BAR wrote:
Tim wrote:
OK, so my printer cartridge dies. the little HP 45.

I went to the local "china-Mart" store and was shocked at how much a
little plastic cartridge with some kind of coal dust can cost.

I don't print much. I don't have much reason to, but dang!

Somebody said in the case of their older Lexmark printer the cartridge
was higher than getting a new printer with cartridges preloaded.

amazing.

Keep your eye on the ads and when you see a $69 printer, buy 10. When
the first one runs out of ink throw the whole thing away and open up the
box with the second printer.

Many budget printers are supplied with reduced capacity 'trial'/'get you
started' cartriges to preserve the price differential. Also most
cartridges have a use by date that if vastly exceeded can result in a
blocked printhead. OTOH there are plenty of people EBAYing printers
without cartridges . . .

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