On Sunday, August 21, 2016 at 11:46:08 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2016-08-21 3:37 PM, S Viemeister wrote:
> > On 8/21/2016 3:24 PM, Bruce wrote:
> >
> >> LOL. My toner dries out before I get to use it up. So I print for free,
> >> in a way. Use it or lose it.
> >>
> > That's why, when our old inkjet printer died, we switched to a laser
> > printer.
>
> I was paying a lot for ink cartridges when I had a colour ink jet
> printer. I was replacing cartridges at least once a month. I got fed up
> and bought a laser printer because I had learned that the cost per page
> was so much cheaper.
>
> The printer was about twice the cost of the ink jet model but I figured
> I would use it enough to save money on the long run, plus having faster
> and higher quality printing. Thanks to my experience with replacing
> ink cartridges I went out at the end of the first month and got a new
> toner cartridge to have on hand. Holy crap. Ink was costing me about
> $30 per month, but the toner cartridge was IIRC $113.95. I was not
> thrilled ..... at first. I had that printer for more than three years
> before I finally had to replace the cartridge.
>
> I had that printer for about two more years before it started having
> loading problems. I took it into a shop for repair. The techie told be
> it would be about $150 for parts plus labour. He showed me a printer
> they had on sale for $230. He showed me that my toner cartridge was
> almost empty. It didn't make sense to repair the old printer when I
> could get a newer, better and faster printer... with a full cartridge.
>
> That was the first summer I had retired, 12 years ago. It was just a few
> months ago that I replaced the cartridge for the second time, so I am
> getting 5-6 years out of a cartridge. If I get four years out of a $110
> cartridge it sounds like a pretty good deal compared to spending close
> to $350 per year for 4 years.... $1,400 for ink vs $110 for laser.

I'm looking out to buy an inkjet printer to print brochures. I had two printers but an office flood destroyed them. These are just cheap printers but they can print color pieces that will knock your socks off. Amazing! I can't say what kind of printers it is until I get one in my greasy little hands..

Most of the time I use a cheap Brother laser printer. It prints great and always works. It's also very fast. I agree with you there that these printers are a lot more reliable, cheaper, and faster, than inkjet.