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Cheap printing
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Buy discount, generic print cartridges
. The quality may not be as good as the name brand cartridges, but they are generally good enough for printing text.
Print using economy mode
, or draft mode, if you don't require the best quality printouts.
Print two pages on page by shrinking
to make them fit, if your print driver allows this, and you have good eyesight.
Print on both sides of the paper
if your print driver allows this. On a standard printer you will need to manually turn over and reverse the paper halfway through printing.
Print to PDF instead of paper
, if you really don't need a hard copy.
Use a laser printer with a black cartridge
if you are mainly printing a lot of pages of black text. If you need to print colour photos occasionally then you can use a web service to do this quality colour printing for you.
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Ink-jet vs Laser printer
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Ink-jet printers are best for printing high quality colour images. Lasers are best for printing black and white.
Ink-jet printers can waste a lot of ink, and the ink can dry-up if you don't use it for a long time.
Laser printers don't waste ink, and you can leave them a long time without using them.
Laser printers print pages a lot faster, and tend to be more economical in the long term. The more you print the more economical they tend to be.
An ink-jet printer may be your only option if you want to print on large paper sizes.
Since laser printers do not use ink, but a type of plastic that is melted onto the paper, the print is a lot more waterproof, and doesn't smear when it gets wet.
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