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5 ways to make your inkjet more efficient:
Saving money is what it’s all about these days, and one way you can do that is by making your inkjet printer more efficient. There are several ways to go about doing this and the more tips you implement, the more efficient it is to run and use your printer. These tips don’t cost any extra money; they just take a little getting used to and habit forming techniques.
Use the right cartridge: If your printer designates what printer cartridge you want to use, and you are going to be printing only black and white documents, make sure you are using the cartridge with the black ink. This will help you to avoid replacing the cartridges that use both black and color just because the black ink runs out. If you normally use only the black ink, keep that one in your printer unless you specifically need color.
Recycle paper: Sometimes printing jobs get botched. Instead of throwing away that paper, use it for a note pad or for printing inter-office or personal documents on the other side of the paper. Printer paper use coincides with printer costs, so be frugal with both!
Keep it clean: It should be a normal practice to keep your printer clean inside and out. The inks from the cartridges can sometimes begin to run or blend. Prevent botched printing jobs by cleaning the inside of your printer on a regular basis. Also keeping the printer well aligned will help from wasting printer use too.
Consider refillable cartridges: Using cartridges that you can refill can save you not only money, but from constant frustration. Refillable ink costs only a fraction of ink cartridges and is fairly simple to do. Since no one ever runs out of all of the colors at once, and the only other option is buying an entirely new cartridge, refilling them yourself adds up to a lot of money! That is money in your pocket.
Consider combining options: If you use a printer, a fax, a scanner and a copier all on a regular basis, you may want to consider combining them into one product. The downside to this is if you need something repaired, the whole system goes in. Barring that, a lot of money and time can be saved by using one machine for a variety of needs. You not only save on the price of the machine, but you also save having multiple power cords. There is also need for less space when you combine your printer with other office machinery.
