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Re: [OM] Has anyone figured out how to defeat the ink price monster?

Subject: Re: [OM] Has anyone figured out how to defeat the ink price monster?
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 13:15:02 -0400
Interesting.  The part number I bought at Staples yesterday is not 
listed there but the one I used to buy is.

Chuck Norcutt


On 3/19/2011 12:41 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
> Take a look here.  This is where I buy Epson inks.
>
> http://www.atlex.com/hp_index.htm
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chuck Norcutt"<chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus mail list"<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 7:27 AM
> Subject: [OM] Has anyone figured out how to defeat the ink price monster?
>
>
>> When I have a lot of prints to do I send them off for conventional
>> processing.  But I still do make some prints with my two HP printers
>> which, despite being relatively low cost units, have 5 ink colors and do
>> a nice job printing on HP photo paper.  It gives me good color balance
>> with no balancing hassles.
>>
>> Since I have a small laser printer for non-photo printing I don't do
>> much printing with the ink jets.  While I've never been happy with the
>> price of ink it hasn't been particularly upsetting since I don't use a
>> great deal of it.  But yesterday I went to Staples to get a replacement
>> for the large black cartridge (an HP 564XL) and I was greeted by the
>> following notice on the package... "NEW lower price, smaller size.  Up
>> to 2X more pages".
>>
>> Well, they didn't change the product name. XL is supposed to mean "extra
>> large".  They're claiming that the XL delivers twice the page count of
>> the standard cartridge but it used to be much more than that.  I'd have
>> preferred that they just increase the price.  Now I have to change
>> cartridges more frequently with more time and expense in acquiring them.
>>
>> How do I fight back?  Third party ink suppliers and profiling of ink and
>> papers?
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
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