On Mon, 2017-05-08 at 15:46 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 05/08/2017 03:40 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> True for inkjets but I thought we were talking about lasers. My printer
> cost around £100 3 years ago and toner replacements cost me well under
> 10% of that. Inkjets are (no offence) a mug's game and work on the
> Gillette principle of cheap razors with expensive blades. If you really
> need colour then too bad, but the number of times I actually do need
> colour printing are surprisingly few and there's always the local print
> shop. In those 3 years I haven't used it once.
>
Inkjet cartridge refills are fairly cheap here unless you want to get
new name brand cartridges. What brand of laser printer do you have? I
can get b/w laser printers around $100 CAD, but toner replacements are
also around that amount.
The printer is a Brother DCP-7055W wireless laser printer/scanner. It
cost around £100 in 2014 (call it $150 at the then exchange rate). Note
that this is a device for a home or small office, not for high-volume
printing. My latest toner purchase (just last week) was this:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00K2XHG0M/ref=oh_aui_search_detail
page?ie=UTF8&psc=1
poc