The Great Ink Cartridge Conspiracy!
The Great Ink Cartridge Conspiracy!Buying an inkjet printer these days is no big deal. A reliable printer can be acquired very easily through a store or online for as little as $50. Some suppliers are even giving away inkjet printers on promotions or as free incentives when buying other products. On the face of it, it seems like too good an opportunity to pass by - a worthwhile investment you might say. But, much like a traditional camera that uses film, an inkjet printer is only 'cheap' before you start using it.
The cost of keeping it in ink soon mounts up, especially when you're buying OEM (original equipment manufactured) inkjet cartridges as recommended by the printer manufacturer. Before you know it you'll find that you've actually spent more on the ink cartridges than you did on the purchase of the inkjet printer itself! If you're in this position - and let's face it, most of us are - what follows could be quite a revelation!Five things inkjet printer manufacturers DON'T want you to know? 1. Inkjet printer manufacturers make their money selling ink cartridges NOT inkjet printersSelling recommended OEM ink cartridges is a very lucrative business for inkjet printer manufacturers. They know that once you've purchased the printer you'll be coming back to them time and time again to buy the ink that they recommend in the user guide and any other literature that accompanies the printer. Fair enough you might say, but given that the price of manufacturing an OEM ink cartridge is only a few cents why are the cartridges so expensive? The answer is that ink cartridges are in fact stuffed full of manufacturer profit.
It is where they make their money, and is precisely why they are happy to give away an inkjet printer for nothing. 2. Inkjet cartridges supplied for 'free' with inkjet printers are rarely full OEM ink cartridges supplied with the printer are designed only to provide enough ink for a few pages to get you 'started'. From the manufacturer's perspective this is a great selling technique, as free cartridges can often make the difference between a retailer closing a sale or losing it?and once you've got the printer the manufacturer is going to make money out of you every time you order more OEM ink! Supplying ink cartridges that are not full shortens the timeframe over which consumers start ordering OEM ink cartridges too. This brings the manufacturer into profit on each customer much more quickly than had they supplied full cartridges for free with the printer.3.
Consumers have a choice about which inkjet cartridges to buyIt's true! Contrary to popular belief consumers are not obliged to purchase expensive OEM ink cartridges from the manufacturer. They can in fact opt to buy cheaper 'compatible' ink cartridges or remanufactured cartridges, often realizing savings on their ink purchase of between 50% and 75%!! All major inkjet cartridge brands are covered, including Apple, Canon, Hewlett Packard, Lexmark, Brother, Epson, IBM and Xerox. What's more they do the job just as well as OEM cartridges but at a much lower cost!4. Compatible inkjet cartridges DO NOT automatically void a printer's warrantyRegardless of what you might have heard compatible inkjet cartridges WILL NOT automatically void your printer warranty. In fact, it is ILLEGAL for manufacturers in the United States & Canada to claim that using compatible cartridges will automatically void your printer warranty.
For more details on this go to http://www.prontoink.com/?T=Info&ID=printer_warranties5. You can make money by reselling compatible ink cartridgesThe market for compatible ink cartridges is continually expanding. More and more consumers are choosing to switch to compatible inks that offer the same print quality at half the cost of OEM cartridges. This creates the opportunity for business-minded individuals to make money through affiliate reselling programs as well as save money on their ink cartridge purchases.
Having read this do you feel like you've been hoodwinked by the big boys? Well, it's now time to stand up for your rights! You no longer have to line the pockets of multi-nationals when buying ink cartridges.
Think 'compatible ink' and save yourself hundreds of dollars each year on the cost of running your printer..
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Are you getting tired of the high cost of printing? You're not alone. Many consumers are up in arms. For example, they believe paying $22 per ounce for printer ink and $150 to $300 (or more) for a toner cartridge is way too much. Most of the major printer manufacturers have adopted the same marketing model as the razor blade, TiVo and cell phone industry. Simply stated, they sell you the printer for cost or less in order to sell you printer ink and toner cartridges at huge markups.
In many instances, they charge seven to ten times what it costs to manufacture these products.In addition, these major companies spend thousands of dollars trying to convince you to purchase only their products. They strongly criticize printer ink and toner cartridges offered by third party companies. However, did you know that many of these major companies are now selling their own recycled cartridges? and you're still paying full retail price for them! As someone once said, to get a real education,...
Ten Ways (plus 1) to Save on Printer Ink and Toner Cartridges
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Sixty-Five Percent of Ink Jet Refill Kit Users Dissatisfied with Refill Life Span
NEWTONVILLE, MA (ContentDesk) February 28, 2004-?In a recent survey of more than 150 U.S ink jet refill kit users, Lyra Research found that respondents were generally unhappy with the life of the cartridge after the refilling process compared with the life of OEM ink jet cartridges. Sixty-five percent of respondents said that refill kits' cartridge life was worse or much worse than that of OEM ink cartridges, while just 8 percent said refill kits were much better or better than OEM cartridges in this respect (see figure). The results of the survey are published in a new report, Ink Jet Refill Kits: The User Experience.Ink Jet Refill Kits: The User Experience profiles the demographics of users who purchase refill kits and measures levels of user satisfaction with various attributes of the refilling experience, including ease of the refilling process, cleanliness of the refilling process, black and color print quality after refilling, cartridge life and reliability after refilling, overall...
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Epson Ink Cartridge Sales set to increase.
Epson is currently top of the printer manufacturer sales listing, with five of the top ten best selling inkjet printers of the summer.
The full results from market research firm GfK were:
1) Epson Stylus C48,
2) Epson Stylus Photo R220,
3) Lexmark Z735,
4) Epson Stylus D68,
5) Canon Pixma iP4200,
6) Epson Stylus D88,
7) Lexmark Z617,
8) Epson Picturemate 100,
9) HP Deskjet 3940,
10) HP Photosmart 8050
Three of these models, the Stylus D68,D88 and Stylus photo R220 use individual ink cartridges for each colour, allowing replacement of colours as they run out. Individual cartridges for these models are available for under ?5 from the likes of Cartridge Concept and specialist highstreet outlets.
With Epson's continued success in restricting sales of compatible cartridges their...
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Recycling Inkjet Cartridges
Here are a few facts about inkjet cartridges:* Over 375,000,000 Empty Inkjet Cartridges Dumped Each Year.* Statistics reveal that only 5% of all empty inkjet cartridges are currently being recycled. * E-mail has increased the amount of paper used in offices by almost 40%. * Plastics used in inkjet cartridges can take over 10 centuries (1000 years!) to decompose* 90ml of oil is used to produce each inkjet cartridge.* In the last six months alone, inkjet cartridge recycling has saved more than 50 million liters of oil. This is more oil than what was tragically spilled by the Exxon Valdez in Alaska's Prince William Sound in 1989.* Empty inkjet cartridges are THE most valuable post-consumer item.(http://www.empty-inkjet-cartridges.com)There are lots of companies on the internet that will buy your empty inkjet cartridges. This is an excellent opportunity for raising fund money for any organization from Boy Scouts to baseball teams or to...
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How to Save Money When Buying Inkjet Cartridges
Purchasing ink cartridges for professional and consumer printers can be a costly endeavor. With many desktop printers costing less than the ink cartridges needed to run them, the search for affordable ink has never been more necessary than now. Unfortunately, many individuals and purchasing managers alike are unfamiliar with ways they can reduce their ink expenditures while getting the products they require. First and foremost, ink will almost always be less expensive when purchased from an online source.
As one might imagine, the cost of maintaining a storefront is transferred over to the consumer in every product sold.
Online retailers don't have storefront related expenses, and because they sell in the largest marketplace on earth, competition keeps prices at their lowest. Many erroneously associate online retailers with the inconvenience of waiting for orders to arrive as well as a limited selection. In truth, online retailers rarely suffer from the stock shortages...
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WorldSki Offers Savings of Up to 50 Percent Off of March and Easter Ski Holidays
(ContentDesk) February 19, 2006 -- WorldSki have introduced to its online booking site worldski.co.uk, new excellent value prices for ski special offers with fantastic savings of up to 50% for accommodation-only at a variety of apartments and hotels in Europe and North America. A leading independent Ski and Snowboard operator, WorldSkis special offers feature a variety of the worlds best ski resorts and include a number of different departure dates for March and Easter skiing with the half...
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Laptop Repair Manuals
Through the decades, right from the beginning of the early computers, this wonder machine has gone through several phases of technical evolution till it reached the laptop.
A laptop is the ultimate portable and easy to carry and use with capacity no less than any other computer. As these machines are the results of advanced scientific applications, these laptops have to depend on its numerous chips, its software, its hardware, the LCD or the monitor and all the other applied gadgets....
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When to Fight for Tenant's Rights to Repairs
Once you sign the lease to a rental unit, you are automatically entitled to certain privileges. Unlike homeowners, you are not responsible for making all repairs. Landlords are required by the Landlord-Tenant law to keep things a "fit and habitable condition" during your residency. If the landlord fails to do this, you may have to get a bit aggressive.Although the specifics of these requirements will vary slightly from state to state*, the responsibilities of landlords are generally the same....
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Silhouette Roto 2.0 Ships, Layers, Match Moving and More
Los Angeles, CA (ContentDesk) July 29, 2005 -- Silhouette FX, LLC is pleased to announce the imminent availability of a major new release of Silhouette Roto, the roto system that's underpinning visual effects production at major post houses around the world. Version 2.0 of Silhouette Roto (SR) adds a sophisticated layering / grouping system that enables individual layers to have their own tracking and stabilization information. This means the basic motion of an object being roto'd is automatically...
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Silhouette Roto 2.0 Ships, Layers, Match Moving and More
Los Angeles, CA (ContentDesk) July 29, 2005 -- Silhouette FX, LLC is pleased to announce the imminent availability of a major new release of Silhouette Roto, the roto system that's underpinning visual effects production at major post houses around the world. Version 2.0 of Silhouette Roto (SR) adds a sophisticated layering / grouping system that enables individual layers to have their own tracking and stabilization information. This means the basic motion of an object being roto'd is automatically...
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