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Re:The battle for the soul of digital freedom taking place i... by Ansil849 on Monday November 09, 2020 @12:27PM (#25037144)
> It's just math. If you don't print much, you can get a HP printer for $30.

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> The cheapest Brother laser printer is $100 + ink.

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> At $1/mo, it's going to take the rest of your life for the price to work out in favor of the Brother.

What? At $1/mo, it is going to take under six years for the price to work out in favor of the Brother. Are you suggesting the person you're responding to has six years to live?

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Re:The battle for the soul of digital freedom taking place i... by rgbrenner on Monday November 09, 2020 @12:33PM (#25037224)
lol thanks... should have had more coffee before writing. Was thinking $1/year.
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Re:The battle for the soul of digital freedom taking place i... by snvzz on Monday November 09, 2020 @04:39PM (#25040281)
>$1/year.

At that rate of printing, ink is going to dry up in the headers. Which would require running the cleaning procedures. Which use a lot of ink.

Ink printers are a really bad proposition.

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