One of the costs that really bothers me is the price of print cartridges and the number of times I have to replace them.
I have seen people mention $25 for a cartridge, and upwards in the US.
I wish! Twice that price that here.
Anyway, to cut to the chase, I came across a tip a couple of days ago which extends
the life of your cartridge by about 3 times but which also prints a lot faster.
You will hear new sounds from your printer!
I am sure some people are aware of this, but the tip is as follows:
When you wish to print, you click on File, then Print.
This box then appears:
Click on properties, as shown.
You will then find that it is set to “General Everyday Printing” by default.Click the drop down menu and you will
see an option for “Fast Economical Printing”. Click on this.
Now click “OK” and you are ready to go.
You will have to do this every time as far as I can see .
This will vary depending on both your system and computer but you should be able to find your way around following these instructions.
I have tried this for a few days and I have found that on my system B&W looks perfect, colors slightly faded.
I think this is a great tip for me. Obviously, if you are printing your best family photographs you will not use this.
I hope this helps somebody to reduce their online costs.
Update:
I have now found that you can set your printer to stay on “Fast economical printing” by doing the following:
Go to your “Control Panel”, click on “Printers and Other Hardware” (this may vary with your system) and go to your installed printer(s).
Highlight your printer and you should see a left side bar with the title “Printer Tasks”.
Click on “Select Printer Preferences” and there you can set your preferences as default.
This may vary with your operating system but this should give you an idea of the way to set your preferences.
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