I got some good suggestions on printers to replace my almost new Kodak hunk-o-junk that was supposed to save me ink and was the worst ever! It won’t accept my brand new, fresh from the airtight package cartridge I installed. It is fixated on the idea that I’m out of ink, despite the fact that I know the cartridges I’ve tried all have ink and one is brand new. I might even be able to take it back to the store!
I went to Target to look for a lazer printer. Since most of what I use my printer for is black and white manuscript pages, and my son told me that for a $10. toner, he could print several reams of paper, it seemed like a good one to have.
Target doesn’t have lazer printers. None, not one. But I wanted to print a letter I needed to send to a literary agent snail mail, and I didn’t want to mess with shopping for a printer all over town. I think I’ll scout them out online.
So. . .Target did have an HP printer for $29.99. It WON’T scan or fax or copy,but I have other ink-less printers that will. I can scan things to a computer and then print on my barebones printer. Since that was cheaper than the separate ink cartridges for my other printer, and it comes with two cartridges. . .I brought it home, hooked it up in about 5 minutes and printed a clearer letter than I’ve ever had from the Kodak. I’m thinking I’ll take my camera to the Walmart photo center for pictures and this little one will get me by for a while.
By the way, the how-to-outsmart-the-anti-refill-device-on-your-printers advice has never worked for me. Maybe my new little barebones device will be kinder on that score. I have a quart of black ink taunting me in my office drawer!
I went to Target to look for a lazer printer. Since most of what I use my printer for is black and white manuscript pages, and my son told me that for a $10. toner, he could print several reams of paper, it seemed like a good one to have.
Target doesn’t have lazer printers. None, not one. But I wanted to print a letter I needed to send to a literary agent snail mail, and I didn’t want to mess with shopping for a printer all over town. I think I’ll scout them out online.
So. . .Target did have an HP printer for $29.99. It WON’T scan or fax or copy,but I have other ink-less printers that will. I can scan things to a computer and then print on my barebones printer. Since that was cheaper than the separate ink cartridges for my other printer, and it comes with two cartridges. . .I brought it home, hooked it up in about 5 minutes and printed a clearer letter than I’ve ever had from the Kodak. I’m thinking I’ll take my camera to the Walmart photo center for pictures and this little one will get me by for a while.
By the way, the how-to-outsmart-the-anti-refill-device-on-your-printers advice has never worked for me. Maybe my new little barebones device will be kinder on that score. I have a quart of black ink taunting me in my office drawer!
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