All-in-one laser printer recommendation

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Sun, 2014-03-16 at 01:45 +1030, Tim wrote:
> Allegedly, on or about 15 March 2014, Patrick O'Callaghan sent:
> > I used to own a Photosmart and it worked fine but I found that despite
> > never printing in colour I would still have to replace colour
> > cartridges all the time. Clearly a scam IMHO, which is why I decided
> > to switch. 
> 
> I used to have a HP, and a Canon, that both did that.  After the Canon
> clogged up, I decided I'd stick with laser printers, only.
> 
> It occurred to me, later on, that I probably should have pulled the
> colour ink tanks out, soaked them in water overnight, just to keep the
> moisture sensor fooled into thinking there was still ink in the tanks.
> 
> Inkjets are a huge money waster.  Tiny, expensive, ink tanks.  They dry
> out without use.  They go through more than half of their ink in
> repetitive cleaning cycles (if you rarely ever print in colour, if you
> did print in colour, that proportion would be less, as you'd actually be
> using some of that ink).  And you have continual head clogs, some of
> which just will not clear.

Amen to all that. And many of them use an in-cartridge chip to foil
aftermarket suppliers. Urban legend is that inkjet cartridges cost more
per litre than the finest champagne.

poc