Why do you have to buy ink only from the Dell company ? -

Does anyone know if it can be purchased else where?

You certainly don t! Dell printers are made by quot;Lexmarkquot;. So you can go to any office supply store or best buy, take your old cartridge with you and find the equivalent, either Dell or Lexmark. hope this helps

The ink is where the money is. They lose money on printers so they can sell you the ink.

Actually, that s not true at all. They d love for you to order it from them because they re getting rich off of it lol. Radio Shack, Staples, Best Buy,,they all have ink fairly inexpensive. Larry RadioShack 01-9590

because you have a dell printer?

Ink is ink but the cartridge it goes into will only fit certain printers. So you must buy the correct cartridge for your printer unless you use a cartridge refill system which includes some type of syringe. Then you inject the ink into your original cartridge amp; replace back in printer.

Yes You Can They Just Don t Guarantee It And Prolly Will Void Your Printer Warranty.....

if you mean ink cartridges - personally have a Lexmark and can purchase my specific or most compatible cartridges at WalMart or local discount store