cheap printer with cheap cartridges?im paying too much for ink?
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Unfortunately that's how printing companies catch you these days, making their printer prices unusually cheap and reeling it in with the cartridges.\n\nYour best bet is to buy a cheap printer and one of the following options:\n\n1. Visit http://www.refreshcartridges.co.uk/\n2. Buy a refill kit and fill them yourself (be very careful of mixing colours)\n3. See if you can grab some on eBay.\n\nIf you have an inkjet printer this shouldn't be a problem, however if you have a laserjet printer already (these aren't too cheap, but offer better print quality) then you must buy a toner cartridge, and unfortunately these also come at a price and cannot be refilled.\n\nHope this helps.
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It sounds as if you might not have the right driver installed for your printer.\n\nMake sure you have the proper driver installed by deleting the printer from your system and re-adding it. You may also want to check with the printer manufacturer to make sure you have the most recent driver.\n\nHope this helps.
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Get a Lexmark printer they are good for exactly what you described.
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Marketing tactics.  The printers are sold at an extremely LOW price - the "loss leader."   The companies make their money selling the replacement ink cartridges at a high profit margin for those printers.\n\nIf you are entirely too interested in the subject, here's an article that goes into princing policies and the legal implications of the cost of those cartridges - just don't print it out - too much ink! \n  \nhttp://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,112199,00.asp
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Go into your printers program and try cleaning the print heads.\nSometimes they get so dirty that the ink cartridge cannot work properly.
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Check out \nPrintpal.com\n123ink.com\n\nI've found really decent priced inks there.
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If you don't plan on using it a whole bunch, you might consider the HP 5440. It costs about $70 and the black and color cartridge can be bought together in a pack for $30. \n\nIf you do quite a bit of printing take a look at the HP 5940 ($100) as it's built a little heftier and also comes with cartridges that last longer but cost a little more.\n\nThe HP 6980 is another good choice since it comes with wireless networking and costs about $150. It also has cartridges that last longer.\n\nHP printers are the best selling printers by far in the United States and PC Magazine's readers have voted them the best 14 years in a row.
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I recommend the HP 460 mobile printer. I'm not sure what you view as "affordable", but this printer costs $250. It comes with a battery that will print 450 pages per charge, and weighs a little under 5 pounds.\n\nHP have always made good printers and PC Magazine has rated them Reader's Choice for the past 15 years. Despite the somewhat high cost, this would be a good printer for you. Canon makes a similar printer, but I'm not so sure that it runs off a battery (it instead uses your cigarette lighter, the HP has the ability also).\n\nHere's a link that will give you more info on the HP 460c mobile printer.
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http://froogle.google.com/froogle?hl=en&btnG=Search+Froogle&cat=1387&q=cheap+printer+for+digital+photos&lmode=online&scoring=p
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I know I found cheap ink on ebay.  They are normally so cheap because they are refills.  Check on there.  or try www.shopping.com
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In my opinion, stay away from ink jets.  My kids were going through expensive ink so fast.  I hated it.  I finally put a print server on my laser so they can print to it from their PCs.  That was a good move, as toner is much cheaper on a per page basis.
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I buy the real cartrages\ndepending on what you print. I buy new printers. I print a lot of BW things like word documents and puzzles from th net, So I buy cheap Lexmart printers. Like 22.00 from wal mart or Target...the cartrage is 23.95..so you do the math. If you are printing pics the get a Epson and a bulk Ink System, I use that for all my pics. Bulk ink systemis like 250.00 but the ink is cheap and the tanks are easy to fill.
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I tried going that route to save some money, but all I did was make a mess.  Maybe I was doing it wrong, but I find it easier to just buy a new cartridge.  Cut down on unnecessary printing, that will help in the long run.
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maybe ink related.\nif not you may have lost a connection to the printer, and a removal and reinstall may be necessary.\ngood luck
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Try a printer store :)))
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I had a Lexmark that did the same thing. While I hate Lexmark printers I must say their customer service was great. I called them, we walked through the basics, then they sent me a replacement for FREE (Fedex over night).\n\nMy personal suggestion, give it away and buy something different. The printer works fine, it's big, loud and their ink is $$$.
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if you want to print quality photographs buy an Epsom. They have separate ink cartridges fr each tone and there are excellent value. Expect to pay around £80-£100 for a descent one.  Check out comet on line for offers, tesco are also pretty good for printer prices especially the inks. I used an Epsom Stylus DX4800 for my university portfolio presentation to industry professionals for my finals and the prints where of a very high standard.\n\nif however you want to print a lot of word documents as well then go for a HP printer. There not as good on photo quality but it's a much faster text printer.