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| Thread ID: 127058 | 2012-10-02 03:21:00 | Wacky Printer Pricing | linw (53) | Press F1 |
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| 1304622 | 2012-10-02 06:17:00 | You wonder how they justify their ink prices. It is certainly cheaper to throw out a perfectly good printer and buy a new one than to replace the ink cartridges. :stare: | Jen (38) | ||
| 1304623 | 2012-10-02 06:19:00 | You wonder how they justify their ink prices. It is certainly cheaper to throw out a perfectly good printer and buy a new one than to replace the ink cartridges. :stare: Problem, environment? |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1304624 | 2012-10-02 06:30:00 | Usually when you buy a new printer you only get a starter toner so it doesn't always work out cheaper buying a new printer. | Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1304625 | 2012-10-02 06:39:00 | Cartridges are likely dried out if they were in the printer and not in sealed bags. Heads might need a few cleaning passes before they're usable again. Should have said, that $5k price was for official ink from HP etc, not some el-cheapo copy. The Printers are in their original boxes, unopened, so I guess the protective tape is on the heads and the cartridges in a bag. As for the el-cheapo ink, well, I may have been lucky, but I suspect it is like brands of petrol, you wouldn't know the difference. ;) |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1304626 | 2012-10-02 11:26:00 | Talking about wacky pricing. Yesterday I installed a Fuji Xerox Mono Laser printer bought from Corporate Consumables for $49 + GST which came with a 1k toner. Runs great and only $62.60+ for a new toner. Pretty good buy I thought. | Iantech (16386) | ||
| 1304627 | 2012-10-02 18:50:00 | I installed a Fuji Xerox Mono Laser printer bought from Corporate Consumables for $49 + GST which came with a 1k toner.only $62.60+ for a new toner. It only does 1000 pages. Incredibly low for a laser. A similar Brother does 12000 pages.... |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1304628 | 2012-10-02 20:09:00 | Thats what he just said. Phweeeewww can't some people read. :) Just re-enforcing, instead of the usual *2. Lurking. Ps. used to love going up to Napier, girl friends' you see, but Trev you just killed that toooooooooooo !. lurks. |
Lurking (218) | ||
| 1304629 | 2012-10-02 20:56:00 | The Printers are in their original boxes, unopened, so I guess the protective tape is on the heads and the cartridges in a bag. As for the el-cheapo ink, well, I may have been lucky, but I suspect it is like brands of petrol, you wouldn't know the difference. ;) Yeah they should be fine if they're brand new. In terms of visual print quality, the cheap ink is usually just fine. But a lot of cheap ink does not stand up nearly as well over time compared to genuine ink. The cheap ones are often quite susceptible to fading and colour changes. For most people this isn't an issue. But if you're printing photos etc, use the good stuff! |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1304630 | 2012-10-02 21:06:00 | In terms of visual print quality, the cheap ink is usually just fine. But a lot of cheap ink does not stand up nearly as well over time compared to genuine ink. The cheap ones are often quite susceptible to fading and colour changes. For most people this isn't an issue. But if you're printing photos etc, use the good stuff! +1 |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1304631 | 2012-10-02 21:12:00 | However you carve it up, it is still madness when even the low capacity cartridge is more than a new duplex version of the printer that includes the low capacity cart. And you can't liken it to the razor/razor blade business model. How do they make their money from selling you overpriced carts when you don't buy the carts? (Well, you do, but you surround the cart with a new duplex printer mechanism with a new warranty!). It's still gotta be a mad business model and a bad earth resource model. |
linw (53) | ||
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