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Originally Posted by Mick
If its brand new the first set of cartridges will not be full they will only have enough in them for a few prints most printers come with low amounts of ink in the first set of cartridges try another set and work on there output.
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I recently bought a replacement HP printer for work - the cartridges in the broken one still contained ink, so I used those in the replacement. When it came time to replace them, I used the cartridges that had been in the new printer box: They yielded the same number of prints as we get from separately-bought cartridges.
If you think about it, it's not a good idea for companies to short-change you on the ink that comes with the printer. Generally, consumer printers are cheap because the companies make their money in the ink sales. If the consumer gets the impression that the ink will not last long, the printer will be expensive to run, and it might be more cost-effective to ditch the printer and go with a different manufacturer.
I reckon that most of the time, any "loss" of ink in a new printer is down to tubes being charged with ink.
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Originally Posted by kestrelx
Anyone seen the TV ad for the new Kodak printers that are supposed to have cheaper printer cartridges and do more printing... the meters were coming up telling me I was low on ink when I'd hardly used it!
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As mentioned above, if the printer is cheap, the printer company makes its money on ink. If you spent more than £80-£100 on the printer, then you're right to feel upset that it's got through the ink quickly.