From: "Robert Comer" 

Buy a laser. (unless you need photo quality)

All Inkjets are ridiculously overpriced for ink these days. :(

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Bob Comer


"Mark"  wrote in message
news:45761b1a$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>I know, it's nuts! My last HP printer was $69 or so, the pair of ink
>cartridges added up to about $49. The printer died fairly early on too,
>probably never should have saved the $20 by buying the cartridges.
>
> It's been about a year now without one, not much printing needed, but I do
> miss having one, so will probably pick another one up just prior to
> wanting to print hard copy of the tax returns in April. Probably not an HP
> this time, he said as long-time (the original $500 DJ 500 was my first) HP
> buyer. 
>
>
> "Mike N."  wrote in message
> news:5e3cn299ppkh1u4jcdg0jbe3j8dl8cd71b{at}4ax.com...
>> On Tue, 5 Dec 2006 23:09:54 +0200, "Antti Kurenniemi"
>>  wrote:
>>
>>>Is this for real? Seems really fucked up, even for a marketoid
>>>thinking...
>>
>>   Does anyone make an Inkjet printer with customer-friendly pricing?
>> That
>> is, sell it all at cost + profit.   So a printer might cost $200 - $300,
>> but inkjet head / cartridge fillups would cost $4.99.
>>
>>   Several weeks ago, I went into WalMart to check out new cartridge
>> prices.  B&W + Color refills would cost $54.   On the way back there I
>> passes a new inkjet printer on sale for $48.   Insanity!
>
>

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