DH just sent this to me and I thought I would share:
Printers return relatively low profit margins. But the ink, ounce for ounce, is four times the cost of Krug Clos du Mesnil Champagne, which sells for around $425 a bottle. Ink is about the same price as Joy perfume, considered to be one of the more pricey fragrances, at $158 for a 2.5-ounce bottle.
WOW!~
Price per ounce depends upon if you refill or buy new. I bought a 16 ounce bottle of black when I was in college over 8 years ago and just now ran out. It was the best 72$ purchase that I ever made.
I will refill cartridges once for picture printing without it affecting printing results. For regular every day printing I can refill up to 5 times.
Celeste
I had heard this before. I knew there was a reason I liked the Rite-Aid digital photo printer, cheaper and better quality prints!
But it also says, for those of us that want the pictures to last a long time....
"Prints made at home will certainly last a long time. That's certainly one good reason that these printers are popular with hobbyists and professionals. Independent studies say that home printers produce copies that should last 80 to 100 years without fading or yellowing, assuming you used leading inks and recommended photo paper. "
I am one of those guilty of printing my pictures on a home photo printer I bought for my Dell laptop. It has to use the photo ink and paper (its sold only as a set) that is sold by Dell at the moment. And it costs like 50 cents a print to 1 photo. I guess its all in what you are doing with the pictures and when you want them. I am a "I cant wait" kinda gal so I want them when I want them, not have to wait on them, even an hour sometimes is to long. And I use digital so its so much easier on me (where I live and the internet connection being slow to upload (dialup) to just print them myself.
Just my two cents on the idea....
Sharyn
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