“Buying more ink for the color printer” has been on my to-do list for a while. And by “A while”, I mean that it almost ran out while I was printing our 2011 Christmas cards. 😉 So when Castle Ink offered me my choice of complimentary cartridges in order to review their service, it was a good time to get that crossed off the list once and for all! Our color printer is a Canon Pixma iP6000D, and within a few days I had an envelope with the full spectrum of replacement color cartridges for it.
I popped open the printer and, upon checking the cartridges, saw that there were two colors completely empty: Blue and yellow. The other ink cartridges were still fairly full, so I tucked the rest of the new cartridges in a cupboard where we store the printer paper to use later.
I just got a new camera yesterday – you’ll be hearing more about that later! – so this was great timing, since I could now print out one of the photos I had taken. Side note: I had no idea how dusty the inside of the printer was until after I looked at the above photo! Well, hey, at least I know my camera can really pick up detail! 😉
Here is a photo of a flower I took last night, printed out on photo paper. Doesn’t that look nice? If you notice any streaks in the photo, remember that I only put two new cartridges in – the rest are the originals. The black ink starting to run a little low, but there’s enough left that I’ll use it a few more times before I toss it and replace it with the new cartridge.
I’m hosting a party on Sunday, so I’ve also been printing out invitations to hand out. Here’s one of the invites, printed on photo paper. I’ve also printed the same invitation on plain paper, and it looks great both ways.
My replacement ink looks great and I’m very happy with it! If you also have a Canon Pixma iP6000D, click here to buy cartridges for it – and if you have a different printer, Castle Ink carries a ton of ink for a variety of other printer brands!
Buying ink is not one of my favorite things, but I’m glad to hear about Castle Ink. I’m like you in that I’ll print until I can’t get a drop more ink out of those cartridges before I replace them. 😉
Right? Some of my Christmas cards had streaks through our photo and I was like, “Hey, good enough!” LOL!
I wish I needed ink. We’ve had a printer for almost a year and it doesn’t work. So I don’t use the ink
BUT
I’m still bookmarking this because one day, the stupid printer will work. and i print a lot. And by “I* I mean I have a 7 year old who just LOVES to print things.
It is surprising how fast we go through ink in our house, i am always on the hunt for good places to get ink. Thanks.
I’m out of ink right now, refuse to go to OM to buy it as it is almost $70!! Off to check this out to see if I can get it for my printer. Also, I’ve never bought from places like this so glad to see a positive review!
Congrats on the new camera! 🙂 Your invitations look great! We go through SO much printer ink, I’m glad to hear of a new resource! Thanks for the intro!
Ugh, buying ink is always such a pain! We don’t even have a color printer anymore because the ink was so expensive! 🙂
Buying ink has always been a pain for me too. I will bookmark this site.
I just bought ink for someone and I almost bought them a new printer instead to save them $30.00. Ink is so expensive these days that it is good to have an option over the name brand. The quality looks great.
YAY for a new camera. I DREAD buying ink, I’ll have to remember this site.
I have to agree I search high and low for any coupons when it’s time to buy ink. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome, this is a great savings find. Thanks!!
I go through a ton of colored in and it is not cheap to replace. Thanks for sharing this…I think it will come in handy!
Ha I do the same thing, I hate going to the office supply store for ink. Sounds like a great service and I have to see if they have my brand
We need ink, thanks for the tip on where to buy it!