You are getting annoyed with how much you have to shell out for printer ink? Join the club. The printer you bought seemed like a bargain at the time. Until you started to replace the ink over and over again. The cost of new cartridges soon adds up. In fact, you can end up spending way more on them than the actual printer itself. It's crazy.
If you feeling fed up, don't despair. Of course you're always going to have to replace printer ink from time to time, but if you make a few simple changes to the way you use your printer, you can save a lot of money.
How often do you really need to print in colour? Your printer is probably set to print in colour just by default. Even if you just want to print a simple black and white document. Change the settings and save yourself some ink.
Another option you find on most printers is economy or high quality mode. Save quality for documents that are important and need that extra sheen of quality. For everyday printing, use the economy mode. It's still a good standard and more than adequate for most documents that you print off. Do you really need a super high quality hotel map or budget flight ticket? Save ink for things like cover letters or CVs.
Have you ever thought about giving the inside of your printer a little clean? Thought so. If you let dust build up the nozzles of the printer get clogged and blocked. Result? A waste of ink. Give it a clean once in a while to keep your printer working efficiently.
When you're choosing a printer, avoid models that have three-in-one cartridges. It may strike you as being convenient, but it's costly at the same time. As soon as one colour runs out, you have to replace the whole cartridge. Which is wasteful as well as expensive.