What I suggest to my clients is to work backwards and find cheap ink cartridges, then find the printer that they go in. For example, I recently purchased a Brother DCP-350c printer because their ink is only about $7 per cartridge and they have separate cartridges for each color (red, yellow, blue). If you’re like most people you’ll tend to run out of one color before the other two, then left without the ability to print in that color.

I got my Brother printer for about $90 online and I absolutely love it. It prints, scans, copies and prints photos beautifully. It was well worth the extra money up front. So, next time you’re in the market for a new printer try working “backwards” by finding the cheapest ink first. You can then thank me later.