new computer owner needs to know about printers?

Question

Plese answers most of the 5 questions..

1. Is it normal to only get about 40 or 50 copies per ink cartridge?

2. I just bought a dell 725, are there compatiable ink cartridges or can you only get it at dell

3. what about refillable cartridges.

4.it is too expensive to use if I just paid about 24 dollars for 40 copies...they told me at dell it would last a year..it has not even last a day! LIARS! It only comes in color not black and white they said. True?

5. Would it be more cost effective in the long run to buy a different printer where I can buy cartridges somewhere like Walmart's

Answer 1

1. Depending on what you're printing and the quality you're printing at I'm sure that would be right in some cases.

2. If you have a look on eBay often you'll find great bargains on compatible cartridges.

3. Refillable cartridges are a grey area. They can have an adverse affect on your prints if you reuse. It depends if you buy cheap ones or not usually.

4.If you've printed a good few pictures then that would be fair play. Compatible cartridges won't likely be $24 though.

5. That depends on how much the cartridges are and if you're happy with the printer. You can pick up a good Canon or Epson cheap enough nowadays and buy compatible cartridges for them fairly cheaply that work as well as originals.

Answer 2

1.. No that's not normal.
2. Probably only at Dell. Not sure though.
3. I personally wouldn't use refillable.
4. Don't know.
5. I bought an HP printer (I'm not home, so I don't know the model number) at Wal-Mart couple years ago for about 100.00.
It uses the HP 56 (Black and White) and HP 57 (Tri-Color) cartridges (which I also buy at Wal-Mart). The printer also scans, copies, etc. I am extremely happy with this printer and the cartridges do last me up to a year. Now if you're using this printer in a business, I wouldn't recommend this printer. You need to go to a more heavy duty model, but for home use the HP printer can't be beat.

Answer 3

1. With some printers, yes it is normal.

2. Search the internet for "inkjet refills." Many places selling refill kits also sell ink cartridges compatible with many printers.

3. See the previous answer.

4. Yes, it is too expensive.

5. Yes, I would suggest shopping for a more common brand name printer as more places will sell the ink cartridges at a range of prices. When shopping for a printer, you may also want to look at reviews to see what they say about ink consumption.

Answer 4

I had to have a DVD rigidity replaced - Dell despatched a tech to my homestead to verify it defective- he ordered the section - develop into again in 2 days - repaired it in homestead - no charge - lower than assure that is the computer i'm on in the present day! very extremely joyful with Dell

Answer 5

1.yes.

2.dell only

3. those are mostly crap

4. no u can set it to b&w when under print options, when you are printing.

5. buy a laser printeer if you print a lot of b&w its much much cheaper.