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[–] Heavybell 39 points 1 year 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.

[–] A_Random_Idiot 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Heavybell 1 points 1 year ago

Old ones can be big, yeah.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Depends.

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

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

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

[–] Heavybell 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

[–] MonkRome 1 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Wolf_359 1 points 1 year ago

Tiny Scanner for Android