| When you’re printing at home, it’s easy to save | | | | you have multiple printers in your office, know which |
| ink by printing less—and to save paper by printing on | | | | one costs the least to use per page. |
| both sides of a sheet. But when you’re printing at | | | | Leave the big jobs to print shops. Instead of printing |
| work, you sometimes don’t have the ability to | | | | and copying large jobs in-house, call around to see |
| choose how much you can print. Here are a few tips | | | | how expensive it would be to print it at a print shop. If |
| for saving money on printer consumables at the office. | | | | you compare that to your per-page costs, you may |
| Buy paper and cartridges in bulk. You can save money | | | | find you’ll save money on consumables. |
| by buying printer ink and paper in bulk, sometimes even | | | | Buy printer cartridges from third-party manufacturers. |
| with the original manufacturer. | | | | You can buy third-party printer ink cartridges and toner |
| Buy a printer with a low per-page cost. When buying a | | | | online for a significant price reduction off the normal |
| printer for your office, make long-term costs a priority. | | | | cost—sometimes as much as 50% less. |
| Most office supply stores will tell you how much a | | | | Saving money on office printer cartridges and paper |
| certain printer costs to print per page. If your office | | | | can be a little more involved than saving money at |
| supply store doesn’t know, check with the | | | | home—but it’s still doable. Follow these tips, and |
| manufacturer. | | | | you should be able to reduce your office consumables |
| Know which is the cheapest printer in your office. If | | | | costs significantly. |