-=> JOE MACKEY wrote to AUGUST ABOLINS <=-

 > And most lasers are nice and heavy - harder to persuade to
 > slide off a table if pulled by its tail.

 JM>    I like the cartridge because I can refill them.

 I've been lucky with printers - I've been a fan of multi-function
 inkjets for some time; I don't print a lot, but I scan a lot of
 documents to PDF and Canon MFP inkjets do nicely.

 My previous printer's ink was expensive - $50 or so for a kit with
 color, B&W and 25 sheets of 4x6 photo paper, or $35 for third-party
 ink, which the driver would complain about not being able to detect
 ink levels.

 A neighbor had a Canon MX920 MFP out on his driveway marked free,
 and I couldn't pass it up for the price. Tried printing from it, and
 every other page would jam coming out of the exit feed.

 Did some poking around and noticed that a highlighter had fallen into
 the feed. Removed the highlighter and it prints perfectly - and a
 free highlighter, too!

 I was pleasantly surprised to find that it takes CYMK/PG cartridges,
 which last longer, and that third party cartidge packs of all the
 colors/blacks costs around $10 - and work perfectly.

 Keeping with the name of the echo, I still miss my HP Deskjet 500.
 First printer I had, lasted forever. Ran on 3rd-party ink and
 refillable cartridges all day long. Back then, HPs were built like
 tanks and were easy to work on.



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