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Article #10622Re: DeskJet or Laser Printer
From: Michael Heyda
Date: Fri, 24 May 1991 15:55
Date: Fri, 24 May 1991 15:55
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> > There is no question that Laser printers offer superior print > resolution, on less expensive paper stock. The printers themselves, > however, are generally twice the price of the new HP DeskJet 500 > (taking student discounts into account) and replacement cartridges are > considerably more than the $19 for a DeskJet cartridge. > It is true that the cartridge cost considerably less. However, a study was done and it was found that it cost about 4 cents/page to print on an inkjet printer and only about 2-3 cents/page to print on a laser printer. This was of course before the $5 refils for inkjets were offered (hey... now I can get several different color ink cartridges and do some color separations....) Mike Heyda
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!romp!auschs!awdprime!heyda.austin.ibm.com!mheyda From: mheyda@heyda.austin.ibm.com (Michael Heyda) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: DeskJet or Laser Printer Message-ID: <7940@awdprime.UUCP> Date: 24 May 91 15:55:22 GMT References: <1991May20.131241.13043@epas.toronto.edu> Sender: news@awdprime.UUCP Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Lines: 14