Ugh. Just spend $85 on ink

[krylon]

Originally posted by: hanoverphist
i generally print everything at work. we have a hp 430 plotter for large format (inkjet, fairly reasonable pricing on hp carts so far), two bizhub laser b/w printers (konica minolta, kick ass printers) and a hp k550 for color stuff. the quality is there, i got a great deal and the ink isnt too expensive. used to have a 2230 photo printer but the cartridges (7 of them) went from 14 bucks a piece to 34-44 a piece. gave the printer to an employee. at home i have a 8450 that is very good quality, networkable and has a card reader/ editor built into it. it also has the docking station add on to print directly from the cam if i want to. cartridges arent very expensive, and i can get about 150 prints out before i need to refill. this as well as all the crap my kids print out regularly, not a bad amount. im not a printer snob, but will generally see what the pricing is like before buying the manufacturer toner/ cartridges before deciding on generic or not. for the plotter, we generally buy only hp, since the few times i did go generic the lines came out washed out a bit. noticeable enough for an engineer to ask us to reprint it darker.

Do you reimburse your employer?

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: krylon

Originally posted by: hanoverphist
i generally print everything at work. we have a hp 430 plotter for large format (inkjet, fairly reasonable pricing on hp carts so far), two bizhub laser b/w printers (konica minolta, kick ass printers) and a hp k550 for color stuff. the quality is there, i got a great deal and the ink isnt too expensive. used to have a 2230 photo printer but the cartridges (7 of them) went from 14 bucks a piece to 34-44 a piece. gave the printer to an employee. at home i have a 8450 that is very good quality, networkable and has a card reader/ editor built into it. it also has the docking station add on to print directly from the cam if i want to. cartridges arent very expensive, and i can get about 150 prints out before i need to refill. this as well as all the crap my kids print out regularly, not a bad amount. im not a printer snob, but will generally see what the pricing is like before buying the manufacturer toner/ cartridges before deciding on generic or not. for the plotter, we generally buy only hp, since the few times i did go generic the lines came out washed out a bit. noticeable enough for an engineer to ask us to reprint it darker.

Do you reimburse your employer?

dont need to, lol. i ask to print everything i print, which isnt very much at all. ive always brought in replacement toner and cartridges if i have an especially large print group, but most of the time it will be a few pages here and there.