I have to tell you first off, my computer printer is rather old. Like 5 or 10 years. And it is showing expected signs of age.
That having been said, my computer seems to use up ink too quickly. And it has always been that way.
Even when I first put in the new cartridges, and make only a couple copies (maybe 5-10), it says I am already a third of the way down with the ink.
The only thing I can think of, is am I using the wrong paper? I know that the paper often curves a little, like it has too much ink on it. Could that be it?
I probably can’t answer your question, but unless you furnish information about the printer, make & model, as well as the cartridge information, I don’t think anyone else will be able to do so either.
My first guess is the printer is set in “Best” mode, or something is causing it to blow a lot of ink out to “clean” itself.
If you can handle the upfront cost, get a laser printer. I get a year and a half or two on a set of toner with mine, and it never clogs or needs to waste ink with “cleaning.”
If you are sending an all-black image to the printer, I’d expect 10 solid-coverage pages to be the best you are going to get. A typical business letter is about 5% coverage, so you can expect better mileage.
I agree with gotpasswords. For ordinary office printing, laser printers are a much better deal, for many reasons.
I’ve been in IT for more than 25 years, and I can competently say that the ink jet printer is the invention of the devil. They are nothing more than a money grub and hole. A decent laser printer is always much more economical and easier to maintain than an ink jet. So I agree with the posters before: get a laser printer.
Also the printer leaves a ghost image on letters when I print a Wordpad document. It actually looks kind of stylish, like it is supposed to be there. Could it be on the wrong setting?
