My Canon ink jet has done well for years on cheap third party ink. It does color and even decent photo, and created many excellent school presentations for my kids. However it’s likely my last printer.
I don’t even know the last time I printed something, it’s always been for the kids’ schools and now they’re old enough to have no more of those
crashoverride@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Initial cost as well. If you only print very small amount, you’re not going to spend couple hundred bucks on the laser printer and then 100 or so bucks on a cartridge for it if you’re not going to print often
Dark_Arc@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The thing is since inkjet printers dry out you spend way more on cartridges over time. Sure toner is more expensive, but you but it way less frequently.
StarAD@lemmynsfw.com 1 year ago
Yep just replaced the black toner on my 10+ year old brother. $16 dollar for an off brand.
crashoverride@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yes, but they usually last a few years before they completely dry out to where you can’t use them. I’ve been using the same ink cartridges in my printer for going on 3 years now and it still works
Dark_Arc@lemmy.world 1 year ago
True, but they require a lot of test prints until you get back to an acceptable print quality in my experience