I'm amazed by how much ink that inkjet printers apparently waste

[mikeymikec]

I've just installed a "printer potty" for a customer (the printer's reservoir was full and the customer wanted this instead of a new printer), so I can see how much ink gets wasted during a cycle of switching the printer on and printing two Windows test pages.

I swear that more ink has ended up in the reservoir than on the paper!

 

[tynopik]

there's a reason no one buys that junk anymore

 

[Burpo]

Depends on what kind of printer..

Continuous (CIJ) or Drop-on-demand (DOD)..

I prefer HPs DOD.. My $37 refurb HP F4280 is almost 5 yrs old now and has printed more pages than I care to admit. Reliability & no mess inside after hundreds of cartridges is why..

 

[lupi]

still have a photo one I use just for photos. I'm pretty sure in the long run I'm at worse breaking even with all the 5x7 and 8x10 photos I've made.

 

[Puffnstuff]

The new ink jets are leaps and bounds ahead of what they were a few years ago. At the consumer level they are a better deal than the lasers. When you move up to business grade then the lasers are the way to go. I made the switch over 5 years ago when I finally got fed up with how much ink I was going through and I don't plan to ever go back. My color laserjet has been the best printer that I've ever owned and I get 7500 pages from a black toner but it won't print a photo like an inkjet.

 

[The Day Dreamer]

Tell me about it. I had 4 painful years with my HP inkjet. Bought Laser printer after that.

 

[lupi]

Have a color laser for most everyday things, a color photo inkjet for photos, and a dedicated canon scanner for good image scans. Giving a blank inkjets sucks is a rather wide a inappropriate statement.