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Originally Posted by Studio25

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.


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.

Especially when they have and advert on TV claiming you get more printing out of less ink in their new printer system!