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Enjoy these couple of offers. As I get more great deals I will pass them along. Remember to always stop by here before you by your printer ink jet cartridges. There is always a better deal hear somewhere. And you might just learn some stuff along the way! Thanks and have a great Thanksgiving!

Shelf life is impacted by variables such as storage conditions. Exposure to heat and light can shorten the shelf life. Additionally the exposure to oxygen will also have detrimental effects on ink. The best way to store ink is in a cool and dry location.

With all that said, a typical shelf life for an ink cartridge is approximately 1 year from the date of manufacturing. Some companies have a 2 year shelf life on their ink cartridges. I have always tried to use an ink cartridge within 6 months of its purchase.

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Another place that I have purchased from that is running some good deals to celebrate their 10 years in business is 123inkjets. They are offering some deep discounts on printer ink right now.

Inkjet Cartridges Up to 75% Off! Limited Time Offer!

So hop on over and check out the two stores with their current discounts! I am sure you will be pleased with what you find over there.

An online search will show you many places to sell your empty printer ink jet cartridges. There should be a list of the brands of cartridges that they buy right on the website. Look for the ones that will pay shipping and provide prepaid labels. It is also a good thing to contribute to fund raising efforts.

Many schools, churches, and charities often do drives to collect empty ink cartridges and sell them to these websites to raise money for a good cause. They can raise money this way and also do something to help the environment. You can also help them by donating you ink cartridges to their collection. You should be able to get a two or three dollar refund on some brands if you live in an area that has office supply stores that are offering this. You just take them with you when you buy something from them that day and it will be deducted from your purchase. Just be sure to check and see if your brand is accepted in the refund policy, some brands are not. It is so much easier and
cheaper for the companies to refill the old cartridge and sell them as remanufactured as it is to make new ones, plus it helps the environment. These companies even sponsor drives to collect empty inkjet cartridges so they will be able to refill and resell them.

Think about all those empty inkjet and toner cartridges being thrown away and contributing to an already overly polluted world. It is a burden on taxpayers and it can take up to five hundred years for plastic to decompose, which is what they are made of. Yes plastic is an awesome material and has been since its birth, but it is made from oil. Have you ever seen the thick black smoke that results from burning plastic, this is very toxic and dangerous to the environment. Estimates say that only twenty to forty percent of ink cartridges are being recycled. This leaves a staggering sixty to eighty percent still going to the landfill.

You can even do the recycling yourself by buying an inkjet refill kit from InkSmile.

There’s no time like the present to start recycling your empty printer inkjet cartridges, even if you have never done it before, it is easy and will save you money. Its a great way to go green and save some money!

As always, don’t forget to check out our featured merchants on the right of the blog for the best deals on compatible ink, OEM ink and remanufactured ink.

Some other tips to help you save money printing are:

1. To ensure quality print jobs so you do not have to reprint, use your printer regularly. If your printer sets idle too long, the inkjets could get clogged and you may have to clean your printhead which takes up ink.

2. Use draft mode when printing for proof reading or just for information. This can save a lot of money on ink.

3. Print using only black ink whenever possible. If you don’t need color, don’t use it.

4. When printing from your browser, don’t print images. Select / highlight what you want to print and then print “selection”.

5. When you shut down your printer, make sure you use the printer’s power switch otherwise your printhead could get parked wrong and make the inkjet print head susceptible to drying out.

So there you go! You can start saving money today if you buy discount inkjet cartridges and follow these five little printing tips. If you have other tips that help you save money printing, please feel free to add them in the comments sections!

So what’s the difference anyway?
What a great question! There are basically three kinds of ink cartridges: OEM, compatible and remanufactured.

• OEM – This stands for Original Equipment Manufacture. An OEM cartidge is a cartridge that is manufactured by the manufacturer of your printer. For instance…a name brand Epson® cartridge for an Epson® printer.
• Compatible - These are NEW cartridges which are not OEM (non-OEM). They are generally filled with high quality ink and designed to the OEM specifications of the printer.
• Remanufactured – These are used or recycled cartridges which are refilled with high quality ink. When you use an ink refill kit, you are “remanufacturing” your own cartridge. You can also send your cartridges away to be professionally filled.

Theinkmart.com will continue to  reveal special promotions from popular discount ink merchants. If they have a coupon, discount code or promotion, we find out about it and list here on this site! No more tiring searches for the best deals. We even look for deals on eBay, so you don’t have to worry!

Most discount ink merchants always have a special so you can save an additional 5% – 20% more off their already discounted prices!

Make sure you have the most recent discounts so always check theinkmart.com first! They expire and change up often!

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