Re: [SLUG] Favorite Printer OT

From: Eben King (eben01@verizon.net)
Date: Wed Aug 16 2006 - 00:11:28 EDT


On Wed, 16 Aug 2006, Bob Stia wrote:

> OK Sluggeers,
>
> What is your favorite printer, and why. Going to replace mine. Just a desktop.
> Doesn't get used that much. Some occasional color photos of garden variety
> stuff. Mostly forms and documents. Prefer parallel to usb.
>
> I have used Epson inkjets for several years and was always satisfied with
> them, until now. The present one is a Stylus C86. It is slow, uses ink in
> prodigious amounts, the heads always need cleaning, and the price of the ink
> is out of sight!! Let alone that sneaky microchip thing they put on the ink
> cartridges.
>
> If I cough up the big bucks for a laser will I eventually save it in ink
> costs?

Yes, The laser per-page cost is around $0.05, versus about $0.25 for an
inkjet. And laser prints don't run when they get wet. Toner cartridges
last a lot longer than ink cartridges too. Anybody know if color laser
printers are quite expensive, like they used to be?

No, I don't have a laser printer; my inkjet is one of these:

http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelDetailAct&fcategoryid=118&modelid=6620
= http://wombatlink.com/?588x15oocw

Small, to go with my laptop.

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