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Went to Tesco to buy replacement ink cartridges for a Canon MP270, Found them and they cost £16.97 ea so £34 quid. Went further down the aisle and there was my printer being sold for £29.00!!, with it came the very same 2 cartridges i came to buy. Whatever next!!

 

Rich

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Went to Tesco to buy replacement ink cartridges for a Canon MP270, Found them and they cost £16.97 ea so £34 quid. Went further down the aisle and there was my printer being sold for £29.00!!, with it came the very same 2 cartridges i came to buy. Whatever next!!

 

Rich

 

its well known that most new printers come with cartridges that are only half full so you have to but new ones quicker :censored:

 

still rediculous prices however - we complain about petrol costs per litre LOL! wonder what ink works out at!!! :confused1:

ya should re-fill them yourself matey, easy and very cheap, or go to one of the 'Cartridge World' places, they'll do an exchange for a fraction of the price of a new one...

Get pattern ones from the likes of SVP, usually a lot cheaper.

Quite a lot of the cheaper brand printers, lexmark etc, cost as much for ink as a new printer, unusual for a canon !

they lose money on printers but soon re-coup selling the ink...same as mobile phones and contracts:sneaky2:

I have had various printers in the past, but swear by Epson ones, especially if you can use a CIS! What's a CIS? Well it's a Continuous Inking System, which is basically a plastic container which you sit next to your printer, which is divided into sections (4 or 6 depending on the printer) which contain 100ml of ink each. This ink is transferred to the 'dummy' ink cartridges (that sit in the normal place) via thin capillary tubes. You simply keep the side container topped up whenever it starts to empty. You buy the colour ink in bulk and save a fortune!!

The downside?..... Only certain models are compatible, which is very dependent on the location and accessibility of the cartridges.

 

 

This is what they look like installed...

 

Continuous+Ink+System+And+Cartridges+For+HP+Officejet+6310+All-in-One+Printer.jpg

 

HTH

I have had various printers in the past, but swear by Epson ones, especially if you can use a CIS! What's a CIS? Well it's a Continuous Inking System, which is basically a plastic container which you sit next to your printer, which is divided into sections (4 or 6 depending on the printer) which contain 100ml of ink each. This ink is transferred to the 'dummy' ink cartridges (that sit in the normal place) via thin capillary tubes. You simply keep the side container topped up whenever it starts to empty. You buy the colour ink in bulk and save a fortune!!

The downside?..... Only certain models are compatible, which is very dependent on the location and accessibility of the cartridges.

 

 

This is what they look like installed...

 

Continuous+Ink+System+And+Cartridges+For+HP+Officejet+6310+All-in-One+Printer.jpg

 

HTH

 

Wow thats some setup Dave:thumbup:

Wow thats some setup Dave:thumbup:

 

That's my old set up, I'm running a Epson Stylus Photo R265, which is much better :D

That's my old set up, I'm running a Epson Stylus Photo R265, which is much better :D

 

My uncle had the same setup as you, admittedly it did last along time! But after awhile the ink got blocked up, and there wasnt any way of fixing it :(

Yeah, you've got to use it a lot, otherwise that could happen. Then again if you're not going to be using it a lot, it's not worth buying one in the first place.

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