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I hate Printer Companies
Posted on 1/28/16 at 8:10 pm
Posted on 1/28/16 at 8:10 pm
Bastards are worse than used car salesmen.
Yes. I didn't do the leg work. I hate color printers but my sister wanted one.I saw a printer with 4 ink slots. I made the INCORRECT assumption that if she just used color on rare occasions, she would just need to replace the black cartridge.
Nope. All 4 are empty at the same time. The fracking piece of crap uses 4 colors to produce black. The 4 replacement cartridges cost more than the printer.
Honestly, I think I wish cancer on the engineer who came up with this scheme.
Frack em.
She has had it for about a year. They aren't getting any extra cash. I'm going to buy a NEW printer from Brother.
/rant
Yes. I didn't do the leg work. I hate color printers but my sister wanted one.I saw a printer with 4 ink slots. I made the INCORRECT assumption that if she just used color on rare occasions, she would just need to replace the black cartridge.
Nope. All 4 are empty at the same time. The fracking piece of crap uses 4 colors to produce black. The 4 replacement cartridges cost more than the printer.
Honestly, I think I wish cancer on the engineer who came up with this scheme.
Frack em.
She has had it for about a year. They aren't getting any extra cash. I'm going to buy a NEW printer from Brother.
/rant
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Posted on 1/28/16 at 8:28 pm to TigerMyth36
The problem with ink jet printers is that they waste ink to try to keep the nozzles from clogging. This makes them horribly expensive to run except for high volume printing, where you can keep ahead of the automatic cleaning cycles. I gave up after tracking my usage over a year and finding my 6 color HP printer was costing me $.30 per page to run. This was for printing only a few pages a week on average, mostly black and white documents, with the rare photo thrown in. I replaced it with a Brother laser in 2010 or so, and I'm still on the starter toner. I would have spent literally hundreds of dollars on ink to keep running the HP.
This post was edited on 1/28/16 at 8:30 pm
Posted on 1/28/16 at 10:48 pm to TigerMyth36
I use a Ricoh MPC 306...don't have those problems.
Posted on 1/29/16 at 8:18 am to TigerMyth36
I was getting my cartridges refilled at Costco...but they are quitting that service. I'm guessing I'm going to start refilling my own. Damnit...
Posted on 1/29/16 at 8:44 am to TigerMyth36
quote:
I made the INCORRECT assumption that if she just used color on rare occasions, she would just need to replace the black cartridge.
if it's an HP, it probably wouldn't run with an empty cartridge anyway. my wife uses all colors, but if any single color runs out, it won't print at all (even in black only). it's a racket for sure
Posted on 1/29/16 at 8:49 am to TigerMyth36
invest in Brother laserjet printer....
Posted on 1/29/16 at 3:44 pm to TigerMyth36
I have no working color printer in my house.
I use a Brother laser printer for 99.44% of my printing.
On the very rare occasion when I need a color printer, I drop the file to a thumbdrive and take it to the UPS Store.
I use a Brother laser printer for 99.44% of my printing.
On the very rare occasion when I need a color printer, I drop the file to a thumbdrive and take it to the UPS Store.
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