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New Printer? A matter of Economics - 4/11/2008 8:20:36 AM
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spiritchsr1
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I have a HP 632 Printer for home use. It has worked well for the general usage we need it for. However the color cartridge has been empty for quite some time. The cost of a new HP replacement color catridge is $33.95 at Wallmart.
Well the cost of a new HP printer of the same type is only $2.00 more. And whats even better is the cost of the replacement cartridges for the new printer are half the cost of the old cartridge at Wallmart. I bought the HP 1420 Printer for $35.95.
My question is are these basically throw away printers now?
Spiritchsr1
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RE: New Printer? A matter of Economics - 4/11/2008 8:41:35 AM
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Miss Giggles
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They have been for years.
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RE: New Printer? A matter of Economics - 4/11/2008 9:25:23 AM
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stellaluna
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Yep. I just buy a new printer every fall. It's one of my seasonal purchases. They get better and better anyway.
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RE: New Printer? A matter of Economics - 4/11/2008 1:16:34 PM
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PGAGA
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Friday, April 11, 2008
Long ago inkjet printer companies realized that the money was in consumables, so made the cost of the printer low and of ink high. The uniqueness of HP printers, and why their cartridges were more expensive, was the cartridges having print heads. This effectively gives one a "new"printer every time a new cartridge is put it.
I have yet to have one of my three HPs fail, although one of my sons' PSC combos has some sort of fault and we have had two HPs here at the church fail.
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RE: New Printer? A matter of Economics - 4/11/2008 3:37:02 PM
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rlj
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The uniqueness of HP printers, and why their cartridges were more expensive, was the cartridges having print heads. This effectively gives one a "new"printer every time a new cartridge is put it.
Is that still the case? I bought a Canon over an HP because of the cost of the individual tanks. I used to love the HP's but they got so obscenely expensive to get ink for. It's like $10 or so for 5 ml ink replacements vs. $15 for the 12 or 13 ml of our Canon.
I think it's a good idea to make sure a printer has no less than 2 cartridges - 1 black and 1 cmy because if it is a 1 cartridge system you will have to switch in and out or if you leave a color cartridge in you will use up your ink very fast while printing very slowly. When we got ours I made sure it had a seperate cartridge for each color. This is because you use far more yellow and then red compared to blue and why pay for all 3 when they go out when you can just buy what you need when it goes? The initial cost is more expensive but pays for itself down the road.
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RE: New Printer? A matter of Economics - 4/14/2008 11:44:20 AM
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Miss Giggles
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i've used hp photomsmart printers for the last few years and the quality is very good. The ink is an ok price but you can get it cheaper at certain stores or buy a kit at costco that is a better deal.
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I've been very pleased with the cost of ink replacement. 
