HP wants you to print things through its cloud service, wherein you pay a subscription fee for ink and your usage is routed through its servers. To encourage you to do this, it covers the USB port …

HP wants you to print things through its cloud service, wherein you pay a subscription fee for ink and your usage is routed through its servers. To encourage you to do this, it covers the USB port …

  • crashoverride@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Initial cost as well. If you only print very small amount, you’re not going to spend couple hundred bucks on the laser printer and then 100 or so bucks on a cartridge for it if you’re not going to print often

    • Dark Arc@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      The thing is since inkjet printers dry out you spend way more on cartridges over time. Sure toner is more expensive, but you but it way less frequently.

      • StarAD@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        Yep just replaced the black toner on my 10+ year old brother. $16 dollar for an off brand.

      • crashoverride@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        1 year ago

        Yes, but they usually last a few years before they completely dry out to where you can’t use them. I’ve been using the same ink cartridges in my printer for going on 3 years now and it still works

        • Dark Arc@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          True, but they require a lot of test prints until you get back to an acceptable print quality in my experience

          • veng@lemmy.worldEnglish
            11·
            1 year ago

            Think I’ve bought 4 cartridges since getting mine six years ago, so about £120. £20 a year isn’t bad… We don’t print much, but getting a laser mono is 5x the cost of our printer for the cheapest brother…

            • Dark Arc@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              1 year ago

              The cheapest brother is $120 (USD) https://www.brother-usa.com/products/HLL2300D

              If you want color, sure that’s more ($250). Still not a long shot from what you paid for your HP, plus that ink (and I’d wager you’d still be going without a single follow up purchase of toner).

              For context (per their own product claims):

              • Brother Genuine TN227 High-yield replacement toner delivers rich, vivid professional laser print quality you can rely on for up to 3,000 pages (black) and up to 2,300 pages (color) (2)
              • Additional replacement toner option available for this model: TN223 Standard-yield (1,400 pages black/1,300 pages color) (2)
              • veng@lemmy.worldEnglish
                1·
                1 year ago

                That’s in the US, but to be fair I’m comparing the cheapest 3-in-1 brother to the my 3-in-1 HP printer. So £178 vs £50, 3x more. That’s forgetting the fact that I’d no longer be able to print in colour. I do understand that if I printed more often a laser would absolutely be cheaper.