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My own laser printer (Score:5, Interesting)
I only need to print a half a dozen times a year.
I used to have an inkjet, but I got tired of paying $50 a page - almost always the ink dried out and I had to get a new inkjet cartridge.
I've had the same colour laser printer for four years and I'm still running on the initial low yield ink cartridges. With my usage pattern that should last twenty years.
Use the printer at work (Score:5, Interesting)
I chose a laser printer (someone else's) where "someone else's" means "the printer from work". My personal printing needs are so few I find it hard to justify getting my own printer and letting cartridges dry out and associated annoyances.
Re:Decadent (Score:4, Interesting)
There's also something very satisfying about code inspection on fanfold paper.
Not to mention, the sound.
Damn if I don't get all nostalgic every time I walk into the auto parts store and hear their impact printersscreeeeeeeeee-CLUNK-wirrrwirrrrwirrrrwirrrwirrr-ing away.
It's an electric symphony.
Re:A plotter (Score:4, Interesting)
I have no idea where he got them though, there were no emails then and no floppy discs. Everything was punch cards or tapes.
I downsized to a b&w MFC laser (Score:4, Interesting)
I used to have a color laser (bought for my wedding so we could do our own invitations). It was a really nice printer, did PostScript and we had a ghetto sharing arrangement with my computer plugged into the parallel port & hers to USB. However, it (a Laserjet 2550) was loud and expensive to keep fed - a full load of toner plus a drum was nearly as much as the printer cost originally, and my wife has to print a lot because of her job (she's a teacher), so four toners would have to be replaced roughly every 18 months, and the drum every three years.
So, since SWMBO wanted a scanner, I switched us to a Brother b&w multifunction. It was cheap (snagged for about $160), but had its own duplexer & Ethernet, and the black toner cost about 1/2 to 2/3 as much as the HP stuff. Thing's been trouble-free aside from the duplexer not liking paper pre-punched for a 3-ring binder, and did I mention it's a fuckton cheaper to operate? I could wish for PostScript so I could print from Linux without jumping through hoops, but honestly I rarely print so it doesn't matter.