LJ hivemind - all-in-one printers?

[johnpalmer]

Chalk this up to something I should have bought while employed, but put off because reducing debt was wiser.

I need a printer (or scanner or fax) once in a great while, but when I need it, I need it to work.

My brain says "so I want a *LASER*. Toner doesn't degrade and get all sticky and gummed up, like inkjet cartridges."

And then I say to my brain "brain, you're thinking of the ink jets of a long time ago. Ink jets from, like, 10 years ago! Heck, you're thinking of a time when people sold *printers*, not "boxes to allow them to sell printer cartridges!"

I can afford a color laser all-in-one. Really. But if I can get by on a $300 inkjet rather than a $600 laser, then I'm probably wiser to buy the ink jet. Unless, of course, inkjet cartridges do degrade over time, and you really shouldn't buy them if you're not going to use them up within a year or so.

Any advice?

Comments

This is a illy way to contact you ...

[(Anonymous)]

but I don't seem to have the new email address in my webmail box yet. Or my LJ password on the netbook. Duh.

Train's running about two hours late - we just left Portland.

Email me so I can get the address into this thing. *smooch*

(Hoping you have mail comment notifications turned on...)

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Pat