On my previous printer, I tore through different inks at different rates and was amazed to find that light magenta, AKA pink, was the color I most consumed.  I think it was due to a profile mismatch resulting in a ruddy hue suffusing each print but I’ve had no such problem on my new massive printer which instead is nearly empty of light light gray.  Not light light black, mind you, but light light gray.  I’ve run out of an ink cartridge that most printers simply don’t have.

My standard tactic with my previous printer was to always have a spare of each color on hand and I planned to extend that to my new printer as this often saves on shipping so added 1x of each of the 11 cartridges to my shopping cart and started the check-out process then stopped.

Was it the fact that the purchase totaled over $1100? No.
Was it the fact that it would take two paychecks to pay for ink? No.
Was it the fact that I would then have roughly 1/2 gallon of ink in my house? No.

It was the fact that the purchase was large enough to hit the one year no interest, no payments limit that the site from which I buy ink was offering.  I was going to finance an ink purchase.  It was with a heavy heart but my sense of financial prudence intact that I removed 10 items from cart, swallowed the slightly higher lifetime cost of multiple shipments, and hit the BUY button.  My tub of light light gray ink is on its way, cold and alone, with no friends.  I’m fine with that.