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A 5-10+ minute drive one way to wait in line for two minutes for a simple pickup and then driving back doesn't seem like a waste of time and gas to you? Just get a laser printer, the toner doesn't dry out like ink cartridges.
Imagine what happens if you/your SO/kids forgot to print something out or need to make an adjustment and need to print something again. You'd have drive out to the store again. Not worth the hassle, especially so during rush hour.
If you've worked on all nighters, you know the store isn't open and by that point, you just want to rest your eyes for 10 minutes. Driving out to the store would suck when you could have just ran the printer and the background.
My Brother laser printer can't do colors, but it's been running strong for nearly 10 years now and I've replaced the toner twice with a cheaper third party one.
To each their own, but I'm not going to a store or post office every time to print something.
My old Canon MG6220 has never been a problem here. No paper jams at all, and the
generic ink on Amazon has been flawless and inexpensive.
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I've gone back and forth on buying a printer since I've been working from home since the start of the pandemic, but since that time I've had to print maybe three things. So I agree with the other poster. For ME, it isn't worth it. IF you do a lot of printing, sure.
Sort of a semi-related question. I want to get a scanner to digitize a bunch of old photos, but when I search on amazon, scanners cost generally well over $100. It doesn't seem like there are cheap scanner options. And yet you have AIO printers like this which seem to have a competent enough scanner. I know the printers are junk, the ink runs out.. but if I want a cheap scanner to scan a few dozen photos and maybe misc documents.. am I better off just getting a unit like this and ignoring the printer part? Why are there no cheap standalone scanners?
I bought similar cheap printer some time back for the same reason .. for prints I've a brother laser (monochrome)
I gave up on owning a printer a very long time ago. Staples has amazing printers and cvs or Walgreens have slick deals all the time. I'm free of paper jams and ink running out or obsolete etc
I look at printing just like having to go to the post office. Yeah it's not what ya want to do. But it's worth it and not that bad of an errand.
A 5-10+ minute drive one way to wait in line for two minutes for a simple pickup and then driving back doesn't seem like a waste of time and gas to you? Just get a laser printer, the toner doesn't dry out like ink cartridges.
Imagine what happens if you/your SO/kids forgot to print something out or need to make an adjustment and need to print something again. You'd have drive out to the store again. Not worth the hassle, especially so during rush hour.
If you've worked on all nighters, you know the store isn't open and by that point, you just want to rest your eyes for 10 minutes. Driving out to the store would suck when you could have just ran the printer and the background.
My Brother laser printer can't do colors, but it's been running strong for nearly 10 years now and I've replaced the toner twice with a cheaper third party one.
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Amazon has a lot of inkjet refill inks kits available. The one I have posted is one of the popular ones. Came across this really cheap ink refill kit. No special deals on the price. Posting it for awareness as a lot of fellow SD'ers must've bought printers for Black Friday sale. They sell ink for both Canon and HP.
Printer Ink by BCH - Compatible to Refill All Printers: MG PG 240 243 245 CL 241 244 246 XL Inkjet Cartridge - Bulk Standard Grade 100 ml x 6 (Total 600 ml) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072S8N...FPC3515CDX
This is literally the worst printer I have ever had and I could NEVER get it to connect to my computer, which is a known issue with these. I ended up literally throwing mine away and got an HP deskjet instead.
I have a tried & true old B&W Brother laser printer, which I'm keeping, but spouse needs one that can handle Apple airprint, thus buying this one. Would've been happy to buy the $99 Canon imageCLASS MF242dw laser printer from October but that got cancelled by Walmart.
Why does it look like off-brand cartridges for this printer's PG 275 and 276 cost way more than Canon's own here: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=canon+..._sb_noss_2 What am I missing? Both Amazon and Walmart show same price of $26.97 for the "Canon PG-275/CL-276 Ink Cartridge Multi Pack" but the first 2 off-brand packs at Amazon are about $60
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I bought similar cheap printer some time back for the same reason .. for prints I've a brother laser (monochrome)
Agreed. I have a Brother HL-L 2380 DW. Excellent laser printer/scanner, prints on both sides. Also a dell color laser printer, single side only. Laser printers are the way to go.
These are throw away printers. Infrequent use dries up nozzles.
Sort of a semi-related question. I want to get a scanner to digitize a bunch of old photos, but when I search on amazon, scanners cost generally well over $100. It doesn't seem like there are cheap scanner options. And yet you have AIO printers like this which seem to have a competent enough scanner. I know the printers are junk, the ink runs out.. but if I want a cheap scanner to scan a few dozen photos and maybe misc documents.. am I better off just getting a unit like this and ignoring the printer part? Why are there no cheap standalone scanners?
Download many of the free photo scanner apps for your phone...much faster and great quality
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Rtings review here if anyone is considering picking this up. https://www.rtings.com/printer/re...xma-ts3520
Imagine what happens if you/your SO/kids forgot to print something out or need to make an adjustment and need to print something again. You'd have drive out to the store again. Not worth the hassle, especially so during rush hour.
If you've worked on all nighters, you know the store isn't open and by that point, you just want to rest your eyes for 10 minutes. Driving out to the store would suck when you could have just ran the printer and the background.
My Brother laser printer can't do colors, but it's been running strong for nearly 10 years now and I've replaced the toner twice with a cheaper third party one.
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My old Canon MG6220 has never been a problem here. No paper jams at all, and the
generic ink on Amazon has been flawless and inexpensive.
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I look at printing just like having to go to the post office. Yeah it's not what ya want to do. But it's worth it and not that bad of an errand.
Imagine what happens if you/your SO/kids forgot to print something out or need to make an adjustment and need to print something again. You'd have drive out to the store again. Not worth the hassle, especially so during rush hour.
If you've worked on all nighters, you know the store isn't open and by that point, you just want to rest your eyes for 10 minutes. Driving out to the store would suck when you could have just ran the printer and the background.
My Brother laser printer can't do colors, but it's been running strong for nearly 10 years now and I've replaced the toner twice with a cheaper third party one.
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Printer Ink by BCH - Compatible to Refill All Printers: MG PG 240 243 245 CL 241 244 246 XL Inkjet Cartridge - Bulk Standard Grade 100 ml x 6 (Total 600 ml) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072S8N...FPC35
Search youtube with your cartridge number and ink refill. You can find plenty of videos.
Ex: https://www.youtube.com/results?s...ink
Canon - Video with steps - https://youtu.be/d5ggH709ujc
HP - Video with steps - https://youtu.be/IL-o9f5eDYM
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Does this actually print decent photos?
Why does it look like off-brand cartridges for this printer's PG 275 and 276 cost way more than Canon's own here: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=canon+..._s
These are throw away printers. Infrequent use dries up nozzles.
Cartridges easy to refill using bottled ink and syringe (ebay etc).
Printing works fine for the student, low volume user.
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