"47 Ways to Reduce

    Your Ink and Paper Costs"

Use ALL Your Ink

No matter which printer you choose, about half the ink you pay for goes unused. That’s because when the printer tells you you’re out of ink, you’re NOT! In fact you sometimes have as much as 60% left.

When I get an Ink Alert (like below) that says I’m out or low I just keep printing until the won’t come out out or it bubbles out when I blow on the cartridge top.

This method usually allows me to print for another month before replacing it. I’ll explain this technique in more detail later on.

Use Less Resolution

An easy way to make ink jet cartridges last longer is to use the button on the front of your printer that sets your printer to draft mode. This lays down less ink on a page, saving as much as half the printing cost. Your pages will look light, but will be fine for checking layouts or for web page printing.

If your printer does not have convenient draft mode button, you can do it yourself by changing your printer properties.

Just use the setup or preferences button from one of your applications print menus. Then choose the ‘Device Options’ tab and click ‘Print Quality’, select the lowest quality, and exit the menus.

Save it as a Profile. It’s best to name it something unique you’ll remember.

Then the next time you need to print a high resolution photo you simply select the copy of your printer driver with your unique name.

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