HOT deal on HP 45A and 78DN ink at Staples!

[PattyHearst]

Staples has a special promo on their 45A Black & 78DN Color Ink Jey Ink Combo Pack for $54.99. Order two combo packs and use a $25 off $100 coupon (found everywhere) to save the big bucks.

For anyone with a newer HP ink jet or photo printer, this is an amazing deal!

 

[RobD]

Save an extra $2 and get the dual black combo pack and a single hi-capacity color. Same amount of ink, just cheaper...

Hewlett-Packard 51645A Blister Twin Pack
Hewlett-Packard 78 Large Tri-Color Inkjet Print Cartridge

Total comes to $107.98 plus applicable tax, before any coupons...

 

[PattyHearst]

I never seem to get the promised 2x service from the large cartridges--inevitably one of the colors runs out long before the others and then the whole thing needs to be replaced prematurely. With the smaller color cartridges, I don't feel like I waste as much...

 

[Gorham]

Anyone know if these cartridges are compatible with the original photosmart printer. The list on staples says the work with the photosmart 1000, but not sure if that is the original model- I don't remember a number in the name.

 

[JimmyBoy]

I Just Refilled My HP 1823D Cartridge Yesterday.........For About $4.00

When I get a new cartridge for my HP812c, I always do the Test Page Butterfly so I have a benchmark of comparison. I refilled my color cartridge yesterday and from looking at the ink level in the bottles, I must have used about $4.00 or less worth of ink. The test page is exactly the same as when it was printed with a new cartridge.

I printed a whole bunch of great quality photos this morning.

So why don't more people refill?????????????? I don't get it.

 

[ProtoColD]

where do you buy your refills?c

 

[dboy]

I've refilled carts for a 540, 6xx, 710c, 842c, and now 952c. I've never had a problem with quality. I bought ink in bulk and it's costing me around 50 cents per refill... heck of a lot better than 30 bucks for a new one. Now there's a hot deal.... 98.3% off!

 

[Startide Rising]

If you're looking for refill ink and hints on refilling, take a look at this thread:

HP and Epson Refill ink sources and hints on refilling

I know it is a different forum, but I just didn't want to repost all of the items in that thread.

 

[ChunkyBarf]

Gorham:
These cartridges are not compatible with the original photosmart printer (you mean the big white one that is not very tall and came out in late '98 or early '99 right?). That one takes the "moon and star" cartridges, AKA the "orange and purple" cartridges, or as they are known by HP the #845 and #844 cartridges. Those cartridges are very hard to find, that printer seems to be the worst supported printer in HP history (even worse than the 2000C). Sorry about the bad news pal.

JimmyBoy:
I think the reason that most people do not refill their carts is because the initial refill is a bit daunting. I get customers tell me all the time that when they first refilled their cartridge they made a mess, it did not vacuum correctly, it leaked, etc... and I think that scars them for life. I dunno, just a theory of mine. If you can save money and still get GOOD quality prints out of your cartridges, then more power to you. I still have 2 #45 cartridges from the Rite-Aid "Buy 1 Get 1 Free" promo some time ago, so I will not have an opportunity to refill anytime soon.

Thanks for the advice,
Good heads-up on a good deal !
ChunkyBarf

 

[HoosierDadE]

It seems to me that one of the colors will always run out first. But with a larger cartridge your odds are better. For example, lets say you use small cartridges. You put one in and for awhile happen to use more red but comparably less yellow. You run out of red and have to replace the cartridge. You put in another small cartridge but now you use less red but more yellow. So this one runs out of yellow but not the others. Notice that overall you may have used the exact same amount of each color but still threw ink away. If you had used one large cartridge instead, you may have been able to use all the ink. Obviously this is the extreme but your odds are always better with the larger cartridge (assuming same or lower price per cc of ink). Even if you always run out of the same color first, you would still only throw out the exact same percent of the wasted colors with a larger cartridge.



<< I never seem to get the promised 2x service from the large cartridges--inevitably one of the colors runs out long before the others and then the whole thing needs to be replaced prematurely. With the smaller color cartridges, I don't feel like I waste as much... >>

 

[Doomguy]

I get my carts for my 960cse for $1 each. I work at staples and my manager lets me buy all the carts in the display models. Nice, eh?