Long life printer

[CtrlAltELITE]

So, not sure if this belongs in the peripheral forum but if it does feel free to move it down.

 

Anywho, I am wondering if anyone can help me with a bit of a situation, I very rarely use a printer, but when I do it tends to be rather urgent. I have had a basic Lexmark ink jet for the last decade or so however the problem I have with this is the ink drys up after ~6months or so of no use so I frequently need to replace Ink before use which is a huge and expensive hassle. Lately I have taken to driving down to my parents 40minutes away to use my dads laser printer to save me buying ink, but obviously this isnt ideal either.

 

So I am wondering if anyone knows if there is a type of printer which will not expire if left unused for months, whilst also being rather compact & cheap, network compatibility is a plus. I dont know the first thing about printers but I assume laser printer toner doesnt dry up like ink does?

[gtx1060=value]

5 minutes ago, CtrlAltELITE said:

So, not sure if this belongs in the peripheral forum but if it does feel free to move it down.

 

Anywho, I am wondering if anyone can help me with a bit of a situation, I very rarely use a printer, but when I do it tends to be rather urgent. I have had a basic Lexmark ink jet for the last decade or so however the problem I have with this is the ink drys up after ~6months or so of no use so I frequently need to replace Ink before use which is a huge and expensive hassle. Lately I have taken to driving down to my parents 40minutes away to use my dads laser printer to save me buying ink, but obviously this isnt ideal either.

 

So I am wondering if anyone knows if there is a type of printer which will not expire if left unused for months, whilst also being rather compact & cheap, network compatibility is a plus. I dont know the first thing about printers but I assume laser printer toner doesnt dry up like ink does?

nope it doesn't - any half decent hp or lexmark laser printer will do - but honestly, if you use a printer less than 5 times a year, then just go down to your local print shop and get them to print it for you 

[Himommies]

9 minutes ago, gtx1060=value said:

nope it doesn't - any half decent hp or lexmark laser printer will do - but honestly, if you use a printer less than 5 times a year, then just go down to your local print shop and get them to print it for you 

print shops still exist?

[Guest]

5 hours ago, gtx1060=value said:

nope it doesn't - any half decent hp or lexmark laser printer will do - but honestly, if you use a printer less than 5 times a year, then just go down to your local print shop and get them to print it for you 

congrats on 1000 posts. anyway ink dries put and if you do not use often, do what @gtx1060=value says, local print shop

[CtrlAltELITE]

Local print shop, yeah only 2 places near me do that, the library which closes at like 3 in the afternoon and a stationary shop which again is just a 9-5 store, id rather just buy a printer, checking out cheap laser printers.