printer question

[withm]

Wouldn't replacing the ink cartridges be a LOT cheaper than buying a laser printer that you would hardly ever use?

[smilingcat]

inkjet cartridges cost anywhere from $20.00 to $90 per set. I just bought a replacement color for kodak printer EPS 7 (for someone I know). It cost around $20.00. I also just bought a black ink for Epson Artesian 830 printer at around $20.00 and a color set for another Epson printer at $70.00. Laser printers are so cheap now that replacing the inkjet cartridge two or three times is more than enough to pay for a good quality laser printer.

And you would not have to be replacing a cartridge every time to print few pages. It's worth to buy a laser printer if you are only printing few pages a month and where inkjet would be constantly be clogged for lack of use. I should know because one of my inkjet printer is a wide format printer capable of handling big sheet of paper. I print a small page at least once a week to keep it from clogging up. nozzle cleaning eats up more ink than a few pages of printing. The large format is something I need from time to time but not every day.

[Catrin]

Wouldn't replacing the ink cartridges be a LOT cheaper than buying a laser printer that you would hardly ever use?

I purchased my B/W laser printer 5 years ago for right at $100. A toner cartridge costs $60. I've needed to replace that once in five years. My old color ink-jet went through cartridges like candy - and it was more expensive than my current toner cartridges to replace. As I remember the ink jet printer cost me next to nothing - but the cartridges were a very different story. Sometimes I go weeks between printing but there is never a problem with the laser printer.

[Becky]

We have the same problem here- infrequent printing and dry ink. For the price of a inkjet all in one, we were able to purchase a color laser all in one through a discount program at work. Considering that I was having to put ink in the old printer at least once a year at ~$50 a pop, we'll have paid off the new printer before the toner runs out.

The output isn't photo quality, but it's good enough for my needs. We rarely print photos.

[Owlie]

My next printer will be a color laserjet. This inkjet printer (and the one I had for five years that crapped out last fall) eat ink like popcorn, and they seem to dry out if not used regularly.

[Koronin]

I agree with the laser. We actually have 2. Short version, hubby had to move across state to take a new job after having been out of work for around 9 months. We both needed a printer. We prefer laser and rarely to never need color for anything. The one laser printer we have is one that prints 2 sided and would have been very expensive, but hubby got it for free because where he worked at the time it was in a box labeled broken and he's good at fixing this type of thing so they let him have it for free. The toner for that one costs around $175 for a cartridge that will last about 2-3 years with heavy printer. (I have to print a LOT for my job). The other printer was purchased for around $100 and the toner costs just under $70. It doesn't last nearly as long, but it lasts at least 3 times as long an ink cartridges. Both of our printers are HP.

[Irulan]

We have three laser printers here for various reasons. You can get non OEM toners at very good prices from www.supermediastore.com and inkjetsuperstore.com

I'm talking 30-50 for a toner cartridge instead of 80-150

[Geonz]

Youse guys are awesome My printers will go to the "technology disposal drive" next time it comes around and my desk will have a laser printer soon.

[carlotta]

One other feature that's nice is wireless printing--- maybe this is a default feature now, but my old laser printer didn't have it and I didn't realize how great it would be until I brought the new printer home-- multiple laptops, houseguests, etc have all been able to print just by logging into our network rather than having to move files/emails on flash drives or via email to my computer that's hardwired to the printer