The cost of ink refills is definitely a big deal with ink jet printers.
Lexmark and others were coming out with ink jet printers that were meant
to compete with laser printers on the cost per page of black and white
printouts. My wife was just lamenting that we didn't go that route when
we bought our all in one Epson printer. Note that Sheila is asking about
laser printers, so she doesn't have to worry about this issue.

Also, printer makers often put very small ink cartridges in new printers
to keep people from doing exactly what you said, namely buying a new
printer every time they run out of ink. Furthermore, Sheila's looking
for an all in one printer, and I don't think you can get all in one ink
jet printers for as low as $25, but I may be wrong about that, since I
often see ink jet printers given away for free whenever you buy a PC or
a monitor.

On 22/08/11 14:48, terrie arnold wrote:
> ook the one thing that you need to look at when you are getting a new
> printer is the price of the refills , they can cost as much as $ 45.00
> and in some cases it is as much as the cost of the printer .
> i have friends that go and buy a cheap $25.00 printer and when the ink
> runs out they get a new one . you can find cheap ones on line  just do a
> search and you can put the price range you want to pay for it. 
> i was told this by a guy that worked at office max , and due to this i
> look to see what they have first , sometimes  wal mart  has close outs
> as best buy too.
> but do look at the cost of the refills , call around and ask questions 
> good luck
> 
> Terrie l.arnold
> 
> 
> On Aug 22, 2011, at 1:02 PM, Sheila Ashcraft <[log in to unmask]
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>> Hello, All:
>> I've been AWOL for weeks, perhaps months, and note I have 1700+
>> e-mails to catch up on.  If this question popped up before by someone
>> else, I'm sorry.
>>  
>> But, I am in the market for a laser 4:1 printer that I can find the
>> numbers, dials, keyboard, etc. on without using a 10x magnifier.  I
>> bought a Lexmark that's become Public Enemy # 1. I plan to ship it
>> back as soon as I can find one I can use. Lex has a 5-year warranty,
>> but so what if I can't use it?
>>  
>> Which laser four in one's are the most user friendly for those of us
>> with very little central vision?  I won't be using it with my PC as I
>> resurrected my very old Brother by getting the right USB cable
>> connection.  I need the 4:1 for my home office laptop (Win 7 and
>> Office 2007).
>>  
>> Obviously, I don't want to sell the farm, my partner, or the
>> grandkids to get one with contrast on the keypad, a display window I
>> can figure out, and the 'start, redial buttons'.  Everything on the
>> Lexmaark is black on black.  Grrrr. 
>>  
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Sheila Ashcraft
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