04-06-2009, 01:14 AM
The black cartridge has finally run dry on my newish HP All in one F2240. This was a clearance deal at the local Target for $25. Went and priced out the cartridges and they are $32 a piece. Didn't seem worth while, so I went home to try and find a generic. While searching I ran across a post that said that if you pull the black cartridge out it will print normally, including black, using just the one cartridge. Low and behold, it works! Should get me another 4 or 5 months out of this printer, and plenty of time to score another clearance deal on a new one at Target. I really do think think that small inkjet printers are disposable these days and not worth buying a cartridge for.
Now the Epson 4800 series I have, that is a little different story, but that still costs around $600 for a full set of ink. But the printer was $2k to begin with so....
Now the Epson 4800 series I have, that is a little different story, but that still costs around $600 for a full set of ink. But the printer was $2k to begin with so....