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It makes sense for business (I don't know if the price is competitive), if I had some moderate amount of printing to do I can see an "as a service" model making
by andy99 3y ago
It makes sense for business (I don't know if the price is competitive), if I had some moderate amount of printing to do I can see an "as a service" model making sense.
As a home user I print < 5 times a year. I'm sure some print more but how much can it be. Do schools still ask kids to hand in printer assignments?
What would interest me is a simple way to print something and either get it in the mail the next day or in some pickup box. I'm guessing that exists and I'll have to explore it once my 15 year old toner cartridge finally runs out.
- devilbunny 3y agoI can't imagine that a local print shop wouldn't do that for you. My FIL recently asked about getting a color laser printer to print off some catalogs for his customers. I asked what he was paying a print shop, and while I don't remember the number, it was very reasonable, especially as it included paper and stapling. I just said, if you want to do your own, especially in volume, it's going to take you forever to print off the usual volume, and it won't save much money even if you value your own time at nothing. Email them a PDF, they'll print whatever you need. It's probably worth it to keep a basic laser printer at the house (my ancient Brother doesn't even have networking or duplex printing - but it's USB-connected to my iMac, which allows AirPrint with Printopia, which is well worth the $20) for things you need a copy of right now, but for a hundred copies of a 20-page handout, a print shop is almost certainly a better choice.