When researching this issue after running out of ink in my inkjet cartridges countless times, I started researching inkjet vs laser.
For cost vs time, the easy to go is laser. Buy a black and white laser for printing and go print your photos at Walgreens, Walmart, or one of the online photo places. Heck you can even find codes to get 50 free prints at a lot of places. There was an article I read that described routing the inkjet head into jugs of ink. Which is actually much more economical than buying inkjet cartridges. I cannot find the post now as this was about 5 years ago when I was tired of eating my money on inkjet cartridges. Good luck to you all, Kevin Eldridge On Jun 23, 2012 7:22 AM, "Mark J. Bailey" <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, I think today’s HP gets a Gold Medal in that competition! Like > Howard, I have a still going strong HP LJ4000 I bought in 1997. I > understand business HAVE to make money or there’s no business. But, take it > too far the other way and you lose more business because no one wants your > crap products anymore. The OJ8500 is a prime example. To replace the color > and black cartridges can nix you for upwards of $80+ (if you buy from a > typical brick-n-mortar outlet). I bought a yellow for it once, and it > leaked the whole cartridge out into the guts of the printers. I wonder if > the engineered that too? :) All I know is that I will not buy any more HP. > **** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Andrew Farnsworth > *Sent:* Saturday, June 23, 2012 7:12 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [nlug] Veeeeddddy Intahresting...**** > > ** ** > > Sadly, this is the very reason that printer companies do everything they > can to lock you into their supply chain for your consumables. If you buy a > printer from them and use it 20+ years they have no other way of making > money from you. Also a reason that companies actually design for failure > after a certain amount of time.**** > > ** ** > > Andy**** > > On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 8:42 PM, Perkins, Jerry <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > On 06/22/2012 08:51 AM, Howard White wrote: **** > > It was time to replace our trusty HP LaserJet 4P (going on 20 years old).* > *** > > ** ** > > Would suggest keeping the 4P, even if you get another. Great > printer. I am currently running a 4L, also about 20 years old.**** > > -- > Jerry Perkins**** > > Home page html://jperkins.us**** > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en**** > > ** ** > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en**** > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
