On 26 March 2018 at 13:22, Kevin Cozens via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
On 2018-03-26 10:45 AM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
 
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This device is qualified for free ink for life at the rate of 15 pages per
month.

Only 15 pages in an entire month? That is barely 1 page every 2 days. If someone is using the printer as their main one they would easily exceed that number of pages in a month.

​My office isn't fully paperless, but what is here is not stuff I generate myself. A cycle of 15 pages per month would be fine for me. (and, I suspect, an increasing number of people. I imagine that more and more people are running into a problem I once had, in that the ink cartridges are reaching their expiry date before being used up, and in some printers that will stop them from functioning (which is why I switched from ink to laser -- I don't need colour either).

These days, the most taxing use of my printer is to print event tickets. I don't trust my phone or Ticketmaster enough to rely on their app, and most venues will sell tickets online but don't use scanners. Almost nothing else I do these days requires paper.

- Evan​