Once upon a time on usenet Norm X wrote:
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I've just junked yet another inkjet printer for parts (PSU mainly)
and, as with the last one I see that there is more ink in the
silicone tubes that go to the waste sponge and dried into the sponge
itself than ever went onto paper during the ~2 years and ~3 sets of
carts. How do they get away with this? It was a Canon FWIW. I'm very
not-rich and only need to print maybe once a month or so, usually
text-only (but 'documents' often have colour borders etc.).

Any suggestions for something affordable that will likely be good in
the medium / long term? (I strongly dislike built-in obsolescence.)

All the best for 2018 to the people reading this group. Sorry if
this post is OT for this group.
--
Shaun.

"Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief
has a cozy little classification in the DSM*."
David Melville (in r.a.s.f1)
(*Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)

I've been using an HP Photosmart color inkjet for a decade. When I
was using it less frequently, I cursed the cost. Now I use it more
frequently it seems to be cost effective. Over a decade, the driver
software may have improved. Likewise, I use a B/W Samsung
Laser/Scanner, even older. It was getting so decrepit, that I ordered
the renewal kit for the take up rollers. Now I've been using it more,
there are no problems. I've had no need to install the renewal kit.

Maintenance is another issue. Lesson: use it or lose it.

That seems to be the theme - use it or lose it.

When I was computer naive back in the early 1990s I bought a B&W laser
printer with my first ever PC (I was using an Amiga and dot matrix before
that). However it turned out the printer was a win-printer (Winstar?) and
not only would it only work with Windows (3.1 then) but they stopped
supplying drivers for it after about Win 95. That damn thing cost me close
to a grand in NZ money (maybe US$650) and still had heaps of toner when I
dumped it.

So throw-away inkjets it is then. That last printer got more use than the
next one will as I was pinting the odd document for a housemate (who's no
longer here). I doubt the next one will see out it's starter carts.

Cheers Norm.
--
Shaun.

"Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy
little classification in the DSM*."
David Melville (in r.a.s.f1)
(*Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)