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"Ethical" Printer?
Once upon a time on usenet philo wrote:
On 01/01/2018 11:13 PM, ~misfit~ wrote: 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. My wife and I have a good quality Epson that is used ONLY for printing photos. All text is done on a Samsung ML-2851ND It cost $99 and has worked flawlessly for five or six years now. I did not even realize when I bought it that it has network capabilities, so all the computers in our house can easily print to it. The original OEM ink is expensive, so I just use the generic stuff from eBay. One cartridge lasts about a year and costs $13...works just fine Can't beat that. Thank Philo. Photo printing is one thing I don't need. It's available cheaply locally and, with tablets and hi-res phones everywhere I hardly ever need paper photos. Cheers, -- 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) |
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