On Wednesday 27 June 2018 10:44:14 Mike Bird wrote: > On Wed June 27 2018 10:20:01 Kate Draven wrote: > > A laser printer is always better because, whilst the cartridges are more > > expensive, they last longer and print more. I have an HP 1320N printer. I > > bought 2 ink cartridges 7 years ago. The first one lasted 5 years. The > > second one is on it's 2nd year. I print at least every other day. > > Absolutely. Manufacturers basically give away inkjet printers so > that they can hook you on the cartridges. > > We have a HP LaserJet Pro MFP M426fdw which scans, faxes, and prints; > works fine with both our Linux boxen and our Android phones; and like > most lasers is very economical. (But don't try to run a laser on dodgy > wiring - when they start printing they use a brief period of heavy > current draw to heat the fuser.) > > There are a lot of LaserJet models and I've only used a few over the > years but I've always been happy with them. Nevertheless as always > check several credible reviews before buying. > > --Mike > If everybody on the Trinity users mailing list will send me $20 each, then I will run out and buy myself a laser printer like you all advise, thanks! (Just kidding, folks.) I don't have the option to spend money like real people. So I guess I will just have to take my chances, leaks or no, and hope for the best. I only need this thing to work for maybe a year or so, while I finish work on a couple of books, and do layout of some mock-up pages. When I suddenly strike it rich, then I will go out and buy me one of those fancy laser printers. Bill --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting