What are your thoughts about HP Instant Ink?
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So I did some math on this and I've revised my view on this program...
For people with fairly efficient printers, so 8600s basically, if you buy OEM XL cartridges, it's 1.7¢/page for black and 5.8¢/page for color. If you print almost exclusively black and just enough color to keep the cartridges good, as a general rule, it's cheap to buy the cartridges outright. However, the average person, so including non-IT people, go weeks between printing, or go to FL for six months a year and they have their ink dry up, etc. I think the program is great for the list tiers. If you're printing more than the 300 pages/month, the advantage in price starts to disappear. However, for the average person, the HP Ink program is actually a good value.
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Also, they mail the cartridges to you. If you sign up as soon as you buy the printer, they immediately send you a backup set of cartridges to replace your starters when they are used up. Then, as soon as the system detects you've installed that replacement, it automatically sends you a replacement for your hot spare. All that being said, I like this program a lot.
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So I learned from the HP rep who comes to Staples that, to date, over 95% of people who have signed up for the HP instant ink program, which to be fair is relatively new, have kept the subscription so far. Personally, especially for people who are snowbirds or do very minimal printing, this is a very cost-effective solution. The only downside is the printer must maintain an active internet connection for it to work. While this isn't really an issue for most home users, I could see it being an issue, potentially.
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@thanksajdotcom Good to know. Thanks
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That's actually pretty cool, but a bit scary to......Paranoia kicking in
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@BMarie said:
That's actually pretty cool, but a bit scary to......Paranoia kicking in
I've seen their web interface for tracking it too. It's actually pretty neat and clean.
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@thanksajdotcom said:
@BMarie said:
That's actually pretty cool, but a bit scary to......Paranoia kicking in
I've seen their web interface for tracking it too. It's actually pretty neat and clean.
I'll have to check it out.
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@BMarie said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
@BMarie said:
That's actually pretty cool, but a bit scary to......Paranoia kicking in
I've seen their web interface for tracking it too. It's actually pretty neat and clean.
I'll have to check it out.
If you currently have an HP printer, you'd have to buy a new one, unless your current one is less than 6 months old. It only works on their newest printers.
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@thanksajdotcom said:
@BMarie said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
@BMarie said:
That's actually pretty cool, but a bit scary to......Paranoia kicking in
I've seen their web interface for tracking it too. It's actually pretty neat and clean.
I'll have to check it out.
If you currently have an HP printer, you'd have to buy a new one, unless your current one is less than 6 months old. It only works on their newest printers.
Don't have a printer at all atm
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@BMarie said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
@BMarie said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
@BMarie said:
That's actually pretty cool, but a bit scary to......Paranoia kicking in
I've seen their web interface for tracking it too. It's actually pretty neat and clean.
I'll have to check it out.
If you currently have an HP printer, you'd have to buy a new one, unless your current one is less than 6 months old. It only works on their newest printers.
Don't have a printer at all atm
Well okay then.
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@BMarie said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
@BMarie said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
@BMarie said:
That's actually pretty cool, but a bit scary to......Paranoia kicking in
I've seen their web interface for tracking it too. It's actually pretty neat and clean.
I'll have to check it out.
If you currently have an HP printer, you'd have to buy a new one, unless your current one is less than 6 months old. It only works on their newest printers.
Don't have a printer at all atm
Neither do I!
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@scottalanmiller said:
@BMarie said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
@BMarie said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
@BMarie said:
That's actually pretty cool, but a bit scary to......Paranoia kicking in
I've seen their web interface for tracking it too. It's actually pretty neat and clean.
I'll have to check it out.
If you currently have an HP printer, you'd have to buy a new one, unless your current one is less than 6 months old. It only works on their newest printers.
Don't have a printer at all atm
Neither do I!
Well, you have a printer, but it's across the pond...
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Hardcopy needs to cease being a thing.
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