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[–] [email protected] 39 points 11 months ago (2 children)

If like me you don't print much but still need a printer occasionally, get a laser printer (possibly a scanner multifunction, since it can be handy to scan your receipts), and just buy your cartridges normally. Laser toner won't dry up like ink does, so you end up paying less for your infrequent prints in the long run.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Go to your local goodwill/thrift store and check for laser printers.

Get a laser printer, with toner cart, for less than 20, often less than 10, bucks.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Old ones can be big, yeah.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

Depends.

Though I suspect what you can find used for a good price will generally be larger.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You have a scanner in your pocket, just a reminder.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

It doesn't do as good a job, unless there's something I could be doing better.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

It's probably down to the scanner app. I'm using CamScanner.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Tiny Scanner for Android

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Adobe Scan works as good as a scanner if you use their cropping system to square up the page afterwards.