[GRLUG] Need to buy printer

[Michael Mol]

On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 1:34 PM, John-Thomas Richards <jtr at jrichards.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 12:18:04PM -0600, Matthew Lechleider wrote:
>> Bob Kline wrote:
> [snip]
>> > Cartridge World,  1717 28th Street SW,
>> > refills some cartridges, for 1/2 the new
>> > price.  So does Walgreen.  Might make
>> > sense to see which ones they fill before
>> > buying anything - that's where the real
>> > savings could be.
>> >
>> That was the best advise you will receive.
>>
>> Make sure you find a printer with cartridges that are cheap and widely
>> available.
>>
>> The HP cartridges are available everywhere...Target, CVS, Walgreens,
>> K-Mart, Best Buy, etc..
>
> That is very good advice although I would take it a step further and say
> spend a little more upfront (if necessary) to buy a laser printer.  The
> cost per page difference is tremendous.  If you absolutely need color
> then the price of a laser printer jumps but if black & white and a whole
> bunch of shades of gray will suffice, you cannot beat a laser printer
> for value.

If you seriously want to consider color laser, be mindful of what you
want it for.  Some color laser printers have terrible color
production; I saw someone attempt to print a photo on a color laser
printer at GRCC, and it came out looking as though it had been passed
through a 6-bit palette.  Color lasers might be Good Enough for pretty
graphs and pie charts, but not all of them can even handle a
photograph.


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