Tom Walker wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

-> JH> She was telling about this neat new HP printer available for only 
-> JH> $40, but she pointed out the prob - - the replacement cartridges 
-> JH> for the thing cost $40 themselves.  Not a good idea, IMO.

-> Yeah,  during recent conversations with a few different people on
-> the subject of printers,  the one thing that comes up over and over 
-> again is that I should make it a point to find out,  before I get 
-> anything,  what it's gonna cost for refills.

TW>  Dosen't make much difference. They are ALL overpriced to make up
TW> for the Attractiave LOW initial cost of the Printer. 
TW> The only advantage might be one with Seperate Color Tanks so you
TW> don't have to replace the Tri-Color cartridge becasue of runing out
TW> of one color.

Now _that_ feature is definitely on my list of ways to go,  if I ever do
get around to going for an inkjet.  And I'll bet it's not too common,  too.

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