On Wed, 9 Jan 2008 05:03:26 -0800, William Sommerwerck wrote:

By the way... The cartridges are now made in China, but HP still charges the
same price as when they were made in Japan. HP is currently selling the
P1006 LaserJet for $100 -- the same price as the 4M cartridge.

That's no doubt a volume quirk, as much as any other conspiracy view.
Back in the last century, they were selling those toner cartridges like
hot cakes. Now they sell like buggy whips.

Where I have had reasonable success is trawling through stores like
Goodwill, Salvation Army, ARC, etc. to find toner cartridges for my
HP LJ III and HP LJ 4L. They are usually still-sealed packages ("NOS")
and the prices are usually $5-$10.

(And, while you're there you might find an HP LJ printer! That's how I
came by my $15 HP LJ 4L. Wednesday was "Half-Price Electronics Day".)

My take on it is: the HJ LJ printer owner finally tosses the failing
printer or felt deprived by not having a color printer, or , or , and
sent the supplies along to the second-hand store.

Sure beats the $40 -- $150 I see Googling for these toner cartridges.

Jonesy
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