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I replace them maybe all 3 or 4 years and I'm pretty surprised that everything works well 
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My mono I used knockoffs and had good luck with them.
A while back I got a color laser printer and haven't yet had to replace but I'm sure I can't afford the originals.
The less you need, the more you have.
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally.
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I think if you compare it to the cost of inkjet even originals work out cheaper unless you are printing quite often - the number of inkjet cartridges I threw away because they dried out a bit and just wouldn't purge properly ever again ...
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I haven't had an inkjet printer in many moons because of the problems I had with not using them often.
Lasers are so cheap and more economical in the long run.
The less you need, the more you have.
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally.
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Yep. Inkjet: turn it on, swear for half an hour, change one or more cartrigdes, swear, purge, swear, print, swear lots, repeat until you need to order more cartridges.
Laser: turn it on. Print. Turn it off.
No contest!
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The only problem I had with my previous mono laser was that, if I remember correctly the manufacturer had a peephole that it used to measure toner and I had to put a piece of tape over it to be able to use the remaining toner. It wasn't completely empty!
The less you need, the more you have.
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally.
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The only reason I still have an inkjet printer is that I print on a CD surface every once in a blue moon. And incidentally, because of that, every time I need to do so my blood pressure rises. Meanwhile, my two lasers (one mono, one color) just keep going.
I've looked around. Printing on CDs with laser is just not feasible. Or at least, nobody's working on that problem.
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If I manage to get my act together, picking up my old hobby of photography, I need to buy a new printer. Photo printing takes a lot of ink. A friend of mine pointed out that Epson makes a series of printers that do not use cartridges, but have a tank that is filled from fairly large bottles. My friend claims that this has reduced his ink costs dramatically. (Look for the term EcoTank at Epson's web pages to get more information. I believe that there are other printer manufacturers with similar solutions, but Epson is a well recognized name in printers!) The photo quality is excellent, when printing on high quality photo paper. It is somewhat dependent on paper quality, though: Photos on plain typewriter paper are not what you would send to a photo exhibition. I guess lasers are similar.
My impression is that most tests show inkjets to generally provide better photo quality than lasers. Professional photographers (and photo labs, to the degree they still exist) generally use inkjets. You will find a greater selection of large format inkjets than in lasers. To make photo prints of suitable size to hang on a wall, I will probably by an A3 size one - or rather, one that can handle both precut sheets and rolls of A3-short-edge width to print, say, a 30 by 80 cm panorama image.
Things may have changed about the photo quality of laser printers. I'd gladly take references to newer tests of laser vs. inkjet printout quality, preferably in A3 size. Are there laser printers that can handle continuous paper rolls? I can't remember ever seeing any.
I guess I am aiming for the upper end of home/amateur printers, bordering to the semi-pro. Still, the printers are not that expensive. The ink savings are so significant that it pays back even if you have other hobbies besides photography ...  If your photo hobby is currently at a low, the ink cost of printing a dummy page every week or so to keep the nozzles open, is so small that it won't ruin you.
I haven't yet settled on a printer model. If you know of any laser printer that could be an alternative to those bottle-fed Epsons, there is still time to affect my choice!
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I bought new inkjets since they cheaper than cartridge's. That's ages ago, I just stopped printing.
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I've always used generic replacements without a problem. However, as a personal user, I don't use enough to tell if there's a difference.
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No, whatever is compatible here.
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I buy RechargeX replacement toner. I usually get 3-5 recharges per cartridge before the drums get scratched. Then I buy a manufacturer original replacement. I try to avoid refurbished since they have usually been refilled already.
One trick I recommend: buy one replacement toner load for your exact model. Mark the toner level in the exact refill before you use it. Save the bottle. Next time order the refill for a network printer which has a better price point. Use the original refill bottle and level for subsequent refills.
Choose a printer manufacturer that does not put chips or the like in their toner cartridges!
The only reasons I ditched my original laser was that it had a parallel interface and they stopped providing the driver on newer windows versions.
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So cold. -15/-32 F with wind chill.
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Currently -24F/-31C here in Ottawa (-38F/-39C with wind chill). 🤮
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I can't compete: it's just a bit above freezing here - which is a little unseasonably warm - but the lowest I can remember for here is around -5C during the day.
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Can't compete? I'd say that's an outright win compared to what we have. 
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Yeah, that is uninhabitable IMHO. I really don't know how you guys do it.
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I've lived here, at various times, for a total of about 22 years, and this winter has probably been the worst. Last winter was mild compared to most others.
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I can relate. Spent a fun filled winter in Fairbanks many years ago. Spent most of the day working outside. Many days the high was in the negative 30's. Couldn't handle that today.
>64
Some days the dragon wins. Suck it up.
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We have one particular outgoing pipe (the catch) in our house that freezes when it is consistently 10F or less -- over 12 hours or so.
I always wonder how you in those especially frozen climates keep everything thawed?
Are your houses built with more specific insulation around pipes & keeping pipes away from outside walls?
Just curious & good luck with your cold snap.
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There's certainly more insulation, with pipes coming in under the frost line. Never a need to drip faucets here, unlike a few times when I lived in Dallas.
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Isn't that standard everywhere? I never saw an outdoor faucet around here either anti-freeze (when you crank it closed, you drive a long rod to close it at the inside of the wall, where the temperature is presumed to be above freezing - that is the reason for that long pipe in the photos of that link), or you have a second valve in your basement: Before winter, you close the indoor valve and open the outdoor one to allow the water between the two valves to run out. But that is mostly in 50+ year old houses.
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trønderen wrote: Isn't that standard everywhere?
Not sure. I was telling a friend in France and he seemed unaware of this. But then, in most of France winter is just wet and miserable 
Mircea
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+67F and sunny here
>64
Some days the dragon wins. Suck it up.
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