Hello, On Feb 10 15:55 lynn wrote (shortened):
The ink cartridges cost double the price of the printer.
Have in mind that the ink or toner cartridges which are initially included when you buy a cheap printer are in most cases not completely full of ink or toner (more than likely the initial cartridges provide less than half of the ink/toner of replacement cartridges). Therefore when you like to know a reasonable price, calculate the price of the printer plus the price of at least one set of replacement cartridges. And when you compare prices of different models this way, pay attention how much ink/toner there is actually in the replacement cartridges. I think that regardless how you decide, you have to pay the actual price either way. Either you pay once for a solid printer or you have to pay again and again via the replacement cartridges. It is rumored that cheap printers are sold for a price which is less than the cost of production only to lure customers who then later have to pay the actual price via replacement cartridges - and of course then it makes sense when the manufacturers do whatever nasty trick to force the customer to buy only the original manufacturer's replacement cartridges... Have a look at http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Purchasing_a_Printer_and_Compatibility Kind Regards Johannes Meixner -- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, 90409 Nuernberg, Germany AG Nuernberg, HRB 16746, GF: Markus Rex -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org