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New cartridges or whole new printer?

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  • 02-09-2015 12:22pm
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    OU812
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    Have a HP Laserjet MFP here which needs new cartridges, it's gonna cost me £197 for four of them from Amazon.

    Amazon also have the updated model of my printer for £205...

    How is it that A full new machine that comes with cartridges is just £8 more expensive?

    I tried compatibles BTW & they were horrendous - I'd normally be a fan, my home printer cost me €5.08 for five new cartridges at the weekend & it's ten years old & still working perfectly..


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    GrumpyMe
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    New printers usually come with smaller "starter" cartridges...


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    5rtytry56
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    How old is your existing printer?
    Are you happy with the output quality?
    Would you be ok with purchasing non - brand printer cartridges?


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    OU812
    Registered Users Posts: 6,050 ✭✭✭OU812


    5rtytry56 wrote: »
    How old is your existing printer?
    Are you happy with the output quality?
    Would you be ok with purchasing non - brand printer cartridges?

    It's about four months old. Was very disappointed with the quality of the first set of compatibles I got.

    My own personal printer I haven't bought brand cartridges in close to eight years.


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    5rtytry56
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    I can't give you compitant suggestion so.:(


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    JustShon
    Registered Users Posts: 1,404 ✭✭✭JustShon


    GrumpyMe is right, the carts you get with a new printer are very low capacity. You're better off buying new cartridges unless you're particularly unhappy with the printer but that's an entirely separate reason to buy a new printer. I'd suggest a place to buy ink but I work for one of them so my opinion isn't exactly unbiased on that front.


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