Choosing An Office Printer That Uses The Cheapest Ink

There exists a never-ending battle of trying to squeeze every drop from every penny, and your office supply expense is no different! Have you recently made that monthly trip to the office supply store of your choice to only find out that the same amount of money you spent last month won’t even come close to covering this month’s basic needs?

Office supplies are one of those necessary evils across the board from small start-ups, to the big corporate giants. It definitely falls into the category of ‘just how much money it takes to do business.’

Perhaps you have had a ‘sit-down’ with your office manager to try and get a tighter grip on regular expenses. After we were all essentially shut down due to Covid-19, and we now are faced with replenishing those office supplies for the ones of us who are having to go back to a brick and mortar office. By having fewer people in the office, as more people adopt the work from home model, it still takes money to make money and the office supply budget is once again the center of the dispute.

In this post, we are going to take a look at which computer printers use the cheapest ink. Printer ink is absurdly expensive, and finding one that is cheap on the budget but efficient in getting the job done is a bona fide win-win for your office supply budget and managers!

Printers That Offer You Savings When Purchasing Their Ink

The Line-Up From Canon

Canon has made a name for itself in the printer market in the last decade. With the introduction of wireless PIXMA print technology, Canon seemed to be poised to flood the market with the latest in-demand products.

That trend has continued with such models as the Canon Pixma G7020 that operates on an ink tank format allowing you the opportunity to shop for the best value in third-party inks to fill the tank with. This Canon printer is capable of producing in excess of 6000 pages of black, or up to 7700 color pages per ink bottle.

This printer will get you a lot of document printing done with a very minimal amount of ink.  This model tends to be difficult to set up, and the LCD screen is rather small, and difficult to view.

Another Canon printer in the Pixma family is the Canon Pixma TS5051. This printer is more in line with what offices are accustomed to. Buying those expensive ink cartridges. Even though there have been reviews that stated this printer used ink faster than other models, it is considered to be one of the best ‘cheap ink printers’ since Canon and third-party ink cartridge manufacturers can offer ink for this printer for as little as $10 each according to the brand of ink you choose.

The Pixma TS5051 is one of the easiest to set up and use printers on the market today. That being said, most of the negative complaints about this printer were that its operation was quite noisy. Other than that this printer, combined with a third-party ink cartridge can soften some of those blows to your office supply fund.

Computer Printer Ink Solutions From HP

The HP ENVY Photo 7155 is an all-in-one printer that is well suited for photographers and those printing lots of photographs. The 7155 is an all-in-one that boasts a scanner, copier, printer, and an SD card slot that is easy to access. This printer is very affordable, easy to use, and can print color photographs for as little as 5 cents each!

Add to that an ‘Ink Subscription Service’ from HP and you have one of the cheapest to operate, and easiest to use printers on the market today. This subscription service offers the buyer 2 months of free ink and cartridges for as little as 99 cents thereafter.

The cons of this printer lie in its difficult set-up and its inconsistent Wi-Fi capabilities.

The HP OfficeJet Pro 6968 is jam-packed with features including scanning, printing, faxing, dual-sided print options, and automatic document feeding. This printer easily handles print jobs from home or office and offers the same money-saving ink subscription as the 7155 we discussed above.

Even though you can get inexpensive ink through the HP ink service, this printer still has the propensity to use ink cartridges at a rapid pace.

Printer Offerings From Brother 

The brand of printers offered by Brother often gets overlooked due to their smaller share of the computer hardware industry. The truth of the matter is, they have just as many options, and price ranges for their computer hardware solutions as their competitors do.

Take, for example, the Brother MFC-J995DW, and the Brother HL-L2300D Monochrome Laser Printers. These two printers are loaded with features, have an easy-to-use and set-up, can connect via Wi-Fi or USB, and can easily be switched between home and office use.

Besides their budget-friendly price point, they also use one of the cheaper ink cartridges on the market today. When compared to the HP ENVY Photo 7155, both of these printers stack up well in speed, durability, ink usage, and print quality.

Computer hardware from Brother is well worth looking into, particularly for start-ups on a tight budget.

And Others…

Walk into any office supply store, and you quickly realize that there are a plethora of computer printers out there today. You may have certain requirements regarding what your printer needs are for the business that you are in.

One of these printers may be just the thing, or they miss the mark of what your printer needs are. Start-ups that need to watch every penny during those formidable years may opt for the savings that these printers offer. In order to facilitate exactly what your printing needs are, a consultation with Technijian may be in order.

If you have any issues or concerns regarding your current IT services or advice on hardware solutions, why not take just a moment and either call, or go by the Technijian website and begin the conversation that may just ultimately lead you to IT solutions and saving across the board!