Ink runs out quickly HP DeskJet 1112

[iamkhalidraza]

4 days back I bought an HP DeskJet 1112 printer that came along with 2 cartridges. After 4 or 5 colour prints, I got the notification that the colour ink is running out. My black ink cartridge is also half now. I want to know if there are cartridges available with more ink or any tips as how to maintain the level of ink. I am using HP Elitebook 8440p Windows 7 32 Bit.

Thank you.!

[sabretooth04]

First the new cartridges are setup cartridges which don't hold as much ink as regular or XL cartridges.  With that said...

Here is a chart to help with Ink Cartridge Page Estimation.  All cartridges are based on a 5% coverage when new.

Note:  A 5% coverage is about 6 single spaced lines of text on a page. No bold, graphics or pictures.  A full color photo would be 100% coverage.

A ‘regular’ page of text would be about 72 lines and give us 30% coverage (more realistic).  Don’t forget the font type and size you use will use more ink too.

Example: 564 Standard Black = 250 pages at 5% coverage.   

Let’s say your average page coverage you estimate is 30%.  So…250/6 = 41.

Therefore the number of pages expected (30% coverage) out of your cartridge would be about 40 pages.

A 564 Standard Color (300 pages) at 100% coverage yields – 300/20 = 15 pages.

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Your printer uses HP63 cartridges which are rated at black-190 pages, color-165 pages (at 5% coverage).   Again you are using Setup cartridges which have less ink.   You are printing color photo's which use 100% ink coverage.

Here is your math for regular HP63 color cartridges.

Color 165/20 = 8 color pages.

You are right on track. 

[sabretooth04 · Accepted solution]

Update-

I actually found out how much your starter cartridges hold.

Page Yield

black setup cartridge: ~135 pages; tri-color setup cartridge: ~100 pages.

So... your math is:

100/20 = 5 pages color. 

And yes, you can buy regular or XL cartridges with higher page yields.

[iamkhalidraza]

Thank you so much for the timely help!