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> Most of the time, buying a whole new printer costs less than simply buying replacement ink. Any time printers are brought up, someone says this. And every t
by Sohcahtoa82 6y ago
> Most of the time, buying a whole new printer costs less than simply buying replacement ink.
Any time printers are brought up, someone says this.
And every time, I feel I have to point out that the cartridges that come with a printer are starter cartridges. They contain significantly less ink/toner than a replacement cartridge. If you are buying a new printer rather than new cartridges, you are NOT saving money.
This is not HP-specific, either. AFAIK, every printer manufacturer does this. I have a Dell laser printer and I'm fairly certain that the toner cartridges that came with it are rated for 200 pages, while replacements are rated at 800 pages.
- lallysingh 6y agoMy brothers have all come with regular full cartridges
- paxys 6y agoYeah but those don't go for $25
- smileybarry 6y agoIt used to be true, though. Back in 2004 or so you got full cartridges along with new printers, and the printer cost less than an ink set would. So a friend at the time would buy a new printer every time theirs ran out of ink. He had a leaning tower of printers in his closet (and about half a dozen drivers installed). Later on they started including "starter cartridges" instead. (And even reduced those from 1/2 to 1/4 at some point)
- varispeed 6y ago> I feel I have to point out that the cartridges that come with a printer are starter cartridges. They contain significantly less ink/toner than a replacement cartridge. Even accounting for that, I remember it was still cheaper to buy a new printer.