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Configuration (8.00)
The HP Photosmart C5180’s ink system is composed of six colors—black, yellow, light blue, blue, light magenta, and magenta. These Vivera inks are reputed by HP to last more than 100 years. The cartridges are aligned in an immovable rack along the front of the printer’s interior, not in a print head carriage like most other inkjet printers. The brightly colored cartridges and easy snap-in design make replacement a cinch.
 Value (5.50)
HP reports that the 02 series cartridges required for the C5180 can yield 150 4 x 6-inch prints, costing 24 cents a print using their standard value pack. They also report 480 document pages using the black cartridge. The cartridges themselves cost $17.99 for a 10 ml black cartridge and $9.99 for a 4 ml color cartridge. That’s $1.80/ml for black and $2.50/ml for color, compared to the Canon Pixma MP600’s inks, which cost $.86 per milliliter for pigment black and $1.10 for color.
Ink management tool (6.50)
Checking ink levels is possible via the software or the on-unit menu in the Tools section. The measure is coarse and only an estimate, according to the software.
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