I’m wondering if anyone has any experience with HP’s Instant Ink? Instant Ink is a process where HP sends you ink based on your ink use. I think somehow your printer communicates with HP’s sales staff. It’s a subscription plan.
I typically purchase two black cartridges and two color cartridges at a time. The last time I ordered it was $200. I’m getting tired of looking around for deals and waiting and guesstimating when I might run out of ink. I’m just wondering if Hewlett Packard’s Instant Ink is worthwhile or not.
Before anyone reminds me I know “cheap printer-expensive ink”.
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Xerox here, but we have a deal with a local outfit where they monitor toner usage with an app on my computer and send out a cartridge whenever it gets low … for free … but, of course there is a charge per copy. Includes service, which Xerox won’t cover any more. Works for us, but wouldn’t do it without the service.
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I use an HP printer. We used to buy the HP cartridges at Walmart. I always thought they were too expensive and they didn’t seem to last long. Maybe 3 or 4 months. A few years ago, we tried some cartridges from Amazon. They are cheaper and they last for a long time. They must have more ink in them. Sorry I don’t have more specific numbers on cost or longevity, but there is a significant difference.
We recently had to purchase some cartridges because we installed our last spare ones. We couldn’t remember the name brand and they aren’t labeled. What we have as spare now are Teino for the black and Relcolor for the colored.
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I think so. I’m subscribed. I too got sick of trying to find new cartridges, and running out of ink just when I need it most. The Instant Ink plan solves both problems. I’m currently on the 50 pages a month option, which I almost never exceed. I haven’t bothered to compare the annual cost to what I might be able to buy cartridges directly for because the convenience is worth it. They keep trying me to also get a paper plan, but it’s much easier to but reams of paper online.
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I gave up on inkjets after retiring, the carts, or the printheads would dry uo, so constant cleaning would eat the ink.. Went to a b/w laser printer, toner lasts forever, even off-brands, although it grumbles about it…
In the days of Epson, HP, I found local and online suppliers, more ink, more pages, cheaper than OEM…
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I don’t print much, never have. I was always too cheap to get a color printer, and I went laser a good while ago. (The date on the printer is March 2009.) I went with a duplex model to (in my mind) save paper, but at the rate I am using it I’ll have plenty left if I live to be 100.
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