From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 31 11:36:26 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FF541065674 for ; Sat, 31 Mar 2012 11:36:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerry@seibercom.net) Received: from mail-gy0-f182.google.com (mail-gy0-f182.google.com [209.85.160.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 016CC8FC0C for ; Sat, 31 Mar 2012 11:36:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ghrr20 with SMTP id r20so886164ghr.13 for ; Sat, 31 Mar 2012 04:36:25 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:reply-to :organization:x-mailer:face:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:x-gm-message-state; bh=bkv3nAHA5x/rENEGe3tzRae24wUjwppnSIPKuB7+M6A=; b=Uy0KaOt2By7MvmRs4izyHTbu+icDN6jTxW55tKjvlV7R9mHVNI/dgPK9i5GdzuBfob fQogHODzslWBAwpdQRJN5M/smm4wpkrhn7+MMI5H74PWzKI9dg2z+qCNIPq/vPLy5sQz m/m2yu+RPSc9X85m9IXyn5lQ1riQN2QBCTSImZD2flAVly4oFryldkWpp6ItZIoKClys 3aeRMC4DoKfceVTBakKFuhFMV6YG+8x/sg2MLMV+lcqY/vpK0SsMG1KWH9IsGpJ5Ra0x 2TDBXZA5XOR9IlUnAnPCfWHc4yQASwcDhldIkN0bbimUpLdwd8K7t2PpHbanDIgDaPZ6 Pucg== Received: by 10.236.72.133 with SMTP id t5mr1369311yhd.94.1333193784885; Sat, 31 Mar 2012 04:36:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (cpe-076-182-104-150.nc.res.rr.com. [76.182.104.150]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id c4sm23412205yhm.18.2012.03.31.04.36.23 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 31 Mar 2012 04:36:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jerry@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3VKd1y2NNxz2CG5d for ; Sat, 31 Mar 2012 07:36:22 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 07:36:21 -0400 From: Jerry To: FreeBSD Message-ID: <20120331073621.3e4db356@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <201203311208.57975.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> References: <4F75D37C.2020203@lovetemple.net> <002b01cd0ef4$702cdd90$508698b0$@on.ca> <20120331062855.259ecfed.freebsd@edvax.de> <201203311208.57975.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.2) Face: 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnvyKkN3erFxvRbIaM1m+aDwbUNqEWC9vXeKgxuYN4AALvBTsxBB/AmzMXH0c4t3JuCzUMt Subject: Re: Printer recommendation please X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 11:36:26 -0000 On Sat, 31 Mar 2012 12:08:57 +0700 Erich Dollansky articulated: > I know a person who did this too. But for the purpose of saving > money. It was during a time when new printers with refill have been > cheaper than the refill. This guy actually saved money and has had > the latest model. Kodak made a major change in their price structure to actually front load the cost of the printer while most other manufacturers still basically give away the printer with the expectations of making profit on the selling of the ink. Hence, many individuals, especially college students purchase cheap ink-jet printers that can actually rival the output of many high priced color laser units and simply discard them in six months when the ink runs dry. Plus, they have the functionality of being able to plug those ink-jets into virtually any Microsoft product, sans driver and still have a fully functional device. By the way, PS is going the way of the dodo bird. PDF is quickly becoming the printing norm. If you are going to spend a significant amount of money on a printing device, make sure it supports native PDF. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________