Its only when I started to realise how much I took printer ink for guaranteed, especially the price! Clearly if it wasn’t for the invention of printers and ink for them architecture would take a lot longer to produce final portfolios for review. But why on earth is it so expensive?
Ink cartridges are made out of a small amount of plastic, and have a chip which enables it to communicate with the printer. Also the manufacturers add a few stickers to help you identify the cartridges. The ink itself is also relatively cheap, being made from pigments and a splash of water to top up the cartridge. So when looked closer it’s hard to see why on earth they are so pricey for what they are.
Thankfully to combat this there are places where you can purchase alternative cartridges (non-branded) or refillable cartridges can be purchased to lower overall costs. However these are a bit unreliable at times. When buying four or five new cartridges for your printer more than you would expect it would be cheaper just to buy a brand new printer. But from personal experience maybe not because you have to buy the USB transfer cable separately. Bit of a scam I think!
None the less I still printed sheets for my folio and will continue to because they are very necessary and handy for architects. Just hopefully something will be done to change it. Nice to see that Kodak are advertising how bad there pricing is!
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