Printer ink cartridges

[electra225]

We have an old 2011 vintage all in one HP printer that still works and has served us well. The cost of ink cartridges is very high. Now $150 for the four cartridges
This is a plot by HP to intice us to buy a new printer. I'm told there are places online where one can buy cartridges for older printers for lots less money. Reckon those places would supply a usable product?

https://www.printerinkusa.com/

They sure have good prices. Wonder if the cartridges would work dependably?

[William]

There's only one way to find out!

Bill

[hermitcrab]

The last straw for me was I purchased a new sealed box of ink carts and when I tried them they were either dry or barely printed at all... took them back to the store and bought a all in one laser printer ... it is black print only... the carts cost about the same as inkjets but they last a long time... and they never dry out ...

[19&41]

I always buy my cartridges on ebay. I always get OEM cartridges using a saved search for only OEM (not "compatible") cartridges. I use a search with the price from low to high and can usually find cartridges for half of retail. I have had too many bad experiences with remanufactured cartridges to trust them.

[Ken Doyle]

I've had my share of stale HP ink cartridges from stores that either don't rotate their stock, or just don't sell enough of them. I now buy my HP ink cartridges direct from HP.

I've had no luck at all with off-brand cartridges.

Two tricks that I use to make the cartridges last longer are:
1) I have the printer set to draft mode to save ink when printing text or schematics.
2) I make sure to print a full color image every week or two so that the cartridge print heads don't dry up.