Canon PIXMA MG2120 Color All-In-One Inkjet Photo Printer $20 + Free Shipping (expired)

Quote from alovelylyshia : What size cartridges come with the printer? If they are full size, I just may do the same, but sometimes they are just starter cartridges. Of course I will feel guilty about the environment and blah blah blah, but I will probably just take them to goodwill instead of tossing them.

Hard to say. You kind of have to go with the information provided. In this case, based on the exact ink model cartridge designator indicated as being shipped with the printer, and the price of that same cartridge model (in both cases the non-XL, non-XXL designations) on eBay, where you would presumably find the best or at least competitive prices for them, replacing the same capacity cartridges that come with the printer runs on average $40. Also, there is no generic alternative so far as I can tell.

What's being called a "starter" cartridge here is the standard capacity cartridge, not some stunted sample that prints only a couple of photos and quits. Seems like for $20 you can't go wrong, and if you have to buy a whole other printer to save 50 percent on refills, more power to you - that's the consumer behavior that the price structure for printers and ink supports.

I had a good experience with the PIXMA that newegg offered for the same price a couple months back - I bought 2. In fact, I even bought a refill set for $3 more than the cost of one printer when the ink ran out beacause of the high print quality it produced. I'm hoping with this deal to wind up on the back end with a decent sheet-feed scanner too.

As for donating them instead of discarding them, I shop at Goodwill all the time and nobody buys those things. GW either dumps them themselves or hands them off to a recycler if there's one that will process it. If the state doesn't subsidize recyclers, it probably goes to the landfill. It's an unfortunate consequence of the economics of printers, but the fate of the planet is not going to be affected by a couple more printers in a landfill, regardless of how much the self-appointed armchair shepherds of the environment believe that whining about it will make it so.

It comes with the "standard" size cartridges, which cost more than the printer itself if purchased seperately. You can buy them from Amazon, but you'd be better off getting the XXL versions if all you want is the ink. I bought 10 of these to part out/sell and use myself, since I do graphics-heavy printing jobs sometimes.

Quote from ascotnot : Ink is prohibitively expensive; I didn't spot any generics on eBay beyond messy refill kits that sellers try to trick you into thinking are generic cartridges if you don't read the description carefully. However, the cartridges that come with this one, at least based on model numbers (non-XL), are $40 to buy, so load up on printers if you want refills - may be your last chance to get them at a reasonable price

I bought an ink refill kit for about $12 and it allows me to refill each cartridge about 6-8 times with black ink. It hasn't been too difficult or messy. It's the only way to be able to afford these printers!

An all-in-one printer for $20 with free S&H?? I'm very, very tempted......

Anyone know how this PIXMA MG2120 compares with the PIXMA MP280 (see http://amzn.com/B003VQR1SE)?

Yes I never buy new cartridges for my HP printer and instead just use refill kits. It can be a hassle and somewhat messy at times but that's what disposable gloves and newspaper is for. It does save you a lot of $.

Canon must have really made way too many of these things for retailers to be practically giving them away lately. And B&H is still not out of stock even after about 24 hrs of this deal.

Is there any way to wire this to print from an iPad 2 ?

Quote from xxxHolic : For amateur pornography?

that's an outrage that you would suggest that that i would participate in such a disreputable occupation. you have absolutely, positively no evidence of me participating in said lewd activities...and even if there was an alleged video of me and some teenage girls whose ages are not necessarily not not legal, all activities were 87% consensual...and even if this alleged video existed and activities were 87% consensual, it's all pixelated anyway. it could have easily been someone who happens to have the exact...um...shoe size...as i do. i command you to take back your slanderous statements immediately.


p.s. i might have read somewhere that printers put secret codes on each document that identifies the exact printer that the document or image was printed on. big brother is always watching.

Cancelled all 3 of my orders, gonna get a laser printer instead.

online ordering is down untill 6PM EST on saturday 11/10...what?????

Quote from babyfishmouth11 : I bought an ink refill kit for about $12 and it allows me to refill each cartridge about 6-8 times with black ink. It hasn't been too difficult or messy. It's the only way to be able to afford these printers!

That's good to know. It looks so messy, especially those kits that require you to punch a hole in the cartridge. I'll roll the dice and give it a try. Thank you.

Quote from ascotnot : That's good to know. It looks so messy, especially those kits that require you to punch a hole in the cartridge. I'll roll the dice and give it a try. Thank you.

The last one I did, I didn't have a refill kit but had a remanufactured cartridge that my HP printer wouldn't accept. But I saw on a video online that you can just let the ink drip onto the exposed open area of the cartridge and let it be absorbed and it works.

So I just got an exacto blade and tore open the new incompatible cartridge and let it drip onto the old HP one and took awhile but it filled it up and I've used it for weeks now...not the best way to do it but good in a pinch.

Quote from ascotnot : I just bought three on that exact philosophy. I did the same thing with Newegg's deal a couple months back on the PIXMA IP2710 (or something like that). Buying three printers then immediately throwing two of them away is easily the most shameful exercise of over-the-top consumerism I have ever indulged. But I blame the system. The system made me who I am...

Must be an Obama voter who feels entitled, and rife with excuses for your poor behavior.

Quote from xNico : Cancelled all 3 of my orders, gonna get a laser printer instead.

i like laser printers too.

Quote from Approach : Must be an Obama voter who feels entitled, and rife with excuses for your poor behavior.

lol...sore losers all over this board. Lick your wounds and get over it. You lost and America won.