I'm curious Craig, is there a reason you're choosing to use inkjet instead of laser?
------------------ *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.* Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com Listen to the podcast: http://dangerouslyawesome.com/podcast On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 1:49 PM, Craig Baute - Creative Density Coworking < [email protected]> wrote: > Creative Density is like many of your spaces with about 70 members and > 3500 sq ft. We don't charge for printing and we just ask that members don't > print a book. If they do, just buy some ink every once in a while. Members > were going through about a set of ink each month costing me about $65. No > biggie, but a noticeable line items at the end of the year. > > A month ago we swapped out a 4 year old $200 Epson Workforce 6225, a mid > range all in one home office printer, for an Epson ET-4500. The new Epson > just got released this summer as a new line of printers targeting people > that print a decent amount but they don't need a workhorse. It's still a > simple home office or small business printer that doesn't jam that often, > scans, copies, connects to Wifi, easy to use. Basically, it's simple and > does everything most people need. > > Here is where things get exciting. Epson decided to make money off the > printer and charges $425 for it. They provide you with 2 years worth of ink > and refills are only $50 for all of the colors and they will last 2 years. > The 2 year refills are based on 150 pages a month. Creative Density > probably does about that. Epson flipped the formula and they make money off > the printer and not on the ink. It's because I am much more comfortable > with paying a one time hefty fee and they not having to refill expensive > cartridges and keep them in stock. I love it. > > The printer quality is good, the reliability is good, and the set up was > easy. I think this is a great solution for all the other coworking spaces > with similar amounts of members or less. > > > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
