printer ink costs how much
the journal of Michael Werneburg
twenty-seven years and one million words
Toronto, 2017.03.20
Ink cartridges for our home printer are so expensive that it's the only thing people have to say about the otherwise decent printer. I don't know if this is a case of a vendor putting its revenue ambitions ahead of its customers, or a case of consumers not researching their purchases, or both. But it's clearly a problem. Just to clarify: a single, short-lived cartridge of one color costs $35.
I spoke with our IT fellow at the office, and he said, "You can buy a good b&w laser printer for $150. If I won an ink-jet printer today, I would throw it away."
Three good things that happened today:
- It became spring
- My work on an industry association initiative is being taken forward
- I got to edit a friend's photography book