"Too_Many_Tools" wrote in message
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On Nov 9, 2:02 pm, Chris Friesen wrote:
On 11/09/2009 12:19 AM, Too_Many_Tools wrote:

Robert...ever buy an inkjet printer with a cartridge that would only
print a few pages?

And then the next cartridge you buy is full...and damn expensive.

I switched to laser. My printer came with a toner cartridge good for
6000 standard pages. After 4 years I finally had to replace the
cartridge, and the extra-large replacement (which cost around $160 or
so) is good for 12000 pages. That's about 1.3 cents/page.

Chris

They play the damn games with laser printers too.

Compare the cartridge that comes with the printer to the next one you
buy.

TMT



I bought a HP 1022 Laser printer a few years ago, realizing that the color
ink
(in an ink jet) was evaporating faster than I was using it. It was one of
the few printers that came with a full toner cartridge. I use off-brand
("Rosewell", I think)
toner cartridges from newegg.com. I'm pretty sure I've already saved
several
hundred dollars by switching to the laser. And what drove me to it? --
When
I was looking at the HP printers I noticed that the ink-jet cartridges that
came with the
new HP-printers had the same price, but LESS INK. The salesman explained
that
the new printers used the ink more efficiently (HA, HA, HA!)... I'm very
happy with the laser.
I probably print 100-150 pages a month.

Bill