Cheapest Ink Cartridges

By Mary Dolen

If you're looking for a replacement ink jet cartridge your probably realized that the "name" or "national" brand cartridges are pretty darn expensive. Finding compatible ink jet cartridges can be difficult when it comes to finding one that works in your printer and also gives you a quality result.

A small percentage of people who buy ink for their printers don't care about the quality of the job printed. If you're someone that doesn't care if their cartridge gives quality results, you plenty of low priced options to choose from. If you're like me, however, you can't settle with the most mediocre of cartridges. When choosing a cartridge to buy, you'll discover that the highest prices doesn't always mean the best results. There are many great solutions for ink that get you the same results as the name brand.

One of the most popular ways to save money when it comes to buying ink cartridges is to refill them yourself. If you're someone that has to worry about how much they pay for things, you'll discover that buying a refill kit for ink is a cheap and effective solution. While printer refill kits can cost as much as normal set of cartridges, you can use the kit to refill your cartridges many times.

Having your ink cartridges refilled at your own home with a kit has its advantages and disadvantages. The number one pro is that it saves you tons of money per print. Most people can save over 60% to 70% off the original manufacturer's price on printer cartridges. But with that one pro of saving money, there are a few reasons why you wouldn't want to do ink refills. Ink refilling can be a very messy, risky, and time consuming process. You can end up getting ink permanently on your clothes. Quite a few people ended up permanently wrecking their printer because of leaky ink refills. Because of ink's severe staining ability, you have to watch and make sure you don't spill on anything you want to keep unmarred. Finally, some printers use electronic chips inside the ink cartridges and if you try to refill one of those types of ink, your printer will not accept it when the cartridge is reinserted.

No matter what your brand is for ink: HP, Brother, Canon, or even Epson, there are third-party cartridges available online and at your local office superstore. If you don't want to deal with refilling cartridges yourself (something I highly recommend) and still want to save lots of money, buy re-manufactured cartridges.

There are quite a few office stores and other similar stores locally that can sell you refilled ink cartridges or refurbished ink jet cartridges. OfficeMax, for example, sells both their brand of ink cartridges (saving you about 20% off the original price) or can refill your cartridges in the store (for about 40% savings off the original price). After local stores, the next best (and cheapest) way to buy compatible ink cartridges is on the internet. There are an almost unlimited number of sites that sell quality ink cartridges for cheapest prices. Buying refurbished ink online can save you tons of money. When compared with prices you pay at a local superstore, you can save up to 60% off the name brand price.

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