Remember when we all got excited about full-color inkjet printers being so cheap? And it was really exciting up until the very first time your kid had a school project and you realized that the ink cartridges would need to be replaced approximately every single time you printed more than a couple of pages? And then you realized that the printer was cheap because the ink is outrageously expensive?
I feel like there should be an entirely separate “Five Stages of Grieving” diagram for the process most of us went through with our inkjet printers, frankly.
Anyway! The solution (in our family, anyway), was to go back to using a laser printer for 99% of the printing we need to do, because 99% of that printing doesn’t need to be in color, anyway. Plus I cannot tell you the last time we had to buy a new toner cartridge, because toner cartridges are magical and last forever. (Okay, not forever. But close!) Today’s Amazon Gold Box holds up to 65% off “electronics accessories for the office,” including this Canon imageCLASS LBP6000 Compact Laser Printer for just $50! That’s its lowest price ever, and the reviews are fantastic. Say goodbye to expensive inkjet ink and come to the dark side… we have long-lasting toner.
Hallelujah. Thank you for solving my most immediate electronics problem.
Done! Thanks!
Did you just know that I printed three, 6 page passport applications for my children and went through an ink cartridge? This deal could not be better timed!
I love my laser printer for just that reason–it has been YEARS since I had to buy a toner cartridge. My problem is that I sometimes need to print things out in color, and have no color printer now. Haven’t figured out a good fix for that yet, other than maybe saving up all those print jobs and doing them at my mom’s when I visit a couple of times a year. LOL
Love, love, love my laser printer. It’s all I’ve used the last six years.
I’ve just been shopping laser printers for that very reason! They do actually have some that are color, all-in-one, wireless laser printers too, with prices just STARTING to get lower than the stratosphere.