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What's the the best printer for home (document printer)?

Posted on 9/7/18 at 9:54 am
Posted by theantiquetiger
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Posted on 9/7/18 at 9:54 am
I'm tired of dropping $40 every few months for ink cartridges that seems to last about 100 printings.

What's a good home printer that lasts quit some time?
This post was edited on 9/7/18 at 9:55 am
Posted by LNCHBOX
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Posted on 9/7/18 at 9:55 am to
Laser.
Posted by S
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Posted on 9/7/18 at 9:56 am to
Posted by RJL2
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Posted on 9/7/18 at 9:56 am to
The printer ink industry is a scam. It's cheaper to buy a new printer than ink cartridges in some case. I just stopped printing shite.
Posted by Tigeralum2008
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Posted on 9/7/18 at 9:57 am to
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Laser


Is your answer especially if you don't print very often and don't need color

Inkjet cartridges tend to dry up and lose life if you're like me and print just a few pages over 3 months
This post was edited on 9/7/18 at 10:00 am
Posted by Tempratt
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Posted on 9/7/18 at 9:57 am to
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Laser


This unless you need color.
Posted by PearlJam
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Posted on 9/7/18 at 9:57 am to
Print at work like normal people
Posted by Tigeralum2008
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Posted on 9/7/18 at 9:58 am to
Posted by TeddyPadillac
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Posted on 9/7/18 at 9:59 am to
What the hell are you having to print at home?
We live in a paperless world now a days. Join the club gramps.
Posted by Chad504boy
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Posted on 9/7/18 at 10:01 am to
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cheaper to buy a new printer than ink cartridges in some case


yeah but the inks in the new printers might be halfway filled at best.
Posted by Chad504boy
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Posted on 9/7/18 at 10:02 am to
i'm interested in OP's question as well but i got to have a scanner for the 2 times a year i need to scan a document!
Posted by Jim Rockford
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Posted on 9/7/18 at 10:02 am to
quote:

I'm tired of dropping $40 every few months for ink cartridges that seems to last about 100 printings. What's a good home printer that lasts quit some time?


Just buy a new printer every time the ink runs out. It doesn't cost much more.
Posted by MrLarson
Member since Oct 2014
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Posted on 9/7/18 at 10:05 am to
Brother MFC laser

printer and extra toner cart 230.00, toner cart will run 5k pages before it runs out.
Posted by PJinAtl
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Posted on 9/7/18 at 10:12 am to
quote:

quote:

Laser
This unless you need color.
Color laser printers aren't all that bad. The only thing you don't want to use them for is printing photos, unless the newer ones have gotten better about that.

I have an HP Color LaserJet 2600. Got it over 10 years ago, still works really well. I print in color sporadically, and haven't had to replace a color toner cartridge in about 5 years. I paid a total of $250 for the three color cartridges. That means I spent less than $20/year per cartridge.
Posted by Napoleon
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Posted on 9/7/18 at 10:15 am to
Brother laser printer the toner is cheap af on Amazon.
Posted by FCP
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Posted on 9/7/18 at 10:19 am to
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i got to have a scanner for the 2 times a year i need to scan a document!
Serious solution: Take photos of the pages with a smartphone, then convert the images to a PDF. I have a high dollar scanner sitting on my desk, but I haven’t hooked it up in 3 years. Anytime I need something scanned, I just take a picture.
Posted by Athis
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Posted on 9/7/18 at 10:23 am to
Posted by Chad504boy
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Posted on 9/7/18 at 11:17 am to
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Serious solution: Take photos of the pages with a smartphone,


i want to stab people that send me pictures.


quote:

then convert the images to a PDF


how you do that?
Posted by Tyga Woods
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Posted on 9/7/18 at 12:10 pm to
I bought an Epson Ecotank for my home office and I like it a lot.
Posted by Swain
Member since Aug 2016
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Posted on 9/7/18 at 12:16 pm to
Sabre printers are decent and reasonably priced. Heard rumors of them catching fire, but it was probably nothing.
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