HP has a new “Instant Ink” plan. You sign up for 50 pages a month for $3.00, 100 pages for $5.00, etc. They send you a set of ink cartridges to start with and then whenever you change them the printer communicates that and they send you new cartridges. The only thing you pay is the monthly fee. I signed up for it with my new printer. It seems like a really good deal, comparatively.
Marvin On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 2:41 AM David <dlocklea...@gmail.com> wrote: > For anyone shopping for a new printer for their computer. > > I have a very tiny business, or at least I pretend to. I have > been trying to get by with old printers and fax machines for > most of my 21 years in business, and lately it was getting > frustrating that my printer and fax machine > was limited on certain features. > > Today, the straw broke the camel's back, and I had to go > buy a new printer. I had been shopping for months, so I had > a pretty good idea what I wanted. So I went to Sam's Club > and got their best HP printer, which as of this writing is the > OfficeJet Pro 9018. This model stands out slightly over > a lesser model sitting next to it, as the box includes full-capacity > cartridges, and a USB cable. If you are the kind of person that > prints a couple of full-page multi-color pages per month, then this > is a logical choice for you, as the cartridges are nearly twice the size > of printers that are slightly less expensive. If you are doing a lot > more color printing than that, then you need to order something online, > or go to MicroCenter or Fry's, an get an enterprise class, but those start > at $ 500 for HP models. > > This printer has some bells and whistles on it, like allegedly > voice-printing. > > If you have not purchased a $ 200 printer in the past year or two, you > might > be in for a surprise at how complicated the set-up is. You are going > to want > a 6-pack of your favorite beverage, and do your yoga or find your > happy-place > first. I would have to say you need to plan on a 3 step process and > take > a break between those 3 steps. 1 ) unboxing, drink your beverage 2 ) find > a place to set down the printer and connect the 3 cables. ( You are > going to > need an extension cord, for example, and maybe even a USB extender ), drink > your bevarage. and > 3 ) getting your computer to finish the set up, drink the remaining 4 > beverages. > > > In my case, I have a Linux computer, so setting up an HP printer is > simple, if not almost fully automatic. > > This printer shakes when it prints, so if you have it on a folding table, > or > wobbly table, you are going to notice it vibrating back and forth. > > Everything about the printers in the home-market class are cheap disposable > quality. I can only hope it will last 2 years. > > It is no surprise, but even at Sam's Club the ink cartridges are super > expensive. > In my opinion, ink is # 1 factor in choosing a new printer. > > I have used Brother printers and faxes for the past few years. Those > will save > you money, but you are missing out on some features. For example, HP's > ePrint > works really well. And in my case HP printers are easier to install > than Brother. > > The cheap HP printers do not do photo-quality printing, but the pictures > are good enough to win > an NSS Award for a grotto newsletter. When was the last time a Texas > grotto > won a Newsletter Cover Award at the NSS Convention ? > > David Locklear > > P.S. I am on Day # 17 renting a room from some random stranger on > Craigslist. I am > probably going to try to stick it out till October. Things today are > better than they > were when I moved in, almost livable by my standards. The main problem > is the air-quality > coming out of the AC unit. > > David > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers >
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