Well said Eric. Nice to hear some inteligent commentary! > From: "Eric D." <hideme666@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Reply-To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 12:42:34 -0400 > To: <muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [muglo] Re: USB Printer > > > on 19/7/02 09:58, Tee Cashmore at tee.cashmore@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >> Eric, >> Do you read some of these posts? Paul was after "a low cost second printer", >> which is certainly not in the $300-400 range. Then there is the fact that the >> Laser printers you mention are B & W. >> TTFN, >> TeeC > > Yes, I do read them, and yes I do know lasers are B&W. Colour is fancy & > looks cute, but I've never seen a professional document come out of an > inkjet (people (even professional artists) do not use colour well). > > All I was pointing out that, in case his "primary" printer was an inkjet > too, that lasers are "low cost" (by historical standards) -- I paid $415 for > my StyleWriter II & was very happy with it (it served me well and cheaply > for many years (refills were cheap and worked well with SW II cartridges). > > Inkjets are now becoming so cheap that you can often buy one for less than > the cost of a cartridge. Cartridges on the other hand are anything *but* > cheap & cannot be easily refilled, so, you get what you pay for. > > Pay $100 for your printer (300 pages on 1st cartridge), and expect to pay > $60 for every 300 pages you print. Pay $400 for your printer (2000 prints on > 1st toner) and expect to pay $80 for every 3000 pages you print. > > 2000 laser pages = $400; 2100 inkjet pages = $100 + 6*$60 = $460. > > 5000 laser pages = $480; 5100 inkjet pages = $100 + 16*$60 = $1060. > > Since we're Mac users we inherently understand such a principle (we pay one > hell of a premium for our computers but we get a much better "TCO" in terms > of our user experience). > > Which brings me to grumbling about washers & driers -- N.A. top-loading > washing machines consume so much energy and waste so much water vs. > (predominately) European front-loaders yet we buy them like the Enron + > their crony, Bush/Alberta tar sands lemmings we are. > > Pay a little more for your washer (front loader), reduce the wear and tear > on your clothes, save $ & environment with less water use, save $ & > environment by using less electricity (since only the fridge beats the > washer/dryer for energy consumption). > > Not only is being environmentally destructive stupid and extremely > egotistical, it also makes no financial sense (of course, if you're Enron or > Alberta you'll love excessive energy consumption since that puts $$$ in your > big pockets). > > Eric. > > > > Users can subscribe to the List by sending an email to > <muglo-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field > > Users can unsubscribe from the List by sending an email to > <muglo-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > > Users must send messages or replies to <muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > All messages are archived so that you can view them at any time by > going to <//www.freelists.org/archives/muglo> > > Problems concerning use of the FreeList should be sent to > <paulthomas@xxxxxxx> > > Don't forget to periodically check our web site at: > > http://muglo.on.ca/ > Users can subscribe to the List by sending an email to <muglo-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field Users can unsubscribe from the List by sending an email to <muglo-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field Users must send messages or replies to <muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> All messages are archived so that you can view them at any time by going to <//www.freelists.org/archives/muglo> Problems concerning use of the FreeList should be sent to <paulthomas@xxxxxxx> Don't forget to periodically check our web site at: http://muglo.on.ca/