[P1] iBook & printers connectivity

[Robert Newman]

I agree about 3rd party cartridges.  I have been using cartridges sold 
by D&H Graphics made in China for my Epson 740i for about 3 years now.  
I get more printed pages with their cartridges, color and B&W than I 
get from Epson cartridges at a fraction of the price.  The B&W 
cartridges cost around 4.00 apiece, and the color 6.00.  4.95 shipping 
no matter how many you buy.  In all of this time only one has been bad. 
  I think that the bad rap that third party cartridges get is propaganda 
generated by the printer manufacturer.

Robert

On Thursday, January 9, 2003, at 10:48 AM, Mark wrote:

> Paul Bernhardt on 1/8/03 6:20 PM wrote:
>
>>>> I have a new iBook 800MHz that I want to be able to connect to my 
>>>> old
>>>> stylewriter ll printer on occasion. Is it just a simple matter of 
>>>> using
>>>> a serial-USB connector or is there some other inherent 
>>>> incompatability
>>>> issue that I need to know about as well ?  What about drivers, my 
>>>> iBook
>>>> has both OS X and 9.x installed.
>>>
>>> As Mark suggested, it would be cheaper in the long run to get an USB
>>> printer than a USB-to-serial converter. You also should consider that
>>> cartridges for the StyleWriter II may not be available at some 
>>> point. The
>>> performance of the new printer will be far beyond the StyleWriter's.
>>
>> I disagree completely. In the long run it will be cheaper to continue 
>> to
>> use the Stylewriter II. The printer cartridges are cheaper and last
>> longer than you find for more current printers.
>>
>> What a lot of people don't realize is the real cost of printing is in 
>> the
>> cartridges, not the first cost of the printer.
>>
>
> I agree completely that the real cost of printing is in the cartridges.
> That's why I don't buy the ones sold by the printer's manufacturer.
>
> As I mentioned, I bought an Epson C60 for $49 (which is pretty much 
> the cost
> of the cartridges alone) but I was smart enough to consider the future
> expense of buying more cartridges. This is why I buy third party 
> cartridges.
>