ezdays Wrote:You guys have been talking about old printers, I hate to think about what our first dot matrix printer cost, but I do remember paying $1250 for our first laser printer. I haven't a clue as to what we did with either one, but the last one I bought about five years ago was under $100 and does everything that the old one did and it is still going strong. However, we don't like to discuss the cost of cartridges, new or refilled, they still cost more than the printer did.

Running Bear Wrote:I had to do it in the military Alpha/Zulu comm code so there was no doubt that he got every word of it.

Sumpter250 Wrote:

Running Bear Wrote:I had to do it in the military Alpha/Zulu comm code so there was no doubt that he got every word of it.

Romeo Bravo,
this is Sierra Two Five Zero,
message Alpha slash Zulu comm code understood.
Group commander sends Bravo Zulu.
Two Five Zero, out.

AF350 Wrote:...Way back when I was a copier technician(production not field service)we made the most on customer consumables like tonner and ink and some times paper. It is pretty much industry wide that the consumables is where the profit comes from.

ezdays Wrote:

AF350 Wrote:...Way back when I was a copier technician(production not field service)we made the most on customer consumables like tonner and ink and some times paper. It is pretty much industry wide that the consumables is where the profit comes from.

You are right. If you take an ink cartridge cost and figure it's cost per gallon, we're talking well over $1,000 a gallon and astronomical profits. We've all heard the story about when Gillette introduced the safety razor, they gave away the razor and made their money selling the blades. That's still true today, sell a printer for $80 and charge $100 for the cartridge. I just bought a laser cartridge refill kit in hopes of saving a good $70 on a rebuilt cartridge. Ink cartridges are another thing though, way too messy and usually doesn't work when you finish.