Monday 31 May 2010

Choose your next printer based on the ink

There are a lot of printers on the market and if you're looking to buy a new printer it can be quite overwhelming to see just how many choices there are.

Budget conscious consumers will often shop based on price, but looking for the cheapest printer might not be the smartest thing to do.

The running costs of a printer are often more significant than the initial purchase price - some companies even give away free printers in the hope you will buy the more expensive cartridges when it comes time to refill.

When it comes to checking prices for the total cost of ownership of printers, Inkfactory.com is a good place to start, they don't sell printers and so that means you can be sure their ink cartridges prices are going to be competitive.

Click through to the printer model you're considering purchasing and you will see a list of cartridges that are guaranteed to be compatible with that model of printer. For example, here are a few current printer models you can click through to.

BROTHER PRINTERS
  1. Brother DCP 115C
  2. Brother DCP 135C
  3. Brother DCP 110C
  4. Brother MFC 235C
  5. Brother DCP 195
CANON PRINTERS
  1. Canon Pixma MP140
  2. Canon Pixma MP610
  3. Canon Pixma IP4200
  4. Canon Pixma MP190
  5. Canon Pixma MP210
EPSON PRINTERS
  1. Epson Stylus SX215
  2. Epson Stylus SX200
  3. Epson Stylus SX515W
  4. Epson Stylus Photo R300
  5. Epson Stylus DX8400
HP PRINTERS
  1. HP Photosmart C4580
  2. HP Photosmart C4480
  3. HP Deskjet F2480
  4. HP Deskjet F4580
  5. HP Deskjet F2280
Clicking further into the site you can see the specification of each cartridge along with the price and how many pages that cartridge will print (although at the time of writing this information is not available for all cartridges); use this information to make yourself informed about the running costs BEFORE you buy your next printer.