“America is crazy”: Walmart customer discovers it’s cheaper to buy a whole new printer with ink in it than ink refills

  • daannii@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Y’all need to switch to laser printers. ink toner lasts forever and is dirt cheap.

    If you need high quality color prints, have them done at Walgreens or something.

    Also the laser jet toner doesn’t dry out.

    I had a inkjet printer and wasted a lot of money on ink. And if I tried to save it to only use it when I really needed it, I would often find it was dried out by the time I used it.

    LaserJet printers cost more. But they make that cost back on 1 drum toner refill.

    Last time I bought laser jet ink toner for my little brother black and white printer, I paid $15 for 2 drums.

    Each toner drum lasted me almost 3 years of casual printing.

    (I’m a grad student and mostly used it to print research papers cause I’m old fashioned and like to read paper and write on it. ).

    I definitely spend way more on paper than ink.

    Get a laser printer. (Used, On Facebook marketplace; if you are poor like me).