We will have to admit – we rarely attempt to refill an ink cartridge on our own. We either sprung for a new one, or let the experts handle it; that’s just the way we roll, and mainly because we can be such klutzes there is no telling where that ink will end up.

Anyway, we watched this video and figured we were right about leaving it to the experts after all. We could totally imagine being in this guy Jon Davison’s shoes!

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An ounce of filet mignon can cost you $1 at your grocery store — and the butcher won't hesitate to quote you the price.

But the cost of ink for your computer's printer? It can rival the cost of caviar — and you won't be able to pin down the price because the companies that make the cartridges don't tell you how much ink they contain.

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Officials who regulate weights and measures for states are preparing for a showdown with manufacturers over how ink cartridges are labeled.

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It is never a good thing to get caught sleeping on the job – more so if the job that you are currently doing involves stealing.

A thief found herself arrested by police in Spokane, Washington, after being caught sleeping inside the Rapid Refill Ink store on Monday morning, according to a report on the WSMV-TV Nashville website. The report also surmises how the suspect may have grown tired after the robbery and was prompted to doze off – perhaps a bit longer than originally intended.

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An Albany company that refills ink cartridges is moving into Price Chopper supermarkets in the mid-Hudson.

I Fill Inkjets is bringing its cartridge-refilling service to Price Choppers in Middletown, New Windsor, Newburgh, Poughkeepsie and Saugerties. Customers bring in their empty ink cartridges and drop them off at the store's customer service desk, then pick them up the next day.

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It seems like every which way you turn, there are scammers who lurk in the shadows, and they can come up with the most imaginative ways possible to cheat people – and bigshot companies – of their cash.

According to a news report, Xerox became a victim of three scammers who managed to cheat the company out of $90,000.00 worth of printing supplies. Although that amount may seem like a tiny speck of the Xerox fortune, it is certainly an amount that is more than just worth sitting up for and taking notice

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With inkjet printer prices so low, and inkjet replacement cartridge prices so high, is it cheaper to replace your printer instead of buying new ink? That's the debate sparked at Digg's tech page when a user posted this photo comparing deskjet ink prices to the cost of brand name replacement cartridges. The Digg user's conclusion: It is cheaper to buy a new inexpensive printer for the free ink cartridges included in box instead of buying brand name replacement cartridges that can be very expensive.

This hypothesis was just too tempting not to look into. Could it really be cheaper? I decided to put on my very novice myth busting hat and find out.

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Japanese imaging giant Canon Inc is set to takeover Europe's largest printer manufacturer, Océ for approximately €730 million ($1.1 billion) in an all-cash deal, aiming to create the world's largest printing entity, benefiting from an excellent complementary fit in product lineup, R&D and business lines.

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Ink cartridge manufacturer Dynamic Cassette International has been fined more than £10,000 for failing to comply with packaging waste legislation.

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In a previous post, we already warned readers about telemarketers who try to trick small businesses into purchasing toner and ink cartridges. Judging from a more recent news feature, however, it seems that such scams are not yet letting up.

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A seven-year court battle between Lexmark International and a North Carolina company that provides supplies to companies that remanufacture printer cartridges has reached a final ruling in U.S. District Court.

Last month, Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove dismissed a number of claims by Lexmark and Static Control Components and said they "shall recover nothing." The ruling ended with a note saying the companies could present arguments that the other should pay for costs and attorneys' fees but cautioned that in "close and difficult" cases, costs are sometimes denied as "a proper exercise of discretion."

The case may be far from over, though.

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Developing and selling ink that is compatible but considerably cheaper than manufacturer-produced ink and cartridges is a practice that printer manufacturers do not necessarily encourage – but blatant counterfeiting of manufacturer products? Now that is an entirely different story.

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We estimate that HP's (HPQ) Printers and Ink Cartridges business constitutes 24% of the company's stock price. HP's printer business makes money primarily through the sale of ink and toner supplies for its printers.

HP's market share in printers has gone from 35% in 2005 to 40% in 2008. We expect HP's share gains to continue over the Trefis forecast period due to HP's strong relationships with large business buyers and its traction with consumers through its PC business which has also gained share in recent years.

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Hewlett-Packard, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of computer related products, knows how important it is to offer products which use less natural resources and are more (SEE THIS)-friendly, They started the trend back in the 1970s, long before living a greener lifestyle was considered as important as it is today. Between punch cards, laser printer cartridges, or ink cartridges, HP takes steps to cut back consumption in all areas. This is why Newsweek has named it the greenest company in America.

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Office Depot® (NYSE:ODP), a leading global provider of office products and services, today announced the availability of Office Depot brand ink and toner that is compatible for use with Dell printers. The cartridges are currently available at Office Depot retail locations nationwide and online at (SEE THIS)

Office Depot’s line of Dell compatible ink and toner products allow customers to save 20 percent versus purchasing the national brand equivalent, and all Office Depot ink and toner cartridges are backed by a 100 percent quality guarantee.

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Truth in advertising is everything, especially when it comes to the high price of ink. So when Kodak advertised that consumers would save “on average $110 annually on ink by switching to Kodak ink and printers,” HP challenged the claim with a complaint to the National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus (NAD). The NAD is an independent organization that resolves disputes over truth in advertising as an alternative to litigation. Kodak failed to show up for its NAD complaint proceeding, and instead defended itself with a press release asserting that its ads have been approved by the NAD and that the complaint is “simply an effort to maintain HP’s dominant market presence while it continues to increase its ink prices.”

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On paper, the recycling program was touted as a bold step toward California's green, climate-friendly future.

A mountain of plastic and metal would be diverted from landfills. Greenhouse gas emissions would tumble. And one of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's climate change goals – trimming power use in state buildings by 20 percent – would nudge closer to reality as agencies snapped up new, more efficient office printers.

That is what state and Hewlett-Packard officials said last year when they joined forces to ship used HP printer ink cartridges from state offices to Virginia to be ground up and recycled into auto parts, serving trays, clothes hangers and other products.

But a Bee investigation, based on more than 100 pages of e-mails and other records, has found that 17 months after it was created, the program has delivered few if any of its promised climate benefits.

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"Some of the most popular toner cartridges are sold by HP, Dell, and Brother. Toner cartridges that people tend to purchase the most include:

1. Brother TN-350 black toner cartridge
2. Dell X5015 310-5417
3. HP-92A C4092A
4. HP-3A Q2613A

Other popular toner cartridges from HP include: HP 2550, 2550L, 2820, and 2840 cartridges. A few of the more popular choices for toner cartridges under the Brother brand are TN-460, TN-430, and DR-400. Color toner cartridges are also available from these companies."

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As more and more consumers are realizing the value of refilling and recycling ink cartridges, Cartridge World franchisees are reaping the benefits. The world's fastest growing ink and toner refilling retailer is reporting double digit increases in same-store sales for the sixth consecutive month, with domestic same store sales increasing 16.3% for Quarter Two over last year.

Despite the tough economic conditions, 55 percent of Cartridge World's stores have achieved an all time high month at some point during the seven months of the year.

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The Courtenay operations of Island Ink-Jet are no more.

Company CEO Carey Porcher has shut down all operations of the company headquarters.

Independent franchisees will continue to run using inks from other suppliers.

Porcher said the company has been losing money since it lost 100 US locations three years ago.

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Palo Alto Research Centre (PARC) which is a subsidiary of Xerox Inc has developed a type of paper that, combined with a special printer, can print documents that erase themselves after a day so that the paper can be reused.

According to Xerox almost 25 percent of all documents can be recycled the same day they are printed, and that 44.5 percent are intended only for a single viewing. Using the new printer and paper for one-shot documents like daily menus, work summaries and office memos could vastly reduce paper and energy use, the company said.

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There was an interesting development in the printer industry last week. Lexmark announced a new line of inkjet printers for homes and small businesses.

No big news there. The really big news is that the ink cartridges will be reasonably priced, and, added Lexmark, they will contain more ink than their old standard cartridges.

If you do a lot of printing of letters, Web pages and forms that need only black ink, there is more good news: One black cartridge for these new printers costs a penny under $5 - and that's the suggested retail price.

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Zoe Kleinman finds out why printer cartridges are being replaced before they completely run out of ink.

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Four alleged ink-cartridge thieves operating in Utah and Salt Lake counties were nailed at Staples Thursday morning in Orem.

An employee aware of prior thefts alerted Orem police at 11 a.m. that three suspected shoplifters were in the store at 157 N. State.

When police arrived, a fourth member of the ring in a black Chevrolet Avalanche tried to speed away from the store's parking lot toward Orem Boulevard, only to collide with another vehicle and roll the Avalanche. He was then Tasered and detained.

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According to a survey by information technology research firm Gartner, the worldwide combined printer, copier and multifunctional printer shipments market totaled 51.3 million units in the first half of 2009, a 20.2 percent decline over first half of 2008 shipments. The report found while not a single region was spared the downward trend, the emerging regions of Eastern Europe, Middle East and Latin America were the worst hit, as shipments declined 41.8 percent, 28 percent and 22.9 percent, respectively, in the first half of 2009.

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