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Default A tale of a cheapo ink cartridge ...

On Mon, 14 Jul 2014 05:42:33 -0700, "William Sommerwerck"
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"Jabba" wrote in message
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Vote with your wallet, don't buy inkjets.


If you want color, there's no inexpensive alternative. Is there?


Is $150 too much for your budget?
http://www.brothermall.com/Printers/Model/HL3070CW/Refurbished#.U8QQLUC9Y0o
Not the best color laser printer on the planet, but quite cheap.
Figure on about $70 for a set of 4 replacement clone carts on eBay, or
about $200 for brand new retail. The color carts are good for about
1400 pages:
$70 / 1400 = $0.05/page
(I refill my own color carts, which costs me about $32 to refill 4
carts).

A similar ink spraying printer might cost $30 for a set of carts, and
optimistically print 500 pages (usually less).
$30 / 500 = $0.06/page

In other words, the cost of ink/toner is slightly cheaper for the
color laser printer, if you use refilled and clone carts and toner.

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