Printing is expensive in Maldives, just like everything else. Nowadays a lot of us use inkjet printers at home for everyday use. Original Cartridges are expensive and refilling is not that cheap either.
Recently I bought a Canon Pixma IP 4700 series printer. It has the glossy black casing of its predecessor, the IP4600 and also features stylish gunmetal highlights. Five separate inks - pigmented black, black, magenta, cyan, yellow. Prints up to A4, approximately 8 pages per minute, in colour. My favorite is the CD/ DVD print & the Auto Duplex Printing.
The main reason why I bought this printer is because I could ‘PLAY’ with the ink, do my own refilling. If you wonder why, lets check the cartridge prices in Male’. Each of the 4 CMYK cartridge = Mrf 240 and the big BK cartridge = Mrf 280. So, for the 5 cartridges you will be spending Mrf 1240 (US$ 96.4).
Since I didn’t want to spend that much every time, I bought an extra cartridge set (chipped) and 6 bottles of ink, 100 ml each (with an extra black). This is roughly 15 – 20 refills, and I spent Mrf 642.5 (US$ 50). This will be more than enough for me for a year. And if u calculate how much it will cost u for 15 – 20 set of cartridges/ refills around here, u should know y I choose this.
There are a lot of printers with this kind of options, and if u can skip the copying and scanning features, this is the perfect printer for home use.
