What is the difference in Lexmark Ink 16 and 17? -

I have a printer that calls for either 16 or 17. There is about a $10 price difference. What is the difference?

The difference is quantity of ink. A number 16 black has 10ml of ink whereas the number 17 only has 5ml. in a number 17 there is only half a sponge so the maximum capacity of that cartridge can only be 5 ml. If you are doing a lot of printing it is well worth the extra $10 to get the number 16. The same is true for the 26 and 27 colour cartridges. The 26 has twice as much ink as the number 27.

The difference is their capacity. The $10 difference buys you more ink in the cartridge, which leads to more pages printed before your next cartridge replacement. I was trying to find the expected number of pages for each cartridge, but every site has conflicting data... If I find something concrete, I ll let you know.

I have used both,,could see very little difference in each.