printing costs: laser vs. inkjet

[Camille Del Vecchio]

	Our experience has been that you'll go broke with inkjets.  Laser 
cartriges are more expensive but they last MUCH longer than the 3:1 cost 
ratio.  Consider also that you can get Laser printers that can hold a lot 
more paper.  Constantly refilling paper is a big drain on staff time and 
most inconvenient for the patrons.

  "My method is to take the utmost trouble to find the right thing to 
say, and then to say it with the utmost levity." G.B. Shaw

Camille DelVecchio
Penfield Public Library
1985 Baird Road
Penfield, NY 14526
716 383-0500

On Fri, 21 Nov 1997, Kyle Harriss wrote:

> Last I recall, PC Magazine published a "printer issue" every fall.
> They probably don't do so every year, but within the last 3 years one of
> those issues had cost comparisons.
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> On Fri, 21 Nov 1997, Bob Craigmile wrote:
> 
> > Mention has been made of the cost differential between laser and inkjet.
> > Can anyone point to any studies or other data on the matter?  I've poked
> > around the net without much luck.
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