[GTALUG] cheap colour printing with a privacy issue

[Evan Leibovitch]

On 26 March 2018 at 13:22, Kevin Cozens via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:

> On 2018-03-26 10:45 AM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
>


> <http://forums.redflagdeals.com/amazon-ca-hp-envy-4520-wirel
>> ess-all-one-printer-mobile-printing-w-free-hp-instant-
>> ink-plan-39-91-2180616/>
>>
> [snip]
>
>> This device is qualified for free ink for life at the rate of 15 pages per
>> month.
>>
>
> Only 15 pages in an entire month? That is barely 1 page every 2 days. If
> someone is using the printer as their main one they would easily exceed
> that number of pages in a month.
>

​My office isn't fully paperless, but what is here is not stuff I generate
myself. A cycle of 15 pages per month would be fine for me. (and, I
suspect, an increasing number of people. I imagine that more and more
people are running into a problem I once had, in that the ink cartridges
are reaching their expiry date before being used up, and in some printers
that will stop them from functioning (which is why I switched from ink to
laser -- I don't need colour either).

These days, the most taxing use of my printer is to print event tickets. I
don't trust my phone or Ticketmaster enough to rely on their app, and most
venues will sell tickets online but don't use scanners. Almost nothing else
I do these days requires paper.

- Evan​
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