Re: [OT] Toner hell

2010-05-13 Thread David Burstin
I hated this ridiculous situation too, until I realized that there are benefits. I get to try out a printer for 6 months to see if I am happy with it, and the ability to buy a colour laser printer for just a few hundred dollars is amazing (to me). When the toner runs out, if I'm happy with the pri

Re: [OT] Toner hell

2010-05-13 Thread David Connors
On 14 May 2010 11:01, David Burstin wrote: > I hated this ridiculous situation too, until I realized that there are > benefits. I get to try out a printer for 6 months to see if I am happy with > it, and the ability to buy a colour laser printer for just a few hundred > dollars is amazing (to me)

RE: [OT] Toner hell

2010-05-13 Thread David Boccabella
A lot of places can sell the toner and a replacement 'chip' for the cartridge. I refill my Dell 1320c for about $45 a go. Ok - a look at this fellow http://www.inkman.com.au/search-results.asp Has cartridges for the C524 High Yield for about $164 inc Or this http://cgi.ebay.

Re: [OT] Toner hell

2010-05-13 Thread mike smith
On 14 May 2010 11:03, David Connors wrote: > On 14 May 2010 11:01, David Burstin wrote: >> >> I hated this ridiculous situation too, until I realized that there are >> benefits. I get to try out a printer for 6 months to see if I am happy with >> it, and the ability to buy a colour laser printer

Re: [OT] Toner hell

2010-05-13 Thread mike smith
On 14 May 2010 13:08, mike smith wrote: > On 14 May 2010 11:03, David Connors wrote: >> On 14 May 2010 11:01, David Burstin wrote: >>> >>> I hated this ridiculous situation too, until I realized that there are >>> benefits. I get to try out a printer for 6 months to see if I am happy with >>> it

RE: [OT] Toner hell

2010-05-13 Thread Greg Keogh
http://www.inkman.com.au/search-results.asp He's offered us $189 each for a high yield set of 3 colours. That's the best I've seen so far, but it's still a whopping total price. I guess we'll have to take it. Thanks for the tip on that. Greg

Re: [OT] Toner hell

2010-05-13 Thread Michael Minutillo
>> Either way, don't throw the printer into the bay. Fish hate printers - the paper is always getting soggy. > You can fix the problem by buying a really expensive printer. I took this to mean that really expensive printers can print underwater and are hence better for the fish. -- Michael M.

Re: [OT] Toner hell

2010-05-13 Thread David Connors
On 14 May 2010 14:24, Michael Minutillo wrote: > >> Either way, don't throw the printer into the bay. Fish hate printers - > the paper is always getting soggy. > > You can fix the problem by buying a really expensive printer. > > I took this to mean that really expensive printers can print underw

Re: [OT] Toner hell

2010-05-13 Thread David Burstin
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 2:26 PM, David Connors wrote: > No, they just make the toner relatively cheaper. $700 of toner in a $300 > printer is ridiculous, $800 of toner in a $2000 printer is not. > I would still rather pay $1000 ($700 of toner in a $300 printer ) than $2800 ($800 of toner in a $

Re: [OT] Toner hell

2010-05-13 Thread David Connors
On 14 May 2010 14:55, David Burstin wrote: > >> I should work in sales. >> > > Not on the evidence above ;) > [?] -- David Connors (da...@codify.com) Software Engineer Codify Pty Ltd - www.codify.com Phone: +61 (7) 3210 6268 | Facsimile: +61 (7) 3210 6269 | Mobile: +61 417 189 363 V-Card: http

RE: [OT] Toner hell

2010-05-13 Thread Greg Keogh
No, they just make the toner relatively cheaper. $700 of toner in a $300 printer is ridiculous, $800 of toner in a $2000 printer is not. In my case it would have been ~$1000 of toner for an $800 printer (now it’s $570 of toner for the printer and I’ve phoned-in the order). Is that ridiculou

RE: [OT] Toner hell

2010-05-16 Thread Greg Low (greglow.com)
Hi Greg, We do a ton of printing and have tried a lot of options. Based on our per page costs (where we estimated the total running costs), we currently love the Brother 4050CDN. The *only* way to buy spare parts for it is to buy whole printers. It’s insane but that’s how it goes. I’ve seen