[KevinD103]

(02-24-2012, 11:25 PM)Slynky Wrote: I knew/know it's expensive but have never computed it. On the other hand, I would have to express some mild disbelief that aftermarket ink can be 50 times cheaper than OEM ink. That seem astonishing. It's like saying a cartridge of CYAN from OEM that costs $20 will only costs me 40 cents from aftermarket. (using your initital figures of $5,000 per gallon versus $100 per gallon).

I have researched and computed the actual cost of ink.

HP OEM 88 Cartridge color ink = 9ml @ $15.99 each
cost of ink is $1.77 per ml

Cobra Pigment ink for CIS system = $41.45 per 17oz
cost of ink is $.0824 per ml

Link to HP 88 cartridge price

Link to Cobra System Ink

There are 3,785 ml in one US gallon. At $1.77 per ml that works out to $6699.45

For myself, I'm very satisfied with the printer system I bought two years ago from Cobra Ink Systems. That printer is still chugging along and I'm about to buy another for the upgraded features. This first one has paid for itself many times over and has had over 5k sheets of paper through it.

And for the record I do not work for or affiliated with Cobra Ink System.