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The companies and printers I choose to look at may be exceptions to the rule, but I did check with Hewlett-Packard and Lexmark to make sure what was advertised was correct and not a misprint. Canon couldn't confirm the quantity of ink in its starter cartridges in time for this report.

Now, I know some of you are already tearing your hair out and saying, "hold on! Printers come with what are called starter cartridges that are only about half full, so you'll be lucky if you get a week's worth of printing out of them before you have to get more." That may be true; I haven't conducted an exhaustive survey of printer manufacturers and the amount of ink in their starter cartridges. But what I can say is that when researching this story I found that, according to some inkjet printer makers, starter inkjet cartridges sometimes come with a decent amount of ink.

Inkjet printers require one black and one color cartridge to work, and buying brand name replacements for both can cost $40 to $60. But it's relatively easy to find an adequate printer -- one that comes with free ink in the box with the purchase -- for less than that price. So, when faced with spending $50 on ink, it seems economical (NOT environmental) to just pick up a second, third, or fourth backup printer instead. When one printer's ink dries up, throw it away and break out the new printer. I'm going to unofficially call this practice the Earth Killer Method of replacing your inkjet cartridges.

The idea of buying a new printer every time I needed to buy new ink had never occurred to me, probably because it was so impractical and wasteful. But I have to admit it is an interesting concept.

This hypothesis was just too tempting not to look into. Could it really be cheaper? I decided to put on my very novice myth busting hat and find out.

With inkjet printer prices so low, and inkjet replacement cartridge prices so high, is it cheaper to replace your printer instead of buying new ink? That's the debate sparked at Digg's tech page when a user posted to the cost of brand name replacement cartridges. The Digg user's conclusion: It is cheaper to buy a new inexpensive printer for the free ink cartridges included in box instead of buying brand name replacement cartridges that can be very expensive.

What's Cheaper: Replacement Ink, or a New Printer?

What's Cheaper: Replacement Ink, or a New Printer? | PCWorld