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Analysis | Printer ink is a scam. Here’s how to spend less. (wapo.st)
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Washington Post: Americans waste $10 billion each year on name-brand ink. So we tested low-cost options including remanufactured cartridges, ink injection kits — and even making our own.

My advice: get a mono laser printer. Printing is handy but relatively infrequent for a lot of people these days. If that's your use case, mono laser is the way to go. Toner does not dry out or go bad.

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[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Print at work.

If you can't, print at an office supply store.

Seriously, how much do you need to print?

[–] Notnotmike@beehaw.org 15 points 1 year ago

You can also print at a library in the US

[–] JWBananas@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Print. At. Your. Local. Library.

[–] Virkkunen@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not. Everyone. Has. Easy. Access. To. A. Local. Library.

[–] argv_minus_one@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Printing on a printer that isn't yours is a privacy risk.