On Wed, 2006-04-19 at 11:39 -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: > On Wednesday 19 April 2006 04:11, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Mon, 2006-04-17 at 21:01 -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: > > > On Monday 17 April 2006 21:47, Doofus wrote: > > > ... > > > > > > > Thanks Diego. > > > > [snip] > > > > > The comment about consumables is important. I haven't been able to > > > follow all this thread (tax time, you know!), but an important > > > point > > > > [snip] > > > > > did with all the ink it needed. Under the same use, the C60 needed > > > something like 6 times more carts than the HP. 6 * $30 (per cart) > > > is $180, or almost the price of the $200 all-in-one over just 9 > > > months. > > > > Any other other color printers besides the HP 5510 with low > > consumables costs? > > > > My kids are getting to the age where they need/want to print things > > out in color (too old for crayons). > > I don't know the price point, but basically the low cost printers are > designed to do nothing but sell ink carts. I'd say look over the > printers and try one that is not in the lowest range and looks more > like an office printer than a home model. From what I gather and from > what a few people have told me, basically, the higher the cost, the > less likely a printer is to use ink carts fast. I'm guessing that > anything over $100 should be pretty decent, but I can't be 100% on > that. I do know a friend of mine looked (a photo professor) at figures > and said that the ink in any photo printer was more expensive per ounce > than the most expensive Parisian perfumes. He also told me it costs > more per photo to use a home printer to print them than it does to use > film and have it developed.
http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/print_3100cn?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs Pretending to be a "small business", I bought this printer this morning with a $175 discount. It's supposed to have great picture and text output, but it's a slow beast. I can live with that for a good $350 color laser printer... -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA "Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed." Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
