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

-> I'd heard stories about how in some cases the price of refills for inkjet
-> printers was more than the original cost of the printer.  Now I've finally
-> encountered such a situation...

-> From the ads in Sunday's paper,  I see that Target is now selling a
-> Lexmark printer for the astounding sum of $24.  A black ink refill 
-> is around $30,  and a color one around $35.

TW> Depends on how good a quanity the old printer is. That $24 Lexmark
TW> is a Really Really Cheaply built printer and is only designed for
TW> Very Light duty use.

I don't do that much printing these days.

-> Unfortunately,  this thing also needs a USB interface,  which is
-> going to add somewhat to the cost for me.  Still probably beats me 
-> spending much effort to get that ailing laster printer fixed,  
-> though...

TW> That is getting to be a problme. More and More Printer Manfacturers
TW> are dropping their Parallel Port Models.

Yes it is.  I expect that MB makers will start dropping the port,  too, 
even though it has other uses.

TW> A real problem for some hanging onto DOS systems and even some DOS
TW> Programs running under Windows.

Just so.

I was talking to a guy at a computer store in the area today,  and am
inclined to go with laser rather than inkjet,  also something a little
older,  like maybe H-P 4, 5, 6 series,  somewhere around there.  He had
some 6c printers there for $89,  but I want to shop around a bit and see if
I can't find a better deal.

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