[rescue] color printer recommendations?

[Joshua D. Boyd]

On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 01:30:56PM -0500, Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:

> They'll give you the black ink AND the printer "for free", but you have
> to buy the color ink from them.  Problem is that they charge double what
> you normally pay, and if you don't buy enough of it, they'll just charge
> you $200 or $300 a month.
> 
> A previous employer of mine bought into that "deal".  The 860DP is nice
> printer, but not $2400/year nice.

What if you actually use that much color ink though.  Then is it a good
deal, or are their ink prices so bad that it's cheaper to outright buy a
printer and get cheaper ink?