The Lexmark 12A1970 - Superior Quality Superior Price?

What kind of shopper are you? Depending on your willingness to research, you’ll find the Lexmark 12a1970 inkjet cartridge priced from the manufacturer’s list price of $34.99 to a rock-bottom discount price of $4.99. Sound unbelievable? Here are a few facts about Lexmark inkjet cartridges to make a believer out of you… and help you become a better shopper.

The Lexmark 12a1970 is a black inkjet cartridge that is pigment based, which helps with water and fade resistance for long-term document storage. One advantage to purchasing the OEM (original equipment manufacturer) cartridge is that a new print head is built into the cartridge bottle. Lexmark maintains that they have so highly researched their inks and integrated them with their print heads that buying a new 12a1970 is the next best thing to buying a new printer when you want high-resolution black ink. You can get this cartridge direct from Lexmark for $42.99, but you can also get this cartridge at other retailers for far less. (We found it as low as $31.99.) So if expediency is important to you, get the 12a1970 direct from Lexmark. If you have some time… do the math!

Nevertheless, there are other options available for the thrifty shopper. First, though, remember to read the fine print when shopping for inkjet cartridges. For instance, we found one site that advertised the 12a1970 at a big discount with a 100% guarantee. However, the site made no mention of what the 100% guarantee covered! Remember, if you choose to shop for a Lexmark 12a1970 compatible cartridge, your purchase should result in pigmented ink that is both water and fade resistant for long-term document storage. We found compatible ink cartridges priced as low as $18.90, but there is another caveat in compatible ink cartridges.

Many of the Lexmark 12a1970 compatibles were not new compatibles but remanufactured. Although many remanufactured cartridges are factory tested and rebuilt to strict standards, be sure to find this information and read the guarantee (if there is one) before you make your purchase. Also, remember that one of the selling points of the new OEM 12a1970 is that you get a new print head with your new cartridge. This, of course, is not the case with a remanufactured cartridge.

If you are frugal, you may choose to buy an inkjet refill kit in lieu of a new 12a1970 cartridge. We found refill kits for the Lexmark 12a1970 inkjet cartridge as low as $4.99. Again, though, before purchase, make sure you will end up with the product you expected by reading all product information on the site. It could mean the difference between purchasing high-resolution black ink and disappearing ink!