Inkjet printers

[Hacker Scot]

On Jul 11, 2007, at 5:34 PM, Adam Bridge wrote:

> A laser printer in this application seems too expensive and overkill
> and besides she can't print pictures, even the crudy color on plain
> pictures are fine for her to share with others.
>
> I'm looking for a very low duty-cycle printer for this use.
>
> Any suggestions?

We gave up on inkjets long ago for this kind of reason. Either  
they're drying up and you have to replace the cartridges, or you're  
printing along and they're reporting empty before they really are, so  
you have to replace the cartridges. I honestly think the inkjet  
business is a racket. Not to mention fiddling with non-standard paper  
sizes, jams, etc. And after all that  you still don't get the  
photographic quality you can get from a quality print house like  
adorama.com.

A couple years ago we ditched our last inkjet and just share a single  
b/w Brother laser in the house. When we want photo prints, we let the  
pros do what they do best. At .15/print or whatever it is, it's well  
worth it to not have an inkjet around to get pissed off at. If you  
need immediate gratification, some services (like snapfish) will let  
you upload images and have them available as prints at your local  
Walgreens an hour later.

If it were my mother-in-law, I'd be replacing her printer with an  
inexpensive b/w laser, which will go for years without needing a  
toner replacement.

Scot