I'm a 30-something professional freelance writer, and I'll be chronicling my journey toward reducing printer costs. You see, between my work (contributing to various locally-based magazines and newspapers) and personal hobbies (photography and keeping up with interesting news articles), I have in the past spent around $200 to $300 a month solely on replacing the ink cartridges on the 4 different printers I own.

I'm a big fan of printing anything interesting I encounter on the Internet out and reading it offline, as I don't like staring at the computer screen for prolonged periods of time. In a given day, I'll print several photos, in addition to 5 or 6 current news articles, as well as a personal journal entry and a few scanned pages for the scrapbook. In addition, I love the sound that printers make when they work. To me, it's soothing, and there's nothing better than savoring a freshly printed document. So I pretty much use my printers whenever I can find an excuse or reason to.

That all adds up to a good amount of ink consumption, and so I'm forced to fork over the cash for a run over to the nearest office supplies store.

I'm not willing to cut back on the amount of printing I do on a daily basis though, and so in the past months I've been trying to look for ways to save on ink. I've had success saving money on ink cartridges through online merchants like 4Inkjets and 123Refills, and I'd like to share with you my positive experiences with those companies.

Ultimately, I started this blog because I'd like to share what I do find in my research towards saving on printer ink. If I can save a few folks some cash, that would make it all worthwhile. And to be honest, I enjoy writing - it's cathartic. Almost as much as I love printing.