From: JNugent73@mail.com 
  
 On 24/08/2025 11:44 AM, Max Demian wrote: 
 > On 23/08/2025 23:32, JNugent wrote: 
 >> On 23/08/2025 06:26 PM, Max Demian wrote: 
 >>> On 23/08/2025 11:46, JNugent wrote: 
 >>>> On 23/08/2025 10:29 AM, Jethro_uk wrote: 
 >>>>> On Fri, 22 Aug 2025 19:50:46 +0100, JNugent wrote: 
 >>>>>> On 22/08/2025 01:51 PM, Jethro_uk wrote: 
 >>> 
 >>>>>>> Printer ? Working ?? Hollow laughter .... 
 >>>>>> 
 >>>>>> It sounds as though you've had bad luck. 
 >>>>> 
 >>>>> It's become a trope of stand up comedy, so it must have some common 
 >>>>> currency. 
 >>>>> 
 >>>>> https://youtu.be/SgqaYEqJWGE 
 >>>> 
 >>>> At a guess: the way that printers run out of the ink/toner supply that 
 >>>> came bundled and the price of replenishment is about the same as 
 >>>> buying a replacement printer? That's the case with my HP colour laser 
 >>>> / scanner. 
 >>> 
 >>> The cartridges supplied with the printer are only half capacity, so that 
 >>> isn't *quite* true. 
 >> 
 >> Why not? 
 >> 
 >> I gave a fair and accurate description of exactly that. 
 > 
 > cost of bundled cartridge < cost of printer < cost of full capacity 
 > cartridge 
 > 
 > Otherwise it *would* be worth buying a new printer when it runs out of ink. 
 > 
 > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Razor_and_blades_model 
  
 Google gives a price of €€142.80 for a full set of HP toner cartridges 
 for the Laserjet Pro M281fdw, which is something of a pleasant surprise. 
  
 I'd previously seen the full set at about €€260. 
  
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