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		Ansil849 on Nov 9, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The battle for the soul of digital freedom taking ... > It's just math. If you don't print much, you can get a HP printer for $30. > > The cheapest Brother laser printer is $100 + ink. > > At $1/mo, it's going to take the rest of your life for the price to work out in favor of the Brother. What? At $1/mo, it is going to take under six years for the price to work out in favor of the Brother. Are you suggesting the person you're responding to has six years to live?

rgbrenner on Nov 9, 2020 [–]

lol thanks... should have had more coffee before writing. Was thinking $1/year.

snvzz on Nov 9, 2020 | [–]

>$1/year.

At that rate of printing, ink is going to dry up in the headers. Which would require running the cleaning procedures. Which use a lot of ink.

Ink printers are a really bad proposition.

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