The going price for a single black HP 962 XL cartridge on Amazon was $54. And since HP tightly controls the pricing for its cartridges, I wasn’t going to find a discount anywhere else.

After researching 100 ink cartridges across some of the best printer brands ... Printer manufacturers like HP sell their printers at competitive prices but recoup their profits by selling high ...

It comes as no surprise that printer ink is expensive. Printer manufacturers operate on the classic razor-and-blade business model: sell printers at low prices to lock customers into purchasing ...