I dunno about the economics there. My local Computer Renaissance wants
$25 for a brand new, Canon-branded, BC-02 ink cartridge for my
StyleWriter II ($25 through eBay) and my Canon BJ-200ex ($7.50 at a
local thrift shop). When I went to replace the toner cartridge on my
Lexmark Winriter 200, I was quoted $150 (the Winriter is gathering dust
under one of my work tables).
The idea that we can buy a whole new printer more cheaply than the ink
or toner to refill an old one really gripes me. The last thing we (as an
over-consuming society) need to do is populate landfills with once-used
computer components. :-(
As Ken Daggett, over on the Compact Macs list says: "Use it up, wear it
out, make it do, or do without."
Sp00ky
Jim Arnott wrote:
> PLW.. Your greatest expense will be paper. Inkjets... everytime you buy
> ink, you pay the equivilent of a new printer. (Anecdote: A local PC shop
> tells their customers when they come looking for ink to go to WalMart
> and get a new printer. Saves the customer about $10.)
>
> Go back and get that laser.
>
> Jim
>
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