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    Those Free Printers...

    Discussion in 'HP' started by bribri135, Dec 12, 2006.

  1. bribri135

    bribri135 Notebook Guru

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    They are actually really good! I ordered my HP dv9000t and got the All-In-One C3110 and it prints beautifully. Anyone else have experiences to share about these printers?
     
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  2. pukemon

    pukemon are you unplugged?

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    will you still feel the same after having to buy ink?
     
    pukemon, Dec 12, 2006
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    otakuoverlord Notebook Evangelist

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    Yeah, they now come with half or 1/3 full cartridges. I found that the free printers seem to use the most expensive inks... =\

    It's kind of like Shell giving away SUVs- you have to wonder what their strategy is.....
     
    otakuoverlord, Dec 12, 2006
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  4. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    The cheaper the printer the more ink costs...that's the strategy. They'll actually get more money over time because of that.
     
    Greg, Dec 13, 2006
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  5. Guest

    Guest Notebook Evangelist

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    does anyone have a problem with the software of the 3in1 and/or photogallery.msi ?
     
    Guest, Dec 13, 2006
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    sav Notebook Consultant

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    Not true. Inks cost roughly the same. The cartridges are of different size, but you pay accordingly for more ink in them.
     
    sav, Dec 13, 2006
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    espressojava Notebook Enthusiast

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    You can always buy refill ink from other place. Anyone know good refill ink for those printer?
     
    espressojava, Dec 13, 2006
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    4cefed4 Notebook Evangelist

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    I was actually shocked to see the prices of ink for the free deskjet f380 that came with my laptop. Color, b&w, even photo cartridges are all under 20 bucks direct from HP. Pretty **** cool if you ask me. The printer and scanner work great too. Great speed, and the ink resists smearing 10x better than the other 2 Lexmark Z4x series I use around the house.
     
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  9. bribri135

    bribri135 Notebook Guru

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    Yeah the ink is really expensive but I just bought a refill kit from ebay so I get like 100 refills for $30, color and black. Otherwise I would've sold the printer to some unsuspecting person. ;)
     
    bribri135, Dec 16, 2006
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    I found out why the ink is so cheap for the free F380 I got with my notebook... each cartridge is only good for a claimed 150 pages. Lexmark, Epson, and others get 400+ pages per cartridge. Oh well, I'm still really impressed by print quality, and I haven't had a working scanner in years, so that's nice.
     
    4cefed4, Dec 16, 2006
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