cheap_joe
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Re: Suggest old LASER PRINTER with low operating cost
In reply to BA, I understand your point, but you are comparing new-to-new. I would still say without any hesitation that the drivers for the new model will be bloated and in-your-face, and it is HIGHLY unlikely that the new printer will have the same lifespan as those old models. And how about those date-expiration microchips in the new supplies? I often use old supplies that are 10 days old and they work fine. Can't do that anymore with microchip date expirations.
But new vs new is not really the issue -- the minute that I buy a new unit at a retail store, and buy retail-purchased supplies because the product is too new for new surplus supplies to be sold by liquidators, I have already lost big-time vs buying a OLD used model (which in all honesty won't cost much of anything) and buying surplus ink/toner from liquidators.
This is the reason why I annually print with my old inkjet almost for free (less than $10 per year). I pay $2 - $3 each for cartridges on fleabay instead of $30 ea at retail. My cartridges hold 4 to 8 times more ink than new models. And I get a free ream of paper (or $3 cash credit) when I recycle the old cartridge, which means I essentially get paper and ink for pennies, although you still need to buy some additional reams of paper because you print a lot more than 1 ream of paper per cartridge. FACT.
With an annual $200 savings, and this is a conservative estimate, if they PAID me $500 to take a new printer and forced me to use it, I would be at a LOSS by the third year.
Easy math. |
