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My old printer here in Mexico bit the dust...so I went in search of a new printer.
Found a brand new Canon printer..Pixma iP1300..total cost was 449 pesos (about $40 Canadian). It came with a colour cartridge only and it will print fine with just the colour cartridge, but it also accepts a black cartridge.
So I went in search of a black cartridge...best price I could find was 395 pesos!!
WHAT??? printer and colour cart. costs 449 but a black cart. alone costs 395??????
THIS is truly a throw away printer at about $40 Canadian!
-------------------- Dave Grundy retired in Chelem,Yucatan,Mexico/Hensall,Ontario,Canada 1-519-262-3651 Canada 011-52-1-999-102-2923 Mexico cell 1-226-785-8957 Canada/Mexico home
I had a similar problem with my Dell 1100 laser printer a few years ago.
Steve
-------------------- Steve Carter {:{) a Touch of Glass 254 Lexington Mill Rd. Magnolia, DE, 19962 PH: 302-335-3170 Posts: 181 | From: Magnolia, De, USA - Center of the Universe | Registered: Jan 1999
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LOL..No trip to Merida to buy the printer Steve..It was on sale at Bodega Aurrera in Progreso...But the best price on cartridge was in Merida.
Next time you visit, bring cartridges and more gasoline stabilizer!!! LOL
Oh and a suitcase full of "Phillies" shirts..I can arrange for you to set up a booth on the malecon.
-------------------- Dave Grundy retired in Chelem,Yucatan,Mexico/Hensall,Ontario,Canada 1-519-262-3651 Canada 011-52-1-999-102-2923 Mexico cell 1-226-785-8957 Canada/Mexico home
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Haha. I bought the same printer at Walmart in Mérida. Quickly realized the same thing. And according to the local cartridge shop, the cartridges aren't refillable!
Dave, if you find a good deal on the cartridges, I'm in the states now, I could bring some down to you...
-------------------- Phillip Newell Newell Graphics 1346 Garnet St. Burlington, IA 52601 319-754-5113 Posts: 187 | From: Henderson, IL | Registered: Apr 2004
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Dave, we have the same printer- iP1300 - same story- supposedly unrefillable colour cartridges... Printer was $19 on special, with half-empty cartridges, but the two full replacement cartridges cost about $68 to $85 depending on where you go.
however it has lasted us well for the bit of inkjet colour printing we've needed.
I still run an ancient Lexmark black & white laser printer -the Optra S 1800 - with a duplexer for plain black text prints. It works out at about 10 pages per one cent of toner cost, if you get the bulk refillable toner cartridges. We ended up buying two others of the same model for spares, at about $30 each + a bit of freight- they're so old no one wants them, but they were built to last, and built to withstand a big workload like 10 000 pages a day.
I like the idea of the Xerox Phaser with solid wax colours, which gets mentioned here from time to time, but haven't found any for sale downunder for any 'cheap' price.
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After hearing the ad they've been running we did the math and buying a Kodak printer made sense for us. The printer was $110 (we got the printer/scanner/copier combo printer) but a replacement combo ink pack with a color cartridge and a black cartridge is only $25. The printer will pay for itself in less than a year on the ink savings.
-------------------- Pat Whatley Montgomery, AL (334) 262-7446 office (334) 324-8465 cell Posts: 1306 | From: Wetumpka, AL USA | Registered: Mar 2001
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me too pat,, and i really like the output..
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Phillip...No need to bring down cartridges...I will toss the printer when the ink runs out! Besides, everyone has probs with their printers here...heat, humidity, salt etc. seem to trash them in a couple of years.
I love my old Canon s300 back in Canada...I think I paid about $75 for it several years ago and the cartridges are $7 for black and $15 for colour.
-------------------- Dave Grundy retired in Chelem,Yucatan,Mexico/Hensall,Ontario,Canada 1-519-262-3651 Canada 011-52-1-999-102-2923 Mexico cell 1-226-785-8957 Canada/Mexico home
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They almost give the printers away, but they get you on the ink ! My Photoshop instructor told the class that printer ink figures out to around $6,000 a gallon !
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How do like Chicxulub? my wif eand were just down therelast month. We're looking to live and the area Telchac or Izamal. love to hear how life is there.
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Kinda like here, Dave. I've seen Lexmark printers here for /$39, ready to go. The carts cost about $55 to replace. How's that for a 'disposable society' for ya? Why would you NOT pitch it, and get a new one?
-------------------- Dale Feicke Grafix 714 East St. Mendenhall, MS 39114
"I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me." Posts: 2963 | From: Mendenhall, MS | Registered: Apr 1999
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Warren..life is great in Chicxulub!! Palm trees are waving, the gulf waters are lapping and when it gets below 70F we start looking for sweaters!!
I am amazed that, recently, I have heard from folks who post on Letterville and who also live or visit in our little area of the world.
Muy bueno!!
-------------------- Dave Grundy retired in Chelem,Yucatan,Mexico/Hensall,Ontario,Canada 1-519-262-3651 Canada 011-52-1-999-102-2923 Mexico cell 1-226-785-8957 Canada/Mexico home
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Dale..Ya know it IS a shame..We can afford to toss a cheap printer. Schools here in Mexico would love to have them..but the schools can't afford to buy the cartridges.
-------------------- Dave Grundy retired in Chelem,Yucatan,Mexico/Hensall,Ontario,Canada 1-519-262-3651 Canada 011-52-1-999-102-2923 Mexico cell 1-226-785-8957 Canada/Mexico home
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