Cheap Ink Cartridges - False Economy?

Whether it is at home or in the office fujitsu fpcbp64 battery, fujitsu fpcbp64z battery, many people are seeking out cheaper ways to replace the ink in their printer. One way they can do this is to switch from using genuine or OEM cartridges to 3rd party produced or compatible cartridges but unfortunately many manufacturers are making it increasingly difficult either to use alternative cartridges in their printers and for customers to refill their cartridges.

Compatible cartridges or rather printer manufacturer's efforts to quash the compatible market are again making headlines. Recently HP followed in Epson's footsteps when they were granted a favourable ruling on patent infringements as have Lexmark, who have also released a statement on facebook justifying their firmware updates relating to their 100 cartridges, following a backlash on the social networking site from angered customers.

So with large companies such as HP and Epson going out of their way to aggressively follow-up alleged patent infringements and Lexmark updating their firmware specifically to prevent customers installing 3rd Party produced in their printers - why all the fuss about compatibles?

Well for the manufacturer's this is purely an attempt to secure and protect the lucrative printer consumables market. Home printers are sold as loss leaders by all manufacturers and they reclaim these losses though selling their ink cartridges at an inflated cost, not by the suppliers of the cartridges, but by the manufacturers themselves. The margins for genuine ink cartridge products are minimal in and most cases, less than 20%. This also allows the printer manufacturers to sell their cartridges dell inspiron 1464 battery, dell inspiron 1764 battery on their own site cheaper than any other retailer could hope to sell them elsewhere. So this allows the manufacturers to raise their profits even higher, literally getting as much as they can from the consumer.

So most although people are under the belief that because compatible cartridges are cheap, they will be compromising on quality this is not necessarily the case. If you consider instead that 3rd party produced compatibles only appear cheap when compared to the over inflated costs of the printer manufacturer's cartridges and not because they are a cheap copy of the original. The compatibles market has sprung up because of the wide gap left between the actual manufacturing costs of the cartridges and the costs that the manufacturers sell their cartridges at. 3rd party companies can therefore produce cartridges and sell them at a much lower price and still make a reasonable profit. Of course if you are purely motivated by only purchasing the cheapest possible cartridge you can find, you may find that, rather like cheap dustbin bags, this is just a false economy. Of course if you are purely motivated by only purchasing the cheapest possible cartridge, you may find that rather like cheap dustbin bags, this is just a false economy.

If you do a little research you should be able to find compatibles will suit your needs, many online retailers will offer a range of compatibles so there should be cheap ink cartridges to suit you and if you're unsure, buy one basic set sony vgp-bps13/q battery, sony vgp-bps13/s battery and see how you get on - there'll be minimal costs involved but potentially a whole lot of savings!