The Australian website NineMSN has posted something we all know, but sometimes should be reminded of: the enormous costs of printer ink. The website has posted an infographic that compares several liquids of which ink is by far the most expensive. There is a whopping $2k difference between famous parfume Chanel no5. ($3180 per liter) and color ink, which goes for $5654 per liter. Black ink is only slightly cheaper, as according to the Australian site, it costs $5544 per liter which a $100 difference.
Prices are compared by using standard HP cartridge with 4.5ml of ink in it and calculate the price from that to a liter. We're all aware of the expensive prices and many have found ways to get cheaper ink. Ink refill kits, certain cheaper brands and other ways of printing are ways of getting away from the ridiculously expensive inks.
The business model of the expensive ink is based on the fact that printers are relatively cheap and therefor the ink has to make up for the losses printer manufacturers have to make, that's the idea. The same approach is applied for consoles, where the console itself is relatively cheap while the games are more expensive.
If this business model is still valid for printers we don't know, as more expensive printers not always come with cheaper inks. All we know is that it's about time our ink gets cheaper!
