I’m happy with our old HP OfficeJet 550. Its paper tray is big enough for a lot of copies, its four ink tanks have a long lifetime, and it prints pretty fast. It was sold to me as an alternative to a laser printer, and I think we’ve done well with it.

We’ll see how it does with the cheaper ink from Cartridge World. :) 
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On Jan 27, 2016, at 16:22:47, Brian Cluff <brian@snaptek.com> wrote:

$300 is the used price.  That's a $1000+ printer new.  I would be scared of a used printer.  The one you get might have a couple million prints on it.

I wouldn't recommend to most people to get the same printer I have unless they have a heavy print load.  I just used it as a good example of how a more expensive printer and quickly pay for itself.  It would take $450 worth of toner in a 2000 page yield printer to equal one of my $59 cartridges.... and my printer is made much better, so it will last longer too.... but like I said, it doesn't make much sense if you print so seldom that you only put 1 or 2 cartridges in the printer before you throw it away and get a new one. (perhaps because your new computer doesn't have a parallel port on it any more)

Brian Cluff

On 01/27/2016 01:26 PM, Michael wrote:
I need a new printer but I don't have $300 for it!

On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 3:18 PM, Michael <bmike1@gmail.com
<mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>> wrote:

   how many pages are the color cartridges supposed to do?

   On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 3:16 PM, Brian Cluff <brian@snaptek.com
   <mailto:brian@snaptek.com>> wrote:

       Xerox 6360

       Brian Cluff


       On 01/27/2016 01:12 PM, Michael wrote:
       What printer do you have Brian?

       On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 3:12 PM, Michael <bmike1@gmail.com
       <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>> wrote:

           gray-scale printing! Yayyyyy.

           On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 3:10 PM, Brian Cluff
           <<mailto:brian@snaptek.com>brian@snaptek.com
           <mailto:brian@snaptek.com>> wrote:

               My printer is $59.95+$5.49 shipping for a black high
               yield (18,000 pages) genuine xerox cartridge, non-refill.
               $28.00 for a low yield cart (9,000 pages)

               If I wanted after market, I could get all 4 high yield
               cartridges (1 black + 3 color) for $85. Refills could
               probably be had for less than that.

               So far I haven't managed to even use one cartridge up.

               Brian Cluff

               On 01/27/2016 10:39 AM, Steve Litt wrote:

                   Danger Will Robinson!

                   If you can get 15000-20000 pages for $50-$70, it's
                   almost for sure a
                   refilled cartridge. Unless you know the chemical
                   and physical
                   consistency of the toner with which they refill,
                   you could end up
                   damaging your expensive printer.


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