http://www.pcmech.com/article/hate-the-price-of-inkjet-cartidges-try-a-different-kind-of-printer/ Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:07:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.pcmech.com/article/hate-the-price-of-inkjet-cartidges-try-a-different-kind-of-printer/comment-page-1/#comment-32325 Laser Color Multifunction Printer Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:10:31 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/hate-the-price-of-inkjet-cartidges-try-a-different-kind-of-printer/#comment-32325 Thanks a lot for the post. I have been weighing the pros and cons between a laser or inkjet priinter. Now my decision has just become easier. Thanks. Thanks a lot for the post. I have been weighing the pros and cons between a laser or inkjet priinter. Now my decision has just become easier. Thanks.

]]> http://www.pcmech.com/article/hate-the-price-of-inkjet-cartidges-try-a-different-kind-of-printer/comment-page-1/#comment-13872 John Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:04:21 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/hate-the-price-of-inkjet-cartidges-try-a-different-kind-of-printer/#comment-13872 Your information about ink toner, ink cartilage is too good. I like your post very much. Thanks for time to write this post. Your information about ink toner, ink cartilage is too good.
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]]> http://www.pcmech.com/article/hate-the-price-of-inkjet-cartidges-try-a-different-kind-of-printer/comment-page-1/#comment-3252 Yisroel Goodman Sat, 03 Nov 2007 23:59:26 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/hate-the-price-of-inkjet-cartidges-try-a-different-kind-of-printer/#comment-3252 I must take exception to two statement in the article about printers. The first is the warning not to use compatible cartridges. There is nothing wrong with most compatible cartridges, as PC Magazine concluded about two years ago. Even the name brands are manufactured in places like China. You are paying for the name, not necessarily the quality. I have clients who insist on only using name brand cartridges and their printers have also needed head replacements. One of them took her brand new Canon to the authorized Canon center. After the replaced her heads, they tried to print a test page but the cartridges were empty. So they replaced them - with a compatible brand! Since then, she has also been using compatibles with no problems. The printer manufacturers have not invented magical ink which never dries out and a formula which can't be duplicated. I count among my clients schools and corporations which have used compatible cartridges for YEARS. One of my customers still have an Epson 640 about 8 years old and still chugging away. If she had been using genuine Epson, she could have bought 20 new printers for what she would have spent in ink cost. Next, your warning about cheap lasers. I have bought numerous Samsung and Brother laser printers brand new for under $50 (after rebate). They last for about six months before they run out of toner. Then I refill the toner with bottles costing about $10 on ebay and they last for another six months. Then we discard them and buy a new $50 printer. It's a lot cheaper than buying $300 printers and $80 toner cartridges. I must take exception to two statement in the article about printers. The first is the warning not to use compatible cartridges. There is nothing wrong with most compatible cartridges, as PC Magazine concluded about two years ago. Even the name brands are manufactured in places like China. You are paying for the name, not necessarily the quality. I have clients who insist on only using name brand cartridges and their printers have also needed head replacements. One of them took her brand new Canon to the authorized Canon center. After the replaced her heads, they tried to print a test page but the cartridges were empty. So they replaced them – with a compatible brand! Since then, she has also been using compatibles with no problems. The printer manufacturers have not invented magical ink which never dries out and a formula which can’t be duplicated. I count among my clients schools and corporations which have used compatible cartridges for YEARS. One of my customers still have an Epson 640 about 8 years old and still chugging away. If she had been using genuine Epson, she could have bought 20 new printers for what she would have spent in ink cost.
Next, your warning about cheap lasers. I have bought numerous Samsung and Brother laser printers brand new for under $50 (after rebate). They last for about six months before they run out of toner. Then I refill the toner with bottles costing about $10 on ebay and they last for another six months. Then we discard them and buy a new $50 printer. It’s a lot cheaper than buying $300 printers and $80 toner cartridges.

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