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Showing Original Post only (View all)The little printer is less than $30.00 and the DAMN ink cartridges cost [View all]
$59.00. Just had to rant about the way the consumer is cheated.
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The little printer is less than $30.00 and the DAMN ink cartridges cost [View all]
mfcorey1
Jul 2016
OP
The cartridges used to be refillable, but the manufacturers took care of that little oversight. nt
tblue37
Jul 2016
#46
The printers generally remember the last 3 cartridge serial numbers used, so rotation is needed.
TheBlackAdder
Jul 2016
#48
When IBM has Lexmark, they made sure their laser cartridges were not toxic. Not sure about clones.
TheBlackAdder
Jul 2016
#49
My printer is less than a year old; I've neber had a problem buying third party cartridges.
brooklynite
Aug 2016
#56
If you mainly print black and white documents get a low cost (< $100) laser printer. n/t
PoliticAverse
Jul 2016
#9
The black cartridges on my Pro905 cost $5 for an XL. **Disable color printing, Watch out w/lasers!**
TheBlackAdder
Jul 2016
#40
Good thing the consumer is doing so well. You should easily be able to afford $59 ink cartridges
GummyBearz
Jul 2016
#11
Huh! That's a new tip to me-- the keeping cartridges in the printer part.
Gidney N Cloyd
Jul 2016
#15
I was told that there is a code on those cartridges that changes when they have been
applegrove
Jul 2016
#18
do you think the printer cost only $30 to develop, market, package, advertise, and ship(from china/
Demonaut
Jul 2016
#20
I bought one of those refill kits about 2 yrs. ago for my printer. Was tired of spending so much
Waldorf
Jul 2016
#24