Repair Cafes are part of a new brand of anticonsumerism. The cafes and other efforts try to offer an alternative to mass-produced, disposable goods that have dominated the economy for the last half-century.
I’ve definitely bought a new printer before because it was cheaper than ink. More than once.
Nowadays I’ve got a Samsung B&W laser that gets most of what I need to print, and a brother MFP inkjet for the rest. I’m keeping my eyes out for a color mfp laser when I visit thrift shops…I’d gotten one before and it worked well for a while but it was an HP so it broke and became non-economical to repair (and really, I didn’t need/want a giant corporate LaserJet in my home office).
But I don’t even really print in color…very rare that is even needed. If it is, it’s probably stuff like kids birthday invites and I’m gonna be better off sending it to a print shop like Staples or Kinkos or just order it online, anyway.
In fact I’m fairly sure the heads on the inkjet are a solid glob now.
Man I know it.
I’ve definitely bought a new printer before because it was cheaper than ink. More than once.
Nowadays I’ve got a Samsung B&W laser that gets most of what I need to print, and a brother MFP inkjet for the rest. I’m keeping my eyes out for a color mfp laser when I visit thrift shops…I’d gotten one before and it worked well for a while but it was an HP so it broke and became non-economical to repair (and really, I didn’t need/want a giant corporate LaserJet in my home office).
But I don’t even really print in color…very rare that is even needed. If it is, it’s probably stuff like kids birthday invites and I’m gonna be better off sending it to a print shop like Staples or Kinkos or just order it online, anyway.
In fact I’m fairly sure the heads on the inkjet are a solid glob now.