These days, more and more people are buying continuous ink systems for their printers. If they are not buying already, they are at least giving it some serious thought. Continuous ink systems are enjoying this kind of popularity simply because they present a number of advantages over regular inkjet printer cartridges. These advantages are something people need, especially those who are heavy users of printer ink.

What are the advantages that this printing system has that regular inkjet printers do not possess? Here are three advantages.

Continuous Ink Systems are Cheaper

How much does a set of regular inkjet printer cartridges cost nowadays? Let us say that a single cartridge of regular inkjet printer ink costs ?11.99. For a popular printer like, say, Epson Stylus PHOTO R200, you would need six printer ink cartridges. If we do the math, this means a complete replacement of printer ink cartridges for this particular printer model would cost ?71.94.

A typical unit of continuous ink system, which would contain six printer ink bottles, costs around ?69.99. That is not a lot in terms of savings, is it not? However, a typical bottle in a typical unit of this system can contain as much as 100mL of ink. This is ten times as much as a regular inkjet printer cartridge contains.

Continuous Ink Systems are Efficient

Since the ink bottles in a continuous ink system are much, much larger than a typical branded printer ink cartridge, and yet they come at the same price, it essentially means that these ink bottles are a lot cheaper than the regular cartridge. But it is more than that.

In a regular branded inkjet cartridge, a lot of ink is wasted. It either clings to the printer head or is left inside the cartridge itself. You never really get to use up regular ink to the last drop because the printer refuses to print after a certain level of ink has been consumed.

With continuous ink systems, the ink bottles are placed outside the printer. Whilst it is still not advisable to wait until it uses up the last drop of ink, it is still nonetheless possible to use it up right to the last drop. No ink is wasted in this kind of system.

Continuous Ink Systems are Economical

It is a common occurrence for people to run out of ink right in the middle of producing an important, ink-consuming, photo-printing project. When this happens, you would have to rush to the nearest office supply shop to buy a printer ink cartridge, and perhaps some new photo paper. Not only do you get to waste your time by redoing the printing job all over again, but you waste more ink and more paper. These occurrences hardly help in saving money on printing jobs.

With a continuous ink system, such an occurrence can be prevented. Since the bottles of ink are placed in a container outside of the printer, you can immediately see and predict when you would run out of a particular colour of ink. Thus, you would be able to replace the ink bottles of your continuous ink system right before you do an important printing job. No ink is wasted, and you get the printing job done.