Why Printer Ink Is So Expensive | So Expensive

Printer ink can sometimes cost more than the printer itself. We talk with a former editor of the Recycler to find out why printer ink is so expensive.

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Why Printer Ink Is So Expensive | So Expensive

[QRSC-fhob]

"Very simple: Greed." How refreshing.

[warbucks]

Screw banning straws, go after these wasteful ink companies.

[ChrisInvests]

They practically give the printers away and then charge you an arm and a leg for the ink 🤔

[norm]

I love how in their statement, HP just pushes the burden of the environmental impact onto the consumer and shirks all responsibility.

[FullVolumeHQ]

It's cheaper just to buy a printer with new ink each time your ink runs out. The ridiculousness.

[atxgti]

I absolutely love this lobbyist. He is brutally honest, and it’s honestly refreshing.

[ConnorW]

that explains why the schools almost never print in color

[imacmadman]

I've owned and used the same laser printer for fourteen years. I've put exactly three toner cartridges in it in that time and spent $60 each time. Each one prints about 2500 +/- pages, laser printing is much cheaper in the end - less than 3 cents a page.

[Dankyjrthethird]

Damn
Imagine if a company sold a decent priced printer with resonably priced cartidges
It’d be game over for everyone else

[tcu]

The budget for this video: 12.5 million. Money allocated to ink used in the video: $12, 499, 876.34.

[tree]

How to do stonks:
1. Buy a printer
2. Take the ink
3. Sell the printer ink
4. Buy more printers




Edit: but that’s just a theory, A BREAD THEORY

[Xwap]

This backfired so much that my previous companies banned printing unless absolutely necessary, reducing total printing overhead by 85-90% approx. Indian government has reduced the need of document by ekyc and esign.

[ElementofKindness]

Love how HP basically TOTALLY avoids answering the question of astronomical cost and horrendous efficiency. Are we sure HP executives aren't politicians?

[someones]

"Hurry up, I need to print this important document for my boss"
"You are low on magenta"
"Wha-? I'm not eve-"
"You are low on magenta"
"WHAT? I'M NOT EVEN PRINTING ANYTHING WITH MAGENTA! IT'S BASICALLY JUST BLACK!"
*_"You are low on magenta"_*

[AC-wmfi]

I love how schools claim to be going “green”. They aren’t going green! They are just transferring the cost of printing over to us!

[indigoxalis]

My printer has been out of ink for years now. I'm glad almost everything is online nowadays-- I haven't had to print something out to turn it in for a long time. Hopefully the transition to online documents will help get rid of the inflated ink prices since less and less people are needing ink.

[xBorisD]

*How to profit:*
Step 1: Order an printer.
Step 2: Take out the ink and sell it for 5$ less than original price
Step 3: Sell The printer
Step 4: Repeat untill you're a millionaire.

[matthewalden]

Sounds like a free mobile game with microtransaction to be honest.

[apexone]

Finding out that cartridges today have less ink than they did back in the day confirms my suspicions on how printer ink seemingly doesn't last long these days. I now know why.

[Marta_z_Dabrowy]

It's good that companies like Epson exist. I have their ink printer with external ink containers (really big ones). When the ink level is low I just pour it from the bottle.
Epson ❤