OK, so my printer cartridge dies. the little HP 45.

I went to the local "china-Mart" store and was shocked at how much a
little plastic cartridge with some kind of coal dust can cost.

I don't print much. I don't have much reason to, but dang!

Somebody said in the case of their older Lexmark printer the cartridge
was higher than getting a new printer with cartridges preloaded.

amazing.

Tim wrote:
OK, so my printer cartridge dies. the little HP 45.

I went to the local "china-Mart" store and was shocked at how much a
little plastic cartridge with some kind of coal dust can cost.

I don't print much. I don't have much reason to, but dang!

Somebody said in the case of their older Lexmark printer the cartridge
was higher than getting a new printer with cartridges preloaded.

amazing.


The razor is cheap, but the blades will kill ya.

My color laser takes four carts, each retailing for about $90. But each
is good for about 2500 copies. I print mostly in black, so I get about a
year out of the other three carts.

My wife has a monochrome laser in her home office. About 4000 copies
from each $70 cart.

Are you using an inkjet printer? Sounds like it.

On Feb 6, 10:10*pm, HK wrote:
Tim wrote:
OK, so my printer cartridge dies. the little *HP 45.

I went to the local "china-Mart" store and was shocked at how much a
little plastic cartridge with some kind of coal dust can cost.

I don't print much. I don't have much reason to, but dang!

Somebody said in the case of their older Lexmark printer the cartridge
was higher than getting a new printer with cartridges preloaded.

amazing.

The razor is cheap, but the blades will kill ya.

My color laser takes four carts, each retailing for about $90. But each
is good for about 2500 copies. I print mostly in black, so I get about a
year out of the other three carts.

My wife has a monochrome laser in her home office. About 4000 copies
from each $70 cart.

Are you using an inkjet printer? Sounds like it.

"The razor is cheap, but the blades will kill ya. "

i like that, Harry!

On Fri, 6 Feb 2009 20:17:35 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

On Feb 6, 10:10*pm, HK wrote:
Tim wrote:
OK, so my printer cartridge dies. the little *HP 45.

I went to the local "china-Mart" store and was shocked at how much a
little plastic cartridge with some kind of coal dust can cost.

I don't print much. I don't have much reason to, but dang!

Somebody said in the case of their older Lexmark printer the cartridge
was higher than getting a new printer with cartridges preloaded.

amazing.

The razor is cheap, but the blades will kill ya.

My color laser takes four carts, each retailing for about $90. But each
is good for about 2500 copies. I print mostly in black, so I get about a
year out of the other three carts.

My wife has a monochrome laser in her home office. About 4000 copies
from each $70 cart.

Are you using an inkjet printer? Sounds like it.

"The razor is cheap, but the blades will kill ya. "

i like that, Harry!

Tim, here's an Amazon.com ad that looks interesting. I've never used
refilled ink cartridges or those not in an HP box, but the old HP 695
is now the second printer so I'm more willing to risk it.

But, if you do the guinea pig thing and let me know how it works out,
that's OK too!

"John H" wrote in message
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On Fri, 6 Feb 2009 20:17:35 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

On Feb 6, 10:10 pm, HK wrote:
Tim wrote:
OK, so my printer cartridge dies. the little HP 45.

I went to the local "china-Mart" store and was shocked at how much a
little plastic cartridge with some kind of coal dust can cost.

I don't print much. I don't have much reason to, but dang!

Somebody said in the case of their older Lexmark printer the cartridge
was higher than getting a new printer with cartridges preloaded.

amazing.

The razor is cheap, but the blades will kill ya.

My color laser takes four carts, each retailing for about $90. But each
is good for about 2500 copies. I print mostly in black, so I get about a
year out of the other three carts.

My wife has a monochrome laser in her home office. About 4000 copies
from each $70 cart.

Are you using an inkjet printer? Sounds like it.

"The razor is cheap, but the blades will kill ya. "

i like that, Harry!

Tim, here's an Amazon.com ad that looks interesting. I've never used
refilled ink cartridges or those not in an HP box, but the old HP 695
is now the second printer so I'm more willing to risk it.

But, if you do the guinea pig thing and let me know how it works out,
that's OK too!

You don't have to worry too much about HP off brand carts. Seeing that the
print head is built into the cart you just throw it away if it fails.

There's a little more risk with Canon printers and those others where the
print head is not part of the ink cart. I've used off brand ink with Canon
printers for a few years now and not had a problem. Some folks have
developed premature print clogs with the off brand stuff.

On Sat, 7 Feb 2009 09:33:31 -0500, "D.Duck" wrote:


"John H" wrote in message
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On Fri, 6 Feb 2009 20:17:35 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

On Feb 6, 10:10 pm, HK wrote:
Tim wrote:
OK, so my printer cartridge dies. the little HP 45.

I went to the local "china-Mart" store and was shocked at how much a
little plastic cartridge with some kind of coal dust can cost.

I don't print much. I don't have much reason to, but dang!

Somebody said in the case of their older Lexmark printer the cartridge
was higher than getting a new printer with cartridges preloaded.

amazing.

The razor is cheap, but the blades will kill ya.

My color laser takes four carts, each retailing for about $90. But each
is good for about 2500 copies. I print mostly in black, so I get about a
year out of the other three carts.

My wife has a monochrome laser in her home office. About 4000 copies
from each $70 cart.

Are you using an inkjet printer? Sounds like it.

"The razor is cheap, but the blades will kill ya. "

i like that, Harry!

Tim, here's an Amazon.com ad that looks interesting. I've never used
refilled ink cartridges or those not in an HP box, but the old HP 695
is now the second printer so I'm more willing to risk it.

But, if you do the guinea pig thing and let me know how it works out,
that's OK too!

You don't have to worry too much about HP off brand carts. Seeing that the
print head is built into the cart you just throw it away if it fails.

There's a little more risk with Canon printers and those others where the
print head is not part of the ink cart. I've used off brand ink with Canon
printers for a few years now and not had a problem. Some folks have
developed premature print clogs with the off brand stuff.


I've got a Canon too, one that uses 6 carts. Where do you get your ink
for the Canon?

On Feb 6, 10:10*pm, HK wrote:
Tim wrote:
OK, so my printer cartridge dies. the little *HP 45.

I went to the local "china-Mart" store and was shocked at how much a
little plastic cartridge with some kind of coal dust can cost.

I don't print much. I don't have much reason to, but dang!

Somebody said in the case of their older Lexmark printer the cartridge
was higher than getting a new printer with cartridges preloaded.

amazing.

The razor is cheap, but the blades will kill ya.

My color laser takes four carts, each retailing for about $90. But each
is good for about 2500 copies. I print mostly in black, so I get about a
year out of the other three carts.

My wife has a monochrome laser in her home office. About 4000 copies
from each $70 cart.

Are you using an inkjet printer? Sounds like it.

Yep, an HP Deskjet 932C

a cart will last me about a year because like I said I don't use it
that much But I went over to ebay and there's lots of places selling
them for 7-9 bucks with free shipping. One place has well over
100,000+ feedback rating, so. I'm thinking that may be the ticket for
me in the future.

Tim wrote:
OK, so my printer cartridge dies. the little HP 45.

I went to the local "china-Mart" store and was shocked at how much a
little plastic cartridge with some kind of coal dust can cost.

I don't print much. I don't have much reason to, but dang!

Somebody said in the case of their older Lexmark printer the cartridge
was higher than getting a new printer with cartridges preloaded.

amazing.

Keep your eye on the ads and when you see a $69 printer, buy 10. When
the first one runs out of ink throw the whole thing away and open up the
box with the second printer.

BAR wrote:
Tim wrote:
OK, so my printer cartridge dies. the little HP 45.

I went to the local "china-Mart" store and was shocked at how much a
little plastic cartridge with some kind of coal dust can cost.

I don't print much. I don't have much reason to, but dang!

Somebody said in the case of their older Lexmark printer the cartridge
was higher than getting a new printer with cartridges preloaded.

amazing.

Keep your eye on the ads and when you see a $69 printer, buy 10. When
the first one runs out of ink throw the whole thing away and open up the
box with the second printer.


D'oh. These days you can buy a monochrome laser printer for under $200.
It prints better than an inkjet printer, and the carts can be anywhere
from $50 on up for a cart that prints thousands of copies.

On Feb 6, 11:39*pm, HK wrote:
BAR wrote:
Tim wrote:
OK, so my printer cartridge dies. the little *HP 45.

I went to the local "china-Mart" store and was shocked at how much a
little plastic cartridge with some kind of coal dust can cost.

I don't print much. I don't have much reason to, but dang!

Somebody said in the case of their older Lexmark printer the cartridge
was higher than getting a new printer with cartridges preloaded.

amazing.

Keep your eye on the ads and when you see a $69 printer, buy 10. When
the first one runs out of ink throw the whole thing away and open up the
box with the second printer.

D'oh. These days you can buy a monochrome laser printer for under $200.
It prints better than an inkjet printer, and the carts can be anywhere
from $50 on up for a cart that prints thousands of copies.- Hide quoted text -

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You can't print color pages on a $200 monochrome printer, but you CAN
on a $75 inkjet, photographic quality, too.