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> Instant ink is still well worth it for people like me who print < 1000 pages per year, sometimes from my phone. I fall into this bucket, but it would never o
by gnicholas 3y ago
> Instant ink is still well worth it for people like me who print < 1000 pages per year, sometimes from my phone.
I fall into this bucket, but it would never occur to me that I should want to sign up for a service that charges me per page printed. I feel like it would have negligible benefits over paying for ink as I use it, and it would make me think about whether/how much I need to print something every time I go to print. Most importantly, it would make me uncomfortable because I'd be at the mercy of unilateral price increases, like this one.
What sold you on the service? Was it when you bought a new printer that you signed up, or when you went to buy more ink/toner?
- LeafItAlone 3y agoOne of my printers is an inkjet. I used it so infrequently that the ink dried up in between uses and I’d end up wasting it all doing print head cleaning. A subscription service seems like it would have been beneficial for me, but I inserted switched to a laser printer. I do not regret that decision, yet.
- WarOnPrivacy 3y ago> I fall into this bucket, but it would never occur to me that I should want to sign up for a service that charges me per page printed. Instead of instant ink, I opted for getting a bazillion pages out of a toner cartridge. This Brother is the first printer I owned I didn't need to setup on anything. The first time I went to print from my phone it was there. Which was kind of weird but certainly welcome.