On Tuesday November 16 1999 at 18:52, Andy Roberts wrote to Linda Proulx:

 AR> I also have a HP DeskJet 340, which is color but only 300DPI, which
 AR> makes photos look like newspaper print.  I don't use this at all
 AR> anymore.  The little liquid ink cartridge (typical size of many new
 AR> printers) will only do about 200 pages maximum if used very quickly.
 AR> If it is only used once in a couple of weeks, then it will dry out or
 AR> clog up long before you get 50 pages out of it.  That works out to
 AR> about $1 per page.

For comparison, the toner cartridge in a Xerox DocuPrint P8e will print 5,000
pages and costs about $200 (CDN) to replace.  This works out to 4 cents (CDN)
a page.

If you can afford the initial capital for a laser printer, don't waste money
on an inkjet.

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