I've had success with refilling my cartridges, but now have two Epson
printers that need special plugs with each refill, so decided to splurge and
order ink. After looking around I found my best price on Epson-compatible
cartridges at 123inkjets.com. Best price by 40% or more, and they arrived in
4 days. They are generics, but the quality is first rate.

> From: Anthony Matonak <res04ijs@gte.net>
> Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 03:11:02 GMT
> Subject: Re: Best price for ink?
>
> Sloothe wrote:
>>
>> I'm shopping for a new printer to replace the piece of junk Xerox that
>> came with my PC. As everyone knows, the price of ink cartridges is often
>> more than the cost of the printer that came with ink included. It's
>> crazy pricing!
>>
>> There must be a cheaper way to print. I've found some sites that sell
>> refill kits and bottles of ink at much lower prices than the brand
>> cartridges, but haven't tried them yet.
> ...
>
> When it comes to cost of consumables (ink) most laser printers are cheaper
> to operate than any ink jet. You can get a small b&w laser (or LED) printer
> for $150 in the 6 to 8 ppm range. I like the two part systems like Okidata
> uses where the toner is sold separately from the drum but even the one piece
> designs like the HP's you can recycle the cartridges and save money.
>
> Although I like color printouts as well as the next guy I find I still do
> 90% of my printing in plain black and white. In your case you could keep
> the Xerox and just have two printers hooked up to your system and print
> using a laser for most things and use the inkjet when you need color.
>
> Anthony