Thanks Phil, the big reason I have not gotten a printer besides the obvious is for this reason print cartridges as I recall can get expensive. It’s a shame to hear that they still dry out so quickly. Will have to research this some to see if there is a printer suggestion for those of us who might not print very often. On Dec 9, 2014, at 3:10 PM, Phil Halton <philh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think the big issue is the ink cartridges the printer will require. Ink > Cartridges dry out real quick if you don’t use them on a regular basis, and > finding a printer that takes a large capacity, easy to change set of > cartridges is key for me. Most features are standard on printers unless you > get into the high priced range. I have an old HP5150 deskjet printer that’s > over 10 years old and I plan to hang onto it as long as I can. It takes a > large capacity black ink cartridge that is easy to switch in and out and runs > like a tank. > > Also, I have a reminder set on my iPhone to print out a test page once a week > to keep the cartridge jets from drying out. > > On Dec 9, 2014, at 2:37 PM, Regina Alvarado <reggie.alvar...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Need to know exactly the same thing, but I also need it to work on a windows >> machine also. No bells and whistles. It can be a little more than fifty >> unless it does everything I want. Thanks! >> >> reggie and Allegra >> >> On Dec 9, 2014, at 2:20 PM, Brian Fischler <brianfisch...@me.com> wrote: >> >> Hey all, >> >> For years I have been saying why do I need a printer when I can’t see >> anything. Having to only print out a few things a year I always relied on >> someone else to get things printed, but now am rethinking that as it is a >> pain at times. Does anyone know of a printer for under $50 that they have >> that needs little to no maintenance and is compact. Being that I would not >> use it very much and I already have a scanner I do not think I need >> something with all the bells and whistles. Would probably like to be able to >> connect via bluetooth or my network as the less cables the better. >> >> Thanks, >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
