You bring up a couple of good points that others may have mentioned (but I didn't read all this thread is taking off) and that is duty cycle. Most all of the Ink Jet and other liquid ink printers are much lower duty cycle that the toner type laser printers. The advantages to the Jet type printers is that you do not have to have lots of memory in the printer to process a busy page of text or photography and color is possible for a fraction of the price of disub printers or color laser. The capability to print busy or pages with lots high quality fonts and imbedded photos requires MB of ram. Ram used to cost more and most printers had the ability to add in memory, but there is usually a maximum (just like Motherboards) and the industry moved to something that could make use the the computer's memory for graphic intensive stuff. But a low cost laser BW printer does a great job on BW pages, the stuff that is usually printed, and their duty cycle is usually higher. There are just less moving parts! So if you are pumping reams of paper through your printer be sure and check it's intended duty cycle to see if you are in bounds; and you aren't keep those requirements in mind as you shop for your next printer.

As another posted, it truely is razor blades and handles. the printers have gotten extremely inexpensive to purchase, but the ink is where they make the money. I've tried the re-ink products and always gone back to buying new. I now pay close attention to the cartrige costs AND the amount of product in the cart. My old trusty HP6122 carts cost more but the capacity is significantly higher. I may go back to reloading in on the BW cart yet!

• OT: Computer printers...ARGGG!, JimN, Mon, 5 Feb 2007 11:19:30
  • Re: OT: Computer printers new offering from Kodak, graphitegreen, Tue, 6 Feb 2007 09:40:00
    • How 'bout a direct link to Kodak printers page? n/m, Allen in N.O., Thu, 8 Feb 2007 08:21:01
      • You asked for it..., aizzo , Thu, 8 Feb 2007 13:57:18
  • Thanks for the Moral support and feedback, JimN, Tue, 6 Feb 2007 08:36:28
  • Don't buy inkjet printers!, AdamB , Tue, 6 Feb 2007 03:17:12
    • Re: Don't buy inkjet printers!, oldsaab, Tue, 6 Feb 2007 06:26:16
  • Computer printers...you should be networking them too, oldsaab, Tue, 6 Feb 2007 00:57:53
    • I don't do Windows, but that seems like a, Noel, Tue, 6 Feb 2007 05:11:41
      • Re: I don't do Windows, but that seems like a, oldsaab, Tue, 6 Feb 2007 06:25:19
  • Re: OT: Computer printers...ARGGG!, Justin VanAbrahams , Mon, 5 Feb 2007 19:24:23
  • no more epsons for me!, KenManiac , Mon, 5 Feb 2007 19:17:03
    • Epsons best for large batch printing, Erik919kt, Tue, 6 Feb 2007 14:32:29
  • Agreed, HP is not in my future>, Mike in Anchorage, Mon, 5 Feb 2007 19:12:24
  • Epson has worked well for me too, UpstateNY Bill, Mon, 5 Feb 2007 17:58:01
  • Revisit Canon, ChuckD , Mon, 5 Feb 2007 17:35:36
    • Re: Seconding: Revisit Canon, anthonySF, Mon, 5 Feb 2007 20:35:56
      • My Canon worked great at first too..., JimN, Tue, 6 Feb 2007 10:19:37
        • Re: I hate to say it.. but maybe two years is asking.., anthonySF, Tue, 6 Feb 2007 23:27:45
          • some good points there, oldsaab, Wed, 7 Feb 2007 10:14:37 <-- Viewing This Message
  • Old LaserJet 5M and new Epson Stylus CX7800, Geoff, Mon, 5 Feb 2007 16:30:02
  • Razors and razorblades..., Noel, Mon, 5 Feb 2007 14:37:57
  • I bought a Brother Multi-Function and am really happy.., Wil W , Mon, 5 Feb 2007 12:53:28
  • Same boat, I have six computers and four printers...., TKC, Mon, 5 Feb 2007 12:21:39
  • I have this cheap Epson that came free with my laptop, turrbo , Mon, 5 Feb 2007 12:02:37
    • I chose Epson as well and am very happy... Lexmark too, Scott Paterson , Mon, 5 Feb 2007 14:40:44
  • Re: OT: Computer printers...ARGGG!, AeroDave, Mon, 5 Feb 2007 11:46:50
    • 4th that!, nathanael, Mon, 5 Feb 2007 22:04:35
    • third that, jp, Mon, 5 Feb 2007 14:09:58
      • and, jp, Mon, 5 Feb 2007 14:17:38
    • I'll almost 2nd that.., AlS, Mon, 5 Feb 2007 12:19:17
    • That's sort of what I am thinking as well., JimN, Mon, 5 Feb 2007 12:11:44

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