On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 8:43 AM, Volker Kuhlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri 16 May 2008 07:20:44 NZST +1200, Robert Fisher wrote: > >> > > HP make their money on the cost of the inks and toners. >> > >> > As does everyone else. >> > >> Not totally correct. Does not apply to the larger printers. In fact they are >> often differentiated by there comparative running costs not their machine >> purchase price. > > What do you mean by "larger" here? And is there a difference between ink > jet and laser? > > Thanks,
Robert's company is Fuji-Xerox so I suspect he is talking the sort of machine that sits in an office, has network connectivity, a hard drive, numerous in and out trays and a whole office printing to it. It is also the office photocopier, scanner, fax machine and gossip station. If it breaks down the office grinds to a halt, ususally when something urgent needs to be done. In terms of mono laser I think the competition has made consumables relatively cheap for a consumer/soho printer. Now that colour lasers are becoming cheap, i suspect the manufacturers are enjoying the prospect of selling a lot of colour lasaer consumables to top up the overly cheap printers. So yes, I am cynical on that front. I'd be interested to see a price/quality comparison on colour inkjet vs laser. They have probably been done, I just haven't cared enough to notice. > > Volker > > -- > Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with the domain in header > http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me. >
