[Shop-talk] Printers (was MIG welder term)

[David Scheidt]

On 8/1/07, Wayne <wmc_st at xxiii.com> wrote:

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> Most estimates for ink-jets is $0.10 - $0.25 page for B&W, and $0.80 - $1.00 for color, which is friggin' crazy.
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> The best solution, if you can live with B&W is a small laser printer.  I bought an HP 1200 4.5 years ago that the wife & I use quite a bit -- 9,500+ pages in that time.  That would be way over $1,000 of ink, but the laser toner comes in at about $0.023 (just over 2 cents) per page.  I'm on its 3rd toner cart at ~$60.00/ea.
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> The HP 1200 or 1300 can be had on ebay for < $100 used.

Brother are making some very nice small B&W lasers these days.  Much
better made than the low end HP crap.


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David Scheidt
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