Some people call me cheap, even stingy. I’d rather be known as thrifty. That’s why I won’t buy the original (OEM) printer cartridges for my https://www.pcworld ...

It comes as no surprise that printer ink is expensive. Printer manufacturers operate on the classic razor-and-blade business model: sell printers at low prices to lock customers into purchasing ...

According to HP, subscribing to Instant Ink can save you approximately 50% on printing costs. Looking at the HP 67XL High Yield black cartridge, we can estimate just how accurate that is.

That should last me a year or two. After that? I have that free black ink cartridge from HP, but high-capacity color cartridges are $40 a pop. Or, as the HP website cheerily points out ...

HP’s bottled ink is around 80 percent cheaper than its cartridge ink, but it’s essentially the same stuff. In this case, the three colors, cyan, magenta and yellow are dye-based while black is ...

HP’s “dynamic security” prevents you from using third-party ink with HP printers. While HP does this to “protect the quality of our customer experience,” being able to buy cheaper, non ...