Inkjet Cartridges

[gb387]

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That's wierd, I just returned some this weekend. Yes, you do have to have a Staples rewards card or whatever they call it and they just send you a check at the end of each quarter I believe. We got our check and it was over $50!!

Ryan

Well there is the difference, I don't have the card/account or what ever it is. Guess I should have listened to what the cashier was telling me I was in a hurry and they said they no longer had the coupons?!? Will have to go back and get what I need to trade in the ink.

[Ryan L.]

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Well there is the difference, I don't have the card/account or what ever it is. Guess I should have listened to what the cashier was telling me I was in a hurry and they said they no longer had the coupons?!? Will have to go back and get what I need to trade in the ink.

Yea I missed that the first time as well...but between my brother and his girlfriend at college, dad working out of the house (laid off now) and my school work, it really adds up quickly.

Ryan

[SSMUFF]

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I actually did a cost saving comparison for our company on what printers to buy and what ink to use. Most people know that a laser jet is the cheapest per page cost out there. Not now since HP has put out a new product that uses Vivera HP ink cartridges. They offer color and speed with the added bonus of being cheaper then laser per page. I bought one to try it out and I am very pleased with the performance and color quality. The cartridges have lasted me 3x compared to the old style. fficeffice" />

[J. A. Michaels]

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We tried going the refill route. Diy. The cartridges seemed to need to be refilled faster. So we went back to replacing the whole cartrdge each time. Now, with our new Epson aio, we have not run out yet. The Epson is so much faster then the old HP that we had. I like this aio so much better.

[TXShine]

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Well I went a head and just ordered the OEM (Dell) cartridges again. I had heard and pretty much agreed with what Sandstone said in his post about the OEM’s, but thought I would ask for info here before ordering.

I may research and see if just getting a new AIO printer with better cost of operation is in order. Today I saw a Kodak AIO w/ink at Wal-Mart for like $89.00 and the replacement cartridges for the Kodak printers are very reasonable at $9.99 and 14.99. Not sure how good of printers they are though.....
BTW, I paid $72.50 for one high capacity color and one high capacity black from Dell.

[jfelbab]

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We have an HP 3210 AIO that uses the "02" series of inks. We use factory ink bought at Staples as when you bring an empty cartridge back, they give you a 3 dollar coupon (at least last time we went there) and I think you can use up to three on future purchases. We usually buy the multi pack and get the 9 bucks off, been a while though.

We haven't been there in a while so, the 3 dollar coupon may be nill with the economy and what not. We just haven't printed a lot in a while.....

I have an HP 3210 as well. I find the printer is very miserly on ink usage and I buy a value pack of all six 02 series cartridges plus 150 sheets of HP Advanced photo paper for $36 shipped next day delivery direct from HP. Great inkjet that never seems to clog and produces excellent results. FWIW, the Vivera ink has a 108 year life on HP's high end photo papers. Good speed too.

[Nappers]

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I have an HP 3210 as well. I find the printer is very miserly on ink usage and I buy a value pack of all six 02 series cartridges plus 150 sheets of HP Advanced photo paper for $36 shipped next day delivery direct from HP. Great inkjet that never seems to clog and produces excellent results. FWIW, the Vivera ink has a 108 year life on HP's high end photo papers. Good speed too.

great printer, but!, the multi pack with the 150 sheets is all that it will last, I buy the multi pack without the 150 sheets as the printer cartridges are bigger (we found out later), so now we have a ton of the photo paper.....

[RacerX88]

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I'd suggest a cheap laser printer if you are doing lots of B&W printing. My Samsung gets about 5000 pages per ink cartridge. You can refill them easily with some of the kits. I haven't refilled mine personally, but it seems rather straightforward. FYI: I have the Samsung ML-2510 and it does great regardless of some Amazon reviews.

Inkjets are a drain on the wallet, I've never had good luck with them.

Yup, just bought a Brother HL-2140 laser b&W laser printer on sale at Office Depot... $50 after rebates. Inkjets are a drain! Cost per print is crazy and cost per mL of ink is equal to that fancy coffee place!