Reply to post: Re: Penny pinching boss

A boss pinching pennies may have cost his firm many, many pounds

Martin an gof Silver badge

Re: Penny pinching boss

solid ink, i.e., fancy, expensive square crayons

Compare them with original laser toner and they aren't dreadful - about £100 for 3,000 pages (colour) or half that for black compares well with many manufacturer costs. The big advantage is the ability to add another crayon at any time, without really interrupting printing, and that the only waste is a very small cardboard box (recyclable in the normal bin) and a small plastic pot not unlike a child's yoghurt pot (recyclable). Compare that with most laser printers where there's a big plastic contraption with cogs and springs and (in some cases) the imaging drum, which can only be recycled by sending it back to the manufacturer.

With regard to teachers, it's an absolute doddle to add ink, so less chance for wastage or breakage.

ball-point pen, and sometimes even pencils, cannot write over the wax "ink."

It's also a bit hit-and-miss to laminate solid ink printouts. Some laminators are just a little too hot and colours will change as the printout passes through the machine!

On the other hand, that slightly-raised feel, particularly on high quality paper, does lend a certain "class" to printouts, especially letters and invitations :-)

M.

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