You can save a bunch of money on ink cartridges by purchasing after market ink cartridges from places like 4 Ink Jets, toward the top of this page. I noticed the other day that Walgreens will now refill your empty cartridges for a small fee, both black and color. We have bought cartdriges for Epson printers, HP printers and Cannon printers in the past. My suggestion to you is to buy a printer that has four or more cartridges.

For example our HP printer only uses two cartdriges, one black and one tri-color. The problem with this, is if you run out of one of the colors you have to replace the other two as well, even if there is plenty left in them. We like our HP printer, but we like the way Epson and Cannon provide a separate cartridge for each color, that way you only have to buy the one that is empty.

With the price of printers coming down, it would benefit you to check around and see which ones have the cheapest cartridges before you decide on a printer. Also if you are going to use your printer to print photos, get one that is made for that. If you are going to be printing mostly documents, then buy one that is made for that. Keen shopping can save you both time and money.