Article from Informationweek
** The Dawn Of Disposable Printers?
What if the next time your printer ran out of ink, you just threw
the whole thing in the trash? It would probably make you feel
better, and it might be the economically smart (if ecologically
ignorant) thing to do.
Take, for instance, the Apollo P2200 color inkjet printer. One
black- and one color-ink cartridge costs $56.94 at OfficeMax.com.
Or you can just buy a whole new printer, which comes complete
with both cartridges, for $49.99.
It's not just Apollo. Hewlett-Packard, Lexmark, and Canon all
have printers that retail for under $50, though theirs tend to
come with only the color cartridge. Take into account various
store sales and manufacturer rebates, and in many cases, it
really is cheaper to buy a new printer than to refill the ink.
"I've never heard of [people doing] that," says the manager of
the OfficeMax in Westbury, New York. "But customers do complain
about the price of printer cartridges." She says a major
disadvantage to the plan is that penny-pinching purchasers get
what they pay for. "The quality of the printer is not good." -
David M. Ewalt