Apr 19, 2008 3:05 PM sceenname1234

If an inkjet cartridge has 25ml, on average, in it and the average price is $20(USD), makes a gallon run around $3600. I'm glad my car only uses gasoline and not inkjet ink. It makes the cost per print be around 25 cents. Makes laser printers look mighty cost effective. An average laser print/toner cartridge is $55, which brings the cost per print in around .1 cents(one nil). Color laser are around twice the cost or .2 cents. The problem with multi function machines is the scanner. Even though printing is just being done, the scanners the exposure lamp must remain lit and must be stay above a certain voltage(temp) in order for the whole printer to work. They become weak and the whole thing shuts down, but most of the time it just displays "warming up", it never comes online. Then the customer shops for a new printer only to be pressured by the sales person at Staples into another multi function machine, which as we all know has a reduced ink volume cartridge from the factory. Laser printers are the way to go.

Apr 27, 2008 7:01 PM sceenname1234

Circuit City has 2 laser printers at $99. They have 29 inkjets under $99, with a low of $39 and a mean average of $79. Lets say a $20(average) inkjet cartridge gets about 150 to 400 prints and a $50 laser cartridge gets around 3000 prints. Score is, if we use a medium of 3000 prints, $200 for inkjets(ten cartridges), $50 for laser(one cartridge). Unless the need for color is there, I feel that inkjets are for the mathematically challenged. At my house we have a HP Laserjet 4 and a Laserjet 1100. We got them at a thrift store for $5 each. I also have a HP Photosmart 100 amd a HP PSC 950. I refill my own ink cartridges for both laser and inkjet, and I even have to say that its way cheaper using a laser printer.