Let's start with a few startling numbers If you were to fill up the petrol tank in your car with the printer ink that comes in HP, Canon or Lexmark replacement ink cartridges it would cost over £3,000 – more than 42 times the price of petrol or diesel

A large number of printer manufacturers across the world will tell you that the warranty on your printer will become void if you use a third party replacement cartridge in your machine As you may already know, companies like HP, Lexmark, OKI, Canon and Epson sell their printers cheap (sometimes even below cost) and make their money off selling you replacement ink cartridges for your printer; so they will do everything that they possibly can in order to make sure that when you need a new ink cartridge you will go back to the manufacturer and buy their branded cartridge

Come on, be honest: you thought you got a great deal on that computer printer until it was time to replace the ink cartridges Now, you understand how companies like Hewlett Packard, Epson, OKI and Canon make such a large amount of money

For many people the most frustrating part of home PC ownership is replacing your ink cartridges in your printer It is clear that the major manufacturers have a got a great thing going in selling replacement ink – it has now become a £40 billion business worldwide

It can be quite amazing to watch the various generations of office equipment come and go, especially since this seems to be happening at such a quick pace For those of us who have been there since the beginning of this wild and unpredictable ride in the world of technology, we can honestly say that each generation of equipment seems to be getting more efficient, more powerful and certainly more impressive

As professionals, we are always looking for tools that will help us produce, in a timely and practical manner, flawless work that can stand up to the harshest scrutiny – after all, time does equal money Fortunately, thanks to the technology we now all have at our disposal, we can choose from a varied selection of electronic equipment that can help us achieve our professional goals

Of course, you expect your state of the art (or maybe not quite so) printer to produce the best copies possible However, while most people tend to focus on the printer itself as the reason their copies do not quite measure up they often forget that their printer supplies are equally important in producing that ‘perfect’ copy

Thanks to technology, one of the most important office tools we use, on a daily basis, is our printer Unfortunately, however, choosing the right printer, to meet our exact needs, can be incredibly daunting and quite a challenge and thanks to the multitude of makes and models now available on the market, figuring it all out may just require a PhD

In our world where technology is moving so quickly, it can be quite easy to forget that there are generations before us that never had the opportunity of benefitting from all the tools that we now find ourselves so attached to Thanks to the advent of the computer, we can now benefit from a more productive and efficient work day and while many of us realize just how crucial a computer can be to our home or office, we often neglect to upkeep and maintain our expensive printer and our equally expensive printer supplies