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My conclusion is that unless you're printing 50+ large photos or hundreds of 4"x6" pics per year, the total cost of just ordering prints from a print shop is mu
by semi-extrinsic 7y ago
My conclusion is that unless you're printing 50+ large photos or hundreds of 4"x6" pics per year, the total cost of just ordering prints from a print shop is much lower than owning an inkjet.
- milankragujevic 7y agoYes, given the fact the quality is much better in a print shop, and the fact that InkJets are awful at everything, including printing black, which lasers excel at, even the cheap ones. Ironically I print mostly text, so I have no reason to even own an InkJet printer.
- detaro 7y agoOne benefit of this Instant Ink subscription thing: you pay per printed page, not for ink usage. Doesn't matter if the page is white with some black lines, or a full-size photo. But yes, if you don't need them now professional printing is quite cheap and you need to invest quite a bit to get the same quality at home.
- hedora 7y agoWhen I print once a year, and the heads dry out before each job, and then the printer dies completely one day after the normal warranty period, do I stil just pay the minimum monthly fee and receive all the replacement e-waste for free, or are there other charges (like buying a new printer?). Does HP pay the recycling fees (and buy carbon offsets) for waste stream this produces? This is exactly my usage pattern for printers, and why I switched to a laser printer.