HP F4280 - Eats my ink I think!

I have an HP f4280 Inkjet all-in-one printer. I think it eats the ink for lunch. It is supposed to be rated at 200 pages for black and 160 for color.... however, I may get 100 (if I am lucky for black) and 50 for color. Is there an issue with this printer?

Hello rjl24,
Welcome to the HP Support Forums!
I understand that you are getting software errors when trying to open the software on your ENVY computer for the Officejet J6480.
You could try using the Printer Install Wizard on the ENVY computer, this will link up with the printer via the network connection and attempt to download and install the software.
This is the download link for the J6480: HP Officejet Full Feature Software and Driver, if you wanted to try downloading with going to the website.
Cheers,
JERENDS
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