I have been using HP printers for over 40 years, starting with laser printers and moving to ink jet printers for the last 25 years. I always felt the pricing of toner was appropriate for the amount of printing generated. However, ink for all the inkjet printers that I have used has been a horribly priced product. Not only that, with cartridges having a dated shelf life, and software encoding that prohibits using compatible ink cartridges, I have decided that it is time to change brands. HP printer are priced appropriately, in my opinion. However their price for ink is outrageous. I don't mind paying a reasonable amount for supplies, but HP is pricing itself out of the market. HP doesn't allow refilling of cartridges, and will not supply a more cost effective refill for its own cartridges. Another irritating "feature" is the fact that without serviceable cartridges, the printer, scanner, copier - all of it is just dead weight on my desktop. Too much to tolerate any further.