The ink can be very expensive. Judging by the speed of use of a recent remanufactured print ink for a HP I would say that it is marginal.
However, you do have the advantage that you do not get print images done without seeing the picture first.
You can get selected photos printed out in a shop, probably at a cheaper cost than the ink from your printer! However, you have to travel to and from a shop. Perhaps there are some online picture printing specialists that do it cheaply and then post the results to you?