml of ink at | | | | another, so it's important to shop and ask around. |
| about 15p a page. Work this out per 2000 pages | | | | One example of the savings which can be made |
| and you are looking at £300.00 worth of | | | | on compatible ink is on the popular HP 21 ink |
| original HP inkjet cartridges or a single compatible | | | | cartridge. The original HP cartridge has 5ml of ink |
| or remanufactured toner at just £25.00 or | | | | retails at approx £14.00. A standard |
| there about. | | | | remanufactured printer cartridge has 20ml of ink |
| 2, Use online print services. | | | | and can be picked up for around a tenner. That's |
| As described above, it can be expensive to print | | | | four times as much ink for around 2/3 the price. |
| with colour printer cartridges, so it is always | | | | So you can see the savings are astronomical. |
| worth looking for cheaper ways to print your | | | | So there you go, I hope this helps to save you |
| photos online. The HP Snapfish website will print | | | | some money and has proved educational. |
| and deliver your photos for 9p each. This is | | | | |