[Rant] Backup plans, and strange state of toner costs
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 3:14 pm
I actually knew that my HP Laserjet IIp is almost out of toner, but last time I went down to Fry's I didn't see any for my printer, so I must have forgot about it.
Well, the printer took the worst time to take a dump... When I needed it, of course. I am printing tickets for my dad's business when the right side of printout started fading to nothing. It both wasted paper and my time. And as far as I can find, all the local replacements are in the $80-90 range.
Genuine HP cart is $93-96, while OfficeDepot brand remans are like $80. I bought my last one at Fry's for $50.
So I got online and ordered one from ABCInk, and with a coupon, it comes out to be...$37.83 including tax, free USPS shipping. Hopefully it'll be here before end of the week.
But what do I do in the meanwhile? Then I remembered that my HP Deskjet 500C is still there on my desk. And yes, I still have ink for it.
So here I'm humming along, hoping my ink will last until my new toner gets here...
Well, the printer took the worst time to take a dump... When I needed it, of course. I am printing tickets for my dad's business when the right side of printout started fading to nothing. It both wasted paper and my time. And as far as I can find, all the local replacements are in the $80-90 range.
Genuine HP cart is $93-96, while OfficeDepot brand remans are like $80. I bought my last one at Fry's for $50. So I got online and ordered one from ABCInk, and with a coupon, it comes out to be...$37.83 including tax, free USPS shipping. Hopefully it'll be here before end of the week.
But what do I do in the meanwhile? Then I remembered that my HP Deskjet 500C is still there on my desk. And yes, I still have ink for it.
So here I'm humming along, hoping my ink will last until my new toner gets here...