Make your Printer Ink Cartridge Last Longer

Tired of making your wallet lighter-- by paying for printer ink cartridges that finish off faster than you can ever imagine? Integration of these simple but valuable tips will stretch your budget and help your ink last longer.

Steer Clear of Ink Warnings

Are you getting frequent warnings that say that your printer is out of ink—ignore them! Most ink cartridges are designed to flash their “ink out” alerts even when there is 8-45 percent of ink remaining in them. So, stop getting flustered by these pop-ups and messages and wait for your print outs to showcase the completion of ink.

Bold is not always Beautiful

It’s true. Instead of going in for chunky, thick and bold fonts that require a higher quantum of ink and end up depleting your cartridges before time, go in for skinny texts and make your investments last longer. Some of the best ink-sipping fonts that make your task affordable are New Courier and Arial—try them. If you want to go in for more savings, then put in some time and effort to download Ecofont. This simple-to-use free font uses 20% less ink—by putting in small white circles in each character.

 

Go small!

Using a smaller font size is not only more attractive to the eye; it ends up saving good money too. If you still do not know the difference between a 14-point font and one that is sized at 12-point, then do know that super sized fonts require more ink for printing and are not worth the cause. So, go super-sized only if you really have to do the same.

Proof read before Printing

If a small grammar ,mistake or spelling error can make you go through the act of reprinting all over again, then it is  a good idea to proof read your document—before you go ahead and click on “print”. The habit leads to good savings in the long run and makes your toner last longer.

Tweaking Your Printer Settings the Right Way

While the factory settings of printers are designed to turn them into ink guzzlers—the same is not very difficult to change. If you intend to bring about changes in your printer's settings (default) and if you are using a Windows-based computer, then try this. Click on start > printers and then click right click on your preferred printer and go through the list of printer preferences, select accordingly.

Changes worth doing:

●     Set your print quality to "draft"

●     Set the color option to "print in grayscale"

●     The "document options" can be made to print multiple pages per printing sheet

Print What You Require

Instead of printing all the ink-hogging extras like ads, banners, images and other non-textual content, it makes good sense to delete all that is not required with just a few clicks and print only the text that is absolutely necessary.

So, instead of brooding over the cost of many more Canon cartridges that come your way, just go through these tips and make sure that you use them to enhance your savings—the right way!