Generally we are often asked the question Can you offer us advice on how to save money when buying printer ink’. Take a look at our great answers which some people often overlook.

The difference in price from the original ink cartridges to compatible ink cartridges is huge and can become quite costly if you are continually using your printer.

You could look into buying compatible printer cartridge. Compatible cartridges can be sold in multipacks and are not branded by your printer model making them much cheaper.

When buying a printer make sure that each colour has its very own tank. Many of the older models had the colours bundled together into 1 cartridge, but in this day and age you find that most new printers have more than 1 colour ink tank, which are black, cyan, magenta and yellow, with other printers also allowing for light cyan and light magenta for better colour printing quality. Having a printer of this type allows you to change just the colour that has emptied and not the whole cartridge that contains 3 seperate tanks, so you are not throwing away excess ink.

How many mililitres of ink in the printer ink cartridge. Dont forget this when it comes to purchasing your printer ink. Many cartridge manufacturers only fill about 65% of the ink cartridge and advertise t that the cartridge has X amount of ink in it. This allows them to sell their cartridges a little bit cheaper.

An industry that has been rapidly growing is the cartridge recycling industry, although many of them only accept certain types of ink cartridge. Thousands and thousands of people either chuck away their printer ink cartridge or put them somewhere at home where they will not be seen again until next year. Today you can return your old empty cartridges in return for cash, or for a one off voucher code that will give you a further 20% off your next order with that company.

Buy more than 1. Many printer ink companies manufacture their cartridges in bulk packs, inserting all of the ink cartridges for your model printer into the same packing, which will help save on postage costs, so buying in bulk can again save you more money.

The internet is by far the best place to pick up a bargain, but only if you find the right printer ink manufacturer that you are happy with, as this makes it easier to purchase your printer ink.