Office Max stores offer their generic ink at a lower price. Not a whole lot but they will take you old cartridge on trade and give some off a new generic one. Also had mine refilled at Walgreen, thought it wouldn't work cause a window kept appearing that it was not an original cartridge. My son said that the printer company was putting chips in the original cartridges that would make using refills difficult. It is an extra step in the printing but refills can be used just cancel the message out and press continue printing.