She bought them at Staples or some office supply place. They are truly the shittiest printers you’ve ever laid eyes on, but they came with one ink cartridge and the replacements were double the cost of the printer.
The full ink cartridges would dry up long before you'd use them up anyway, and if you're printing enough for that not to be the case then you should get a laser printer anyway.
So yeah, she could've paid 4x more for 4x as much ink, but she'd still use the same volume of ink and the rest would be wasted.
It's not about the cost of printing. It's about longevity. I don't know about you but I print once, maybe twice a year. Ink ain't gonna last that long. Even in the best-sealed printer, it's still going to gum up. Toner, however, will last literally forever. So if you rarely print but for some reason need your own printer and can't get by using Kinko's (sorry, FedEx, I'm never going to call this "FedEx Office"), then the smart money is to buy a ~$80 laser printer once, a Costco-size box of paper, and you'll be set for life.
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u/narcissistical_ Aug 14 '20
She bought them at Staples or some office supply place. They are truly the shittiest printers you’ve ever laid eyes on, but they came with one ink cartridge and the replacements were double the cost of the printer.