If you have had a conversation recently with someone regarding printing ink we can pretty much guess how it went. The truth is printer ink is an expensive commodity these days – so much so in some cases it costs nearly as much as the printer itself. While at City Ink Express we sell a range of cost effective printing options, there are some more general things you can do keep the costs down.
Stay Conscientious
Think: do you really need to print that document off? The beauty of our computer-centric lives is that we can store and archive documents quickly and retrieve them with ease, so printing them out needn’t always be an option. There are times when you need to have a document in hand, but for the rest of the time stick it in a PDF, and stick that PDF in an email – it’s free remember!
Eco-Fonts
We’re not sure how many of you know this, but different fonts actually use more ink. For example, Century Gothic uses considerably less than Ariel, so much so that a company printing 250 pages per week would save $80 a year by switching (research according to a study conducted by Printer.com). Now we’re not saying make this change exactly, but certainly be aware of the potential savings.
Printer for a Purpose
We are going to refrain from mentioning our particular printers, but what you should consider is that there is a printer for every purpose, and understanding this will help you save money in the long run. It may sound counter-intuitive, but it may be actually be cheaper in the long run to own two printers. If you are going to print off black text documents a laser printer is what you need, but then for any kind of photos a colour LaserJet would be appropriate; having a printer that can do both may seem sensible, but in everyday costs you’ll actually be paying more.
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