Comment on HP raising Instant Ink subscription pricing significantly
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months agoShipping labels, legal documents, receipts, and more. Just because 99% of things can be done digitally, doesn’t mean the 1% stops existing.
Boiglenoight@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Hmm. I guess whenever I need to ship something, the place I go prints the label. Most recently UPS printed and packaged a Steamdeck I shipped to my nephew. If it’s going back to Amazon I just take the item to Kohls and they handle it. The receipts and more…I just show the email with the QR code if I’m returning something to Home Depot or Best Buy.
It’s crazy, I really have no need for a printer for the past …god. It’s been forever.
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
One thing you could likely benefit from, even if it’s only sometimes. Look into Pirate Ship. You do need to print your own labels, but they are much cheaper than retail. I’ve had package labels as much as 40% discounted in some instances.
Receipts are normally fine digital, but a lot of government bodies want paper for some things. And “mail in rebates” and the like need printed as well.
The only reason I still have my HP is because they have a free tier. It’s extremely limited, but I pay nothing since I don’t go over 10 pages a month. If they ever try to take that tier away, or if we start needing more prints, I’m definitely looking into a laser printer, maybe even a second hand office unit.