Ouch! I Can't Afford It!

[trennod]

I know what you mean, my HP 3050 works well enough but guzzles the ink. Needs a change about every 100 pages.

 

[Gringoboy]

There is a hack to reset the Epson counter http://www.ssclg.com/epsone.shtml
and most shops that refill cartridges will also reset the actual cartridge chip afik.

 

[AmigoArtistico]

There is a hack to reset the Epson counter http://www.ssclg.com/epsone.shtml
and most shops that refill cartridges will also reset the actual cartridge chip afik.

I've used this utility many times, not just for resetting the cartridge chip, but also for deep cleaning of print heads. Highly recommended.

 

[Lulu-Kyoko]

I just go to the photocopy shops. I find it cheaper in the long run. I print less (and less often), I don't have to buy a printer and there is no ink to worry about.

 

[Farenheit]

Trouble is I usually only print out stuff when it's for legal paperwork and I don't want to share all my personal details and bank accounts etc with a locutorio.

 

[BAJeffpat]

You make a good point, but for some of us it isn't practical to print in red.

 

[Ceviche]

I just go to the photocopy shops. I find it cheaper in the long run. I print less (and less often), I don't have to buy a printer and there is no ink to worry about.

I do exactly the same! I print helluva lot. My fav shop is close to fac la medicina , estacion de subte. the rates are extremely cheap. I usually print 1000's of pages.

 

[Napoleon]

The libreria near my apartment refills HP cartridges for ~30 pesos.

Ask at your local libreria. They send them out and it takes 2 or 3 days to get them back.

 

[John.St]

At least HP printers don't have counters. I bought a used epson from a friend recently, only to find that it uses a counter to determine how many pages you've printed, and forces you to buy, for example color ink after the set number of pages even if you didn't print a single page in color the whole time (and it won't print black if the color cartridge is "empty"! I could not find a hack to get around this. He was nice enough to buy it back from me as he hadn't know that when he sold me the printer. I am now waiting on a parallel cable adapter from China for an ooold HP printer. I try to stay paperless, but my wife is into printing things. Very crazy and annoying business model the whole cheap-printer / expensive-ink thing.

No, but HP printers have other facilities, like my D7100 Photosmart, which can't print black only, because I have run out of light cyan ink :angry:

 

[Lulu-Kyoko]

I do exactly the same! I print helluva lot. My fav shop is close to fac la medicina , estacion de subte. the rates are extremely cheap. I usually print 1000's of pages.

A couple of years ago, I was trying to get out of debt and started tracking every penny I was spending, where I was spending it, etc. Quite a tedious exercise. That's when I discovered that it is sooooo much cheaper to use copy shops! I also think the quality of better, plus you have more options.