First, stop printing color pictures at home. The quality of pictures produced by a home computer will never match the quality that a knowledgeable technician can produce at a dedicated photo store. If this statement seems incorrect, look behind the counter at the photo processing center, is your printer back there?

Second, stop buying brand new printer ink cartridges. Re-manufactured or refilled ink cartridges can create big savings on home ink costs. Pacific Ink, www.pacificink.com, is a very popular online alternative to buying new printer ink cartridges. A re-manufactured cartridge from Pacific Ink will generally have more ink than a brand new cartridge and cost less money.

Lastly, when printing off of a Web site, try to copy and paste the text into a word processor so that images and ads are not printed as well. These are just a few tips that can help save on printer ink. Follow them and there will be a steep decrease in annual printer ink expenditures.