Jonas, As one who has worked in a prepress printing facility for many years and was in charge of large format printers and their consumables, I can tell you a little about inks and inkjet cartridges. I have 2 currently working inkjet printers at home (I'm retired), both HPs. I have been buying bulk ink (both black and color) forever, due to the fact that printer manufacturers make their money on consumable products, especially ink, and because it is not only prohibitively expensive for me to buy new cartridges, I prefer to do simple things like refilling ink cartridges myself.
I have found over the years that bulk ink can last a fairly long time, if kept at room temperature, sealed well, and kept out of the sunlight. I usually store my ink in a cardboard box, in a cabinet in my computer room. I have used ink that has been sitting around for up to 2-3 years without any problem, either in the cartridge operation or in the final printed product. Also, with proper care and maintenance, an inkjet cartridge can last a long time. I can usually refill a cartridge about 6-10 times before it finally just refuses to cooperate. One of the main problems I have run into is the cartridge drying out due to unuse, but this is easily remedied, again with the proper "revival" techniques. I buy my bulk ink from Inksell.com, a company I trust and have been using for years. They have reasonable prices, their instructions are easy to understand, they will assist you with any questions or problems you are having, and they have "specials" from time to time on their products. I would highly recommend them for your ink/cartridges needs. Hope this helps. Bill On Dec 24, 9:31 am, Jonas Lopez <jonaslo...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I want to buy 1 l of inkjet ink for the printer on my Mac, but this $ 40 > purchase has a question: what is the shelf life of inkjet ink? > > If you are like me, you have been paying very, very, very, high prices for > black ink, so why not find and buy enough to last a long time if the shelf > life is ok. > > jml -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
